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Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
INDENTURE
WINDSTREAM REGATTA HOLDINGS,
INC.,
as Issuer
and the SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
named herein
Dated as of November 30,
2007
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as
Trustee
11.00% SENIOR SUBORDINATED
NOTES DUE 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
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1.1
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DEFINITIONS
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1.2
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OTHER DEFINITIONS
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1.3
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST
INDENTURE ACT
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1.4
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RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
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1.5
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ONE CLASS OF NOTES
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ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
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2.1
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FORM AND DATING
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2.2
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EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION
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2.3
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REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT
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2.4
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PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN
TRUST
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28 |
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2.5
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HOLDER LISTS
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29 |
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2.6
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TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
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2.7
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REPLACEMENT NOTES
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2.8
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OUTSTANDING NOTES
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2.9
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TREASURY NOTES
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2.10
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TEMPORARY NOTES
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2.11
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CANCELLATION
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2.12
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DEFAULTED INTEREST
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2.13
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CUSIP OR OTHER SIMILAR
NUMBERS
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2.14
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ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES
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2.15
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COMPUTATION OF INTEREST
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION AND
PREPAYMENT
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3.1
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NOTICES TO TRUSTEE
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3.2
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SELECTION OF NOTES TO BE
REDEEMED
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3.3
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NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
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3.4
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EFFECT OF NOTICE OF
REDEMPTION
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3.5
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DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE
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3.6
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NOTES REDEEMED IN PART
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45 |
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3.7
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OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
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3.8
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MANDATORY REDEMPTION
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3.9
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OFFER TO PURCHASE BY APPLICATION OF
EXCESS PROCEEDS
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46 |
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ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
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4.1
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PAYMENT OF NOTES
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4.2
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MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR
AGENCY
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48 |
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4.3
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REPORTS
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4.4
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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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4.5
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TAXES
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50 |
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4.6
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STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY
LAWS
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50 |
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4.7
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RESTRICTED PAYMENTS
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50 |
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4.8
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DIVIDEND AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS
AFFECTING SUBSIDIARIES
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54 |
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4.9
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INCURRENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS
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4.10
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ASSET SALES
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4.11
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TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
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4.12
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LIENS
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4.13
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BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
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4.14
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CORPORATE EXISTENCE
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4.15
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OFFER TO REPURCHASE UPON CHANGE OF
CONTROL
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4.16
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FUTURE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
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4.17
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DESIGNATION OF RESTRICTED AND
UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES
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4.18
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MAINTENANCE OF EXCESS CASH FLOW COVENANT
IN BANK AGREEMENTS
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4.19
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LIMITATION ON LAYERING
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ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS
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5.1
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MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, OR SALE OF
ASSETS
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5.2
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SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SUBSTITUTED
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ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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6.1
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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6.2
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ACCELERATION
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6.3
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OTHER REMEDIES
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6.4
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WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS
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6.5
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CONTROL BY MAJORITY
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6.6
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LIMITATION ON SUITS
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6.7
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RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES TO RECEIVE
PAYMENT
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6.8
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COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE
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70 |
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6.9
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TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF
CLAIM
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6.10
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PRIORITIES
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6.11
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UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS
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ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
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7.1
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DUTIES OF TRUSTEE
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7.2
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RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE
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7.3
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INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE
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7.4
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TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER
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7.5
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NOTICE OF DEFAULTS
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7.6
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REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS OF THE
NOTES
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7.7
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COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY
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7.8
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REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE
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7.9
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SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER,
ETC.
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7.10
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ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION
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7.11
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PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS
AGAINST COMPANY
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7.12
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OTHER CAPACITIES
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ARTICLE VIII
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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8.1
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OPTION TO EFFECT LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR
COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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8.2
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND
DISCHARGE
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8.3
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COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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8.4
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CONDITIONS TO LEGAL OR COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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8.5
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DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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79 |
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8.6
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REPAYMENT TO COMPANY
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80 |
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8.7
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REINSTATEMENT
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80 |
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ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND
WAIVER
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9.1
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WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF
NOTES
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80 |
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9.2
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WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF
NOTES
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81 |
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9.3
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COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE
ACT
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83 |
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9.4
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REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF
CONSENTS
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83 |
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9.5
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NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF
NOTES
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83 |
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9.6
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TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS,
ETC.
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ARTICLE X
GUARANTEES
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10.1
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GUARANTEE
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10.2
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LIMITATION ON GUARANTOR
LIABILITY
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10.3
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GUARANTORS MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON
CERTAIN TERMS
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10.4
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RELEASES OF GUARANTEES
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10.5
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NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
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85 |
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ARTICLE XI
SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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11.1
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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11.2
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APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS
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87 |
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11.3
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REPAYMENT TO COMPANY
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87 |
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11.4
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REINSTATEMENT
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87 |
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ARTICLE XII
SUBORDINATION
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12.1
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NOTES AND GUARANTEES SUBORDINATED TO
SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS AND GUARANTEES OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS
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88 |
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12.2
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SUSPENSION OF PAYMENT DURING SENIOR
PAYMENT DEFAULT
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12.3
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NOTES SUBORDINATED TO PRIOR PAYMENT OF
ALL SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS UPON LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION OR
REORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY
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90 |
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12.4
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OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY
UNCONDITIONAL
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90 |
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12.5
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TRUSTEE ENTITLED TO ASSUME PAYMENTS NOT
PROHIBITED IN ABSENCE OF NOTICE
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12.6
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APPLICATION BY TRUSTEE OF ASSETS
DEPOSITED WITH IT
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12.7
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NO WAIVER OF SUBORDINATION
PROVISIONS
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12.8
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HOLDERS AUTHORIZE TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE
SUBORDINATION OF NOTES
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12.9
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RIGHT OF TRUSTEE TO HOLD SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS
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12.10
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NO SUSPENSION OF REMEDIES
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12.11
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NO FIDUCIARY DUTY OF TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS
OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS
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ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
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13.1
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TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS
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13.2
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NOTICES
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13.3
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COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS OF NOTES WITH
OTHER HOLDERS OF NOTES
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13.4
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CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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13.5
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STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR
OPINION
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13.6
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NO RECOURSE AGAINST SECURITIZATION
VEHICLES
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13.7
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RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS
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13.8
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NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS,
OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND SHAREHOLDERS
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13.9
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GOVERNING LAW
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13.10
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NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER
AGREEMENTS
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13.11
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SUCCESSORS
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13.12
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SEVERABILITY
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13.13
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COUNTERPART ORIGINALS
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13.14
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TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS,
ETC.
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13.15
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BENEFITS OF INDENTURE
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13.16
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LEGAL HOLIDAYS
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EXHIBITS:
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Form of Certificate of Transfer |
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Form of Certificate of Exchange |
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Form of Supplemental Indenture to be Delivered by Subsequent
Guarantors |
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CROSS-REFERENCE
TABLE*
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Trust Indenture Act
Section
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Indenture Section |
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310(a)(1)
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7.10 |
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(a)(2)
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7.10 |
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(a)(3)
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N.A. |
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(a)(4)
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N.A. |
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(a)(5)
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7.10 |
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(b)
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7.10 |
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(c)
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N.A. |
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311(a)
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7.11 |
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(b)
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7.11 |
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312(a)
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2.5 |
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(b)
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12.3 |
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(c)
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12.3 |
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313(a)
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7.6 |
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(b)(1)
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N.A. |
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(b)(2)
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7.6; 7.7 |
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(c)
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7.6; 12.2 |
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(d)
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7.6 |
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314(a)
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4.3; 12.2 |
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(b)
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N.A. |
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(c)(1)
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12.4 |
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(c)(2)
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12.4 |
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(c)(3)
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N.A. |
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(e)
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12.5 |
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(f)
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N.A. |
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315(a)
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7.1 |
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(b)
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7.5; 12.2 |
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(c)
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7.1 |
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(d)
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7.1 |
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(e)
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6.11 |
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316(a)(last sentence)
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2.9 |
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.5 |
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.4 |
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(a)(2)
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N.A. |
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(b)
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6.7 |
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(c)
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2.12 |
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317(a)(1)
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6.8 |
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(a)(2)
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6.9 |
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(b)
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2.4 |
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318(a)
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12.1 |
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(b)
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N.A. |
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(c)
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12.1 |
N.A. means not applicable.
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This Cross-Reference Table is not part of this
Indenture. |
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INDENTURE dated as of
November 30, 2007 among Windstream Regatta Holdings, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee
”).
The Company, the Guarantors
(as defined herein) and the Trustee agree as follows for the
benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit
of the Holders of the Initial Notes, the Additional Notes and the
Exchange Notes (in each case as defined herein):
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
“ Acquired Debt
” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(i) Indebtedness of any other Person (a) existing at the
time such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into or
became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, or (b) assumed
by such specified Person in connection with an acquisition of any
Equity Interests or assets of such other Person, whether or not
such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or
becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
(ii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person.
“ Additional
Interest ” means all additional interest on the Notes
then owing pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.
“ Additional
Notes ” means 11.00% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017
of the Company issued in compliance with and under this Indenture
after the Issue Date and having identical terms to the Initial
Notes or the Exchange Notes, other than with respect to the date of
issuance and issue price, first payment of interest and rights
under a related Registration Rights Agreement, if any.
“ Affiliate
” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, “control,” 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. For purposes of this definition, the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with” have correlative
meanings.
“ Agent ”
means any Registrar, Paying Agent, co registrar, authenticating
agent or securities custodian.
“ Applicable
Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or
exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the
rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream,
as the case may be, that apply to such transfer or
exchange.
“ Asset Sale
” means: (i) the sale, lease (other than operating
leases), sublease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or
rights of the Company (other than Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company) or its Restricted Subsidiaries,
other than sales of assets in the ordinary course of business;
provided that the sale, lease, sublease, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be
governed by the provisions of this Indenture described under
Section 4.15 and Section 5.1 hereof and not by
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the provisions of Section 4.10
hereof; and (ii) the issuance of Equity Interests in any of
the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity
Interests in any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items will not be
deemed to be Asset Sales: (i) any single transaction or series
of related transactions that involves assets having a fair market
value of less than $2.5 million; (ii) a transfer of assets
(a) between or among the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries or (b) between the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiary, on the one hand, and another Person, on the other hand,
if after giving effect to such transaction, the other Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (iii) the
sale, lease, sublease, conveyance or other disposition of equipment
(including lease equipment), assets, inventory or accounts
receivable of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business; (iv) the sale, transfer or other
disposition of obsolete, damaged or worn-out equipment, lease fleet
and sales inventory; (v) an issuance of Equity Interests by a
Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company; (vi) a Restricted Payment that is
permitted by Section 4.7 hereof or a Permitted Investment;
(vii) any conversion of Cash Equivalents into cash or any form
of Cash Equivalents; (viii) any surrender or waiver of
contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of
contract, tort or other litigation claims; (ix) any
termination or expiration of any lease or sublease of real property
in accordance with its terms; (x) creating or granting of
Liens (and any sale or disposition thereof or foreclosure thereon)
not prohibited by the Indenture; (xi) any sublease of real
property in the ordinary course of business; (xii) grants of
credits and allowances in the ordinary course of business;
(xiii) condemnations on or the taking by eminent domain of
property or assets; (xiv) any sale of Equity Interests in, or
Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(xv) any disposition of Receivables and Related Assets in a
Qualified Securitization Transaction for the Fair Market Value
thereof including cash or Temporary Cash Investments in an amount
at least equal to 75% of the Fair Market Value thereof; and
(xvi) disposition of an account receivable in connection with
the collection or compromise thereof.
“ Attributable
Debt ” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction
means, at the time of determination, the present value of the
obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the
remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback
transaction including any period for which such lease has been
extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such
present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to
the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Bank Agreement
” means one or more bank debt facilities or agreements
(including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) with banks or
other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans,
term loans or letters of credit.
“ Bankruptcy Law
” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state
law for the relief of debtors.
“ Beneficial
Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule
13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act (as in effect on the
date hereof). The terms “Beneficially Owns” and
“Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding
meaning.
“ Board of
Directors ” means: (i) with respect to a
corporation, the board of directors of the corporation;
(ii) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of
the general partner of the partnership; and (iii) with respect
to any other Person, the board of directors or committee of such
Person serving a similar function.
“ Board
Resolution ” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of
a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors
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of such Person and to be in full force
and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
trustee.
“ Broker Dealer
” has the meaning set forth in a Registration Rights
Agreement.
“ Business Day
” means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day
on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized
or required by law to close.
“ Capital Lease
Obligation ” means, at the time any determination is to
be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease
that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance
sheet in accordance with GAAP.
“ Capital Stock
” means: (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate
stock; (ii) in the case of an association or business entity,
any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (iii) in
the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership
or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of,
or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” means: (i) United States dollars,
Canadian dollars, British pounds or Euros and, in the case of any
Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local
currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of
business; (ii) securities issued or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency
or instrumentality of the United States government (provided that
the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in
support of those securities) 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 one year and overnight bank deposits, in
each case, with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or with
any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess
of $250.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of
“B” or better; (iv) repurchase obligations with a
term of not more than seven 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
having a rating of at least “P-2” (or the equivalent
thereof) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or at least
“A-2” (or the equivalent thereof) from
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services 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.
“ Change of
Control ” means the occurrence of any of the
following:
(i) the Company becomes aware
(whether by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice
or otherwise) that any “person” or “group”
(as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act), other than a Principal or Related Party, is or has become the
beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under
the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the
total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;
provided , however , that such event shall not be
deemed to be a Change of Control so long as a Principal or Related
Party has the right or ability by voting power, contract or
otherwise, to elect or designate for election a majority of the
Board of Directors of the Company;
(ii) individuals who on the
date of the Indenture constituted the Board of Directors of the
Company (together with any new directors whose election by such
Board of Directors of the
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Company or whose nomination
for election by the shareholders of the Company was approved by a
vote of a majority of the directors of the Company then still in
office who were either directors on the date of the Indenture or
whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved or whose election was approved by a Principal or Related
Party) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board
of Directors of the Company then in office; or
(iii) the merger or
consolidation of the Company with or into another Person or the
merger of another Person with or into the Company, or the sale of
all or substantially all the assets of the Company (determined on a
consolidated basis) to another Person (other than, in all such
cases, a Person that is a Principal or Related Party or is
controlled by a Principal or Related Party or is a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of the Company), other than a transaction following
which (A) in the case of a merger or consolidation
transaction, holders of securities that represented 100% of the
Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction
(or other securities into which such securities are converted as
part of such merger or consolidation transaction) own directly or
indirectly at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting
Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation
transaction immediately after such transaction and (B) in the
case of a sale of assets transaction, the transferee Person becomes
the obligor in respect of the notes and a Subsidiary of the
transferor of such assets; provided , however , that
it shall not constitute a Change of Control under this
clause (iii) if, after giving effect to such transaction, a
Principal or Related Party beneficially own (as defined in
clause (i) above) 35% or more of the total voting power of the
Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such transaction
immediately after such transaction.
For purposes of this
definition, (i) a Person shall not be deemed to have
beneficial ownership of securities subject to a stock purchase
agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement until the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement and
(ii) any holding company whose only significant asset is
Capital Stock of the Company shall not itself be considered a
“person” or “group” for purposes of
clause (i) or (iii) above.
“ Clearstream
” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme
, or any successor securities clearing agency.
“ Company
” has the meaning set forth to it in the preamble to this
Indenture.
“ Commission
” means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“ Consolidated Cash
Flow ” means, with respect to any specified Person for
any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such
period plus, without duplication:
(i) provision for taxes based
on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was
deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(ii) the interest expense of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the
extent that such interest expense was deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iii) depreciation,
amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other
intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses
that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses and
charges (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it
represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future
period or amortization of a prepaid
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cash expense that was paid in
a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and
other non-cash expenses and charges were deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iv) any fees, charges and
expenses incurred in connection with any Equity Offering, Permitted
Investment, acquisition, recapitalization or issuance or repayment
of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the Indenture (in
each case whether or not consummated) or the Transactions
(including, without limitation, the fees payable to the Principal
or Related Party pursuant to the Management Agreement in connection
with the Transactions) and, in each case, deducted in such period
in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(v) the amount of management,
monitoring, consulting, advisory fees, termination payments and
related expenses paid to the Sponsors (or any accruals relating to
such fees and related expenses) during such period pursuant to the
Management Agreement; minus
(vi) non-cash items
increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than
the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business
(excluding any items which represent the reversal of any accrual
of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges made in any prior
period that reduced Consolidated Cash Flow or which will result in
the receipt of cash in a future period or the amortization of lease
incentives),
in each case, on a
consolidated basis and determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” means, with respect to any specified Person for
any period, the aggregate, without duplication, of the Net Income
of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on
a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided that:
(i) the Net Income of any
Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for
by the equity method of accounting will be (A) included only
to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in
cash to the specified Person or (subject to clause (ii) below)
a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person or (B) if a loss, will
be included only to the extent the referent Person or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the referent Person has funded such loss in
cash;
(ii) the Net Income of any
Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by
that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of
determination permitted without any prior governmental approval
(that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by
operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its shareholders (other
than to the extent permitted under Section 4.8) unless such
restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar
distributions has been legally waived; provided that the
Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the
amount of dividends or similar distributions that are actually paid
in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to such Person or a
Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the
extent not already included therein;
(iii) the cumulative effect
of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;
(iv) any net after-tax gains
or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto)
attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary
course of business (as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company) and any gain (or loss) realized upon the
sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person shall
be excluded;
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(v) any non-cash compensation
expense, including any such expense arising from stock options,
restricted stock grants or other equity-incentive programs shall be
excluded;
(vi) any net after-tax gains
or losses attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness
shall be excluded;
(vii) the effect of any
non-cash items resulting from any amortization, write-up,
write-down or write-off of assets (including intangible assets,
goodwill and deferred financing costs in connection with the
Transactions or any future acquisition, disposition, merger,
consolidation or similar transaction or any other non-cash
impairment charges incurred subsequent to the date of the Indenture
resulting from the application of purchase accounting (excluding
any such non-cash item to the extent that it represents an accrual
of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period except to
the extent such item is subsequently reversed) shall be
excluded;
(viii) any net gain or loss
resulting from Hedging Obligations (including pursuant to the
application of SFAS No. 133) shall be excluded; and
(ix) any net after-tax income
or loss from discontinued operations and any net gains or losses on
disposal of discontinued operations shall be excluded.
“ Contribution
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Company or any
Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount not greater than the
aggregate amount of cash contributions made to the capital of the
Company after the date of the Indenture; provided that such
Contribution Indebtedness (A) is incurred within 180 days
after the making of such cash contributions and (B) is so
designated as Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to an
Officers’ Certificate on the date of the incurrence
thereof.
“ Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee ” shall be at the address of the
Trustee specified in Section 12.2 hereof or such other address
as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
“ Credit
Agreement ” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as
of the date of the Indenture, by and among the Company, the
Guarantors, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as administrative
agent, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, as joint bookrunner and joint
lead arranger, the lenders party from time to time thereto, and the
agents named therein providing for up to $20.0 million of
revolving credit borrowings and $66.0 million of term
borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral
documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection
therewith, and in each case as amended, restated, modified,
renewed, refunded, extended, replaced, restructured or refinanced
in whole or in part from time to time under the same or any other
agent, lender or group of lenders.
“ Credit
Facilities ” means one or more bank debt facilities or
agreements (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or
commercial paper facilities or indentures, in each case with banks
or other institutional lenders or investors providing for revolving
credit loans, term loans, debt securities, or letters of credit, in
each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded,
extended, replaced, restructured or refinanced in whole or in part
from time to time under the same or any other agent, lender or
group of lenders.
“ Custodian
” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy
Law.
“ Default
” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the
giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
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“ Definitive
Note ” means a certificated Note registered in the name
of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with
Section 2.1(b) hereof, in the form of Exhibit A hereto except
that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not
have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Note” attached thereto.
“ Depositary
” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in
whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in
Section 2.3 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the
Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary
hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable
provision of this Indenture.
“ Designated
Non-cash Consideration ” means the fair market value of
non-cash consideration received by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated
as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’
Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the
amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a
subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Non-cash
Consideration; provided such cash proceeds are applied
pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof.
“ Designated Senior
Indebtedness ” means:
(1) any Indebtedness
outstanding under the Credit Agreement; and
(2) any other Senior
Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture, the principal amount
of which is $25 million or more and that has been designated
by the Company as “Designated Senior
Indebtedness.”
“ Disqualified
Stock ” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by
the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for
which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder
of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures
or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation
or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the
Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date on
which the notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any
Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely
because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require
the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of
a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute
Disqualified Stock so long as such rights are exercisable by
holders of such Capital Stock only after the Company complies with
Sections 4.10 and 4.15 and such offers to purchase or redeem are
consummated in accordance with this Indenture.
“ Domestic
Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or any
state of the United States or the District of Columbia, other any
Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Foreign
Subsidiary.
“ Equity
Interests ” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options
or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt
security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital
Stock).
“ Equity
Offering ” means any public offering or private sale for
cash on a primary basis by the Company or any Parent Entity of the
Company or private sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) after the date of the Indenture (other than any issuance
pursuant to employee benefit plans or otherwise in compensation to
officers, directors or employees.
“ Euroclear
” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the
Euroclear system, or any successor securities clearing
agency.
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“ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“ Exchange Notes
” means the 11.00% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 to be
issued by the Company upon the expiration of an Exchange Offer
pursuant to the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement containing
terms substantially identical to the Initial Notes (except that
(i) the transfer restrictions thereon shall be eliminated
(other than as may be imposed by state securities laws) and
(ii) there will be no provision for the payment of Additional
Interest).
“ Exchange Offer
” means, subject to the terms of a Registration Rights
Agreement, the offer by the Company to the Holders of the
opportunity to exchange their Initial Notes (or Additional Notes)
for Exchange Notes pursuant to a registration statement filed with
the Commission.
“ Exchange Offer
Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth for
such term in a Registration Rights Agreement.
“ Existing
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement) in existence on the date of the Indenture, until such
amounts are repaid (unless replaced by Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness at the time of repayment).
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ” means (A) a Restricted Subsidiary other
than a Restricted Subsidiary that was formed under the laws of the
United States or any state of the United States or the District of
Columbia and (B) any Restricted Subsidiary of such Restricted
Subsidiary.
“ GAAP ”
means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession,
which are in effect as of the date of the Indenture.
“ Global Note
Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Section 2.6(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all
Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
“ Global Notes
” means one or more global notes deposited with or on behalf
of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee
and issued in accordance with Sections 2.1 and 2.7
hereof.
“ Government
Securities ” means securities that are:
(i) direct obligations of the
United States of America for the timely payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged; or
(ii) obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America,
which, in either case, are
not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof,
and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as
custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a
specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government
Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of
such depository receipt; provided that (except as required
by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
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deduction from the amount payable to the
holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific
payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities
evidenced by such depository receipt.
“ guarantee
” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business,
direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by
way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of
any Indebtedness.
“ Guarantee
” means each Subsidiary Guarantee.
“ Guarantors
” means each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“ Hedging
Obligations ” means, with respect to any specified
Person, the obligations of such Person incurred not for speculative
purposes under: (i) interest rate swap agreements (whether
from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed), interest rate
cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;
(ii) foreign exchange contracts and currency protection
agreements entered into with one or more financial institutions
designed to protect the person or entity entering into the
agreement against fluctuations in interest rates or currency
exchanges rates with respect to Indebtedness incurred;
(iii) any commodity futures contract, commodity option or
other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect against
fluctuations in the price of commodities used by that entity at the
time; and (iv) other agreements or arrangements designed to
protect such person against fluctuations in interest rates,
currency exchange rates or commodity prices.
“ Holder ”
means any Person (which may include the Depositary or its nominee)
in whose name the Notes are registered.
“ Indebtedness
” means (without duplication), with respect to any specified
Person, any indebtedness of such Person (it being understood that
Indebtedness shall not include, among other things, deferred taxes,
customer deposits, accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or
not contingent: (i) in respect of borrowed money;
(ii) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof); (iii) in respect of letters of credit,
banker’s acceptances or other similar instruments;
(iv) representing Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable
Debt; (v) representing the balance of the deferred and unpaid
portion of the purchase price of any property except (a) any
portion thereof that constitutes an accrued expense or trade
payable, (b) obligations to consignors to pay under normal
trade terms for consigned goods and (c) earn-out obligations;
(vi) all obligations of such Person with respect to the
redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock
or, with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Subsidiary Guarantor, any preferred stock (but excluding, in each
case, any accrued dividends); or (vii) representing any
Hedging Obligations if and to the extent any of the preceding items
(other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear
as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person
prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term
“Indebtedness” includes, without duplication, all
Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the
specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by
the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included,
the guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any
other Person. The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any
date will be: (i) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in
the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount;
(ii) in the case of any Disqualified Stock of the specified
Person or any Subsidiary Guarantor or preferred stock of a
Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, the
repurchase price calculated in accordance with the terms of such
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock as if such Disqualified Stock
or preferred stock were repurchased on the date on which
Indebtedness is required to be determined pursuant to the
Indenture; provided that if such Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock is not then permitted to be repurchased,
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the greater of the liquidation
preference and the book value of such Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock; (iii) in the case of Indebtedness of others
secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person, the lesser
of (A) the fair market value of such asset on the date on
which Indebtedness is required to be determined pursuant to the
Indenture and (B) the amount of the Indebtedness so secured;
(iv) in the case of the guarantee by the specified Person of
any Indebtedness of any other Person, the maximum liability to
which the specified Person may be subject upon the occurrence of
the contingency giving rise to the obligation; and (v) in the
case of any Hedging Obligations, the net amount payable if such
Hedging Obligations were terminated at that time due to default by
such Person (after giving effect to any contractually permitted
set-off);
“ Indenture
” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time
to time.
“ Indirect
Participant ” means a Person who holds a beneficial
interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
“ Initial Notes
” means the $210.5 million aggregate principal amount of
11.00% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2017 issued by the Company on
the Issue Date.
“ Investments
” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect
investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates)
in the forms of loans (including guarantees or other obligations),
advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and
similar advances to officers and employees, and deposits,
extensions of trade credits and allowances on commercially
reasonable terms, in each case, made in the ordinary course of
business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of
Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with
all items that are or would be classified as investments on a
balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise
disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect
to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed
to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or
disposition in an amount equal to the fair market value of the
Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed
of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of
Section 4.7 hereof. The acquisition by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an
Investment in a third Person shall be deemed to be an Investment by
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in
an amount equal to the fair market value of the Investment held by
the acquired Person in such third Person on the date of any such
acquisition in an amount determined as provided in the final
paragraph of Section 4.7 hereof; provided that
investments held by the acquired Person in such third person that
do not exceed $1.0 million will not be deemed to be an Investment
by the Company or any such Subsidiary for the purposes of this
definition.
“ Issue Date
” means the date on which the Notes are originally issued
under this Indenture.
“ Letter of
Transmittal ” means the letter of transmittal to be
prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for
use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange
Offer.
“ Leverage Ratio
” means, with respect to any Person, at any date the ratio of
(i) Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation (determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) to
(ii) Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for the four full
fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are
available immediately preceding such date on which such additional
Indebtedness is incurred. In the event that such Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs or redeems any Indebtedness
subsequent to the commencement of the period
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for which the Leverage Ratio is being
calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the
Leverage Ratio is made, then the Leverage Ratio shall be calculated
giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or redemption of
Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter period. For purposes of making the
computation referred to above:
(i) acquisitions that have
been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and
including any related financing transactions and including
increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, during the
four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference
period and on or prior to the date of calculation will be given pro
forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the
four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such
reference period will be calculated on a pro forma basis;
provided that such pro forma calculations shall be
determined in good faith by the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company and shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate
signed by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer which states
(a) the amount of such adjustment or adjustments,
(b) that such adjustment or adjustments are based on the
reasonable good faith belief of the Company at the time of such
execution, and (c) that the realization of such adjustments on
a run rate basis is reasonably expected to be achieved within
12 months following such transaction;
(ii) the Consolidated Cash
Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in
accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership
interests therein) disposed of on or prior to the date of
calculation, will be excluded; and
(iii) any interest expense of
such Person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness or
dividends on any Disqualified Stock bearing a floating interest (or
dividend) rate will be computed on a pro forma basis as if the
average rate of interest (or dividend) in effect from the beginning
of the period referenced to the date of calculation had been the
applicable rate of interest (or dividend) for the entire period,
unless such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party
to a Hedging Obligation (which will remain in effect for the
twelve-month period immediately following the date of calculation)
that has the effect of fixing the rate of interest on the date of
calculation, in which case such rate (whether higher or lower) will
be used.
“ Lien ”
means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of
such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected
under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or
other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any
filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the
Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction.
“ Local Insight
Media ” means Local Insight Media, L.P.
“ Management
Agreement ” means the Management Agreement between the
Company and WCAS Management Corporation dated the date of this
Indenture, and as the same may be amended, modified or replaced
from time to time so long as such amendment, modification or
replacement is no less favorable to the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries in any material respect than the Management Agreement
in effect on the date of this Indenture.
“ Net Income
” means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income
(loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and
before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends;
provided , that “Net Income” shall exclude:
(i) any gain (or loss), together with any related provision
for taxes on such gain (or loss), realized in connection with:
(a) any Asset Sale or other disposition
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not in the ordinary course of business
(including, without limitation, dispositions pursuant to sale and
leaseback transactions); or (b) the disposition of any
securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or
the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) any extraordinary, unusual or
non-recurring gain (or loss), charge, cost or expense, together
with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary, unusual
or non-recurring gain (or loss), charge, cost or expense; and
(iii) any (a) non-cash charges relating to the grant,
exercise or repurchase of options for, or shares of, the Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of such Person to any
employee or director of such Person, (b) non-cash charges
relating to the write-down of goodwill or other intangibles to the
extent such items reduced the Net Income of such Person during any
period and (c) non-cash gains or losses related to Hedging
Obligations.
“ Net Proceeds
” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale
(including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or
other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any
Asset Sale, including any Designated Non-cash Consideration), net
of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and
sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result
of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset
Sale including any withholding taxes imposed on the repatriation of
such proceeds, in each case, after taking into account any
available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements, amounts applied to the permanent repayment (or
corresponding reduction in commitments in case of revolving
Indebtedness) of Indebtedness secured by the assets disposed of and
amounts required to be applied to the permanent repayment (or
corresponding reduction in commitments in case of revolving
Indebtedness) repayment of Indebtedness (including any interest or
premium) and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale
price of such asset or assets established in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Non-Recourse
Debt ” means Indebtedness: (i) as to which neither
the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(a) provides credit support of any kind (including any
undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute
Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a
guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender (in each
case, except for a pledge of the Equity Interests of Unrestricted
Subsidiaries); and (ii) no default with respect to which
(including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have
to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary)
would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any
other Indebtedness (other than the Notes) of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other
Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be
accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity.
“ Non-U.S.
Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S.
Person.
“ Note Custodian
” means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as custodian for the
Depositary with respect to the Notes in global form, or any
successor entity thereto.
“ Notes ”
means the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes and any Additional
Notes issued under this Indenture.
“ Obligations
” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities
payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
“ Offering
” means the offering of the Initial Notes by the
Company.
“ Offering
Memorandum ” means the Offering Memorandum relating to
the Notes and dated November 14, 2007, as amended or
supplemented.
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“ Officer
” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the
Secretary of such Person.
“ Officers’
Certificate ” means a certificate signed by two Officers
of the Company or by one Officer and any Assistant Treasurer or
Assistant Secretary of the Company and which complies with the
provisions of Section 12.5 hereof.
“ 144A Global
Note ” means one or more global notes in the form of
Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private
Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered
in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that shall represent
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on
Rule 144A.
“ Opinion of
Counsel ” means a written opinion from legal counsel
which meets the requirements of Section 12.5 hereof. The
counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
“ Parent Entity
” means any Person that is a direct or indirect parent of the
Company.
“ Participant
” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or
Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary,
Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to The
Depository Trust Company, shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
“ Permitted
Business ” means (i) the lines of business conducted
by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of the
Indenture and any business incidental or reasonably related thereto
or which is a reasonable extension thereof as determined in good
faith by the Company’s Board of Directors and (ii) any
business which forms a part of a business (the “ Acquired
Business ”) which is acquired by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries if the primary intent of the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary was to acquire that portion of the
Acquired Business which meets the requirements of clause
(i) of this definition and the portion of the Acquired
Business which meets the requirements of clause (i) of this
definition constitutes a majority of the Acquired
Business.
“ Permitted
Investments ” means:
(i) any Investment in the
Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(ii) any Investment in cash
and Cash Equivalents;
(iii) any Investment by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if
as a result of such Investment: (a) such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; 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 of the Company;
(iv) any Investment made as a
result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale
that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10
hereof or any non-cash consideration received in connection with a
disposition of assets excluded from the definition of “Asset
Sales”;
(v) workers’
compensation, utility, lease and similar deposits and prepaid
expenses in the ordinary course of business and endorsements of
negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of
business;
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(vi) any investments in any
Person solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(vii) any Investments arising
from agreements of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company providing for adjustment of purchase price, deferred
payment, earn out or similar obligations, in each case acquired in
connection with the disposition or acquisition of any business or
assets of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(viii) any Investments
received in compromise of obligations of any Person to the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company incurred in the
ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of
reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, or liquidation of such Person or the
good faith settlement of debts of such Person to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may
be;
(ix) Hedging Obligations
permitted to be incurred under Section 4.9 hereof;
(x) loans and advances made
in settlement of accounts receivable, all in the ordinary course of
business;
(xi) guarantees of
Indebtedness to the extent permitted by clause (ix) of the
second paragraph of Section 4.9 hereof;
(xii) receivables owing to
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company if created or
acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or
dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;
provided that such trade terms may include such
concessionary trade terms as the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, deems reasonable under the
circumstances;
(xiv) any Investments in
payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are
expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as
expenses for accounting purposes;
(xv) any Investments existing
on the date of this Indenture and any modification, renewal,
replacement or extension thereof; provided that such
Investment may be increased only (x) as required by the terms
of such Investment as in existence on the date of this Indenture
and, to the extent material, as described in this offering
memorandum or (y) as otherwise permitted by this
Indenture;
(xv) loans and advances to
employees (other than executive officers) of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for bona
fide business purposes;
(xvi) Investments consisting
of licensing of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing
arrangements with other Persons;
(xvii) Investments consisting
of earnest money deposits required in connection a purchase
agreement or other acquisition;
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(xviii) Investments in
Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an amount at any time outstanding
(measured at the time of Investment without giving effect to any
subsequent changes in value) not to exceed the greater of
(a) $5.0 million and (b) 0.5% of Total Assets of the
Company;
(xix) other Investments in
any Person having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the
date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (xix) that are at the
time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $5.0
million and (b) 0.5% of Total Assets of the Company, provided
that if such Investment is in Capital Stock of a Person that
subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, such Investment shall
thereafter be deemed permitted under clause (i) above and
shall not be included as having been made pursuant to this clause
(xix).
(xx) any Investments in a
Securitization Entity or any Investments by a Securitization Entity
in any other Person, in each case in connection with a Qualified
Securitization Transaction, provided, however , that any
Investments in a Securitization Entity is in the form of (1) a
Purchase Money Note; (2) any Equity Interests;
(3) obligations of the Securitization Entity to pay the
purchase price for assets transferred to it; or (4) interests
in accounts receivable generated by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary and transferred to any Person in connection with a
Qualified Securitization Transaction or any such Person owning such
amounts receivable; and
(xxi) any Investments in a
Securitization Entity in connection with a Qualified Securitization
Transaction, which Investments consist of the transfer of
Receivables and Related Assets.
“ Permitted Junior
Securities ” means:
(i) Equity Interests in the
Company, any Guarantor or any Parent Entity of the Company;
or
(ii) unsecured debt
securities that are subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness (and
any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness) to
substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the
notes and the related Guarantees are subordinated to Senior
Indebtedness under this Indenture;
provided that the term
“Permitted Junior Securities” shall not include any
securities distributed pursuant to a plan of reorganization if the
Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement is treated as part of the
same class as the notes for purposes of such plan of
reorganization; provided further , that to the extent that
any Senior Indebtedness of the Company or the Guarantors
outstanding on the date of consummation of any such plan of
reorganization is not paid in full in cash on such date, the
holders of any such Senior Indebtedness not so paid in full in cash
have consented to the terms of such plan of
reorganization.
“ Permitted
Liens ” means:
(i) Liens in favor of the
Company or the Guarantors;
(ii) Liens on property of a
Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or
consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such merger or consolidation and
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do not extend to any assets
other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the
Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;
(iii) Liens on property
(including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of
the property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such acquisition;
(iv) Liens to secure the
performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds,
performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in
the ordinary course of business;
(v) Liens existing on the
date of this Indenture or that remain in place in connection with
the incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(vi) Liens for taxes,
assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet
delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, provided
that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in
conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
(vii) Liens on assets or
Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries that secure
Non-Recourse Debt of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(viii) Liens incurred or
deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, social
security and other statutory obligations, including any Lien
securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of
business in connection therewith, or to secure the performance of
tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids,
leases, governmental contracts, performance and return-of-money
bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for
the payment of borrowed money);
(ix) Liens imposed by law,
such as carriers’, landlords’, material men’s,
repairmen’s warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens,
in each case, for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith
through diligent proceedings;
(x) Liens arising from
Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding
leases not otherwise constituting Indebtedness entered into by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business;
(xi) minor survey exceptions,
minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of
others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines,
telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or
zoning, building or other restrictions or any similar laws,
ordinances, orders, rules or regulations as to the use of real
properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of
such Person or to the ownership of its properties that do not, in
the aggregate, materially adversely affect the value of said
properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the
business of such Person;
(xii) Liens encumbering
property or assets under construction arising from progress or
partial payments by a customer of the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries relating to such property or assets;
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(xiii) Liens arising from
licenses, leases and subleases not constituting Indebtedness and
otherwise entered into the ordinary course of business, provided
such Liens are limited to the specific property that is the subject
of such license, lease, or sublease;
(xiv) judgment Liens not
giving rise to an Event of Default; and
(xv) Liens securing insurance
premium financing; provided that such Liens do not extend to any
property or assets other than the insurance policies and proceeds
thereof; and
(xvi) Liens on assets of a
Securitization Entity incurred in connection with a Qualified
Securitization Transaction.
“ Permitted Payments
to a Parent Entity ” means without duplication as to
amounts:
(i) payments to the Parent
Entity in an amount sufficient to permit the Parent Entity to pay
(a) accounting, legal, board and administrative expenses
related to the ownership or operation of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, (b) other reasonable holding company expenses of
the Parent Entity to the extent such expenses related to the
ownership or operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in
amounts no greater proportionately than the consolidated revenue of
the Company and its Subsidiaries relative to the Parent Entity and
its Subsidiaries and (c) franchise taxes and other fees and
expenses required to maintain its corporate existence;
(ii) payments to the Parent
Entity in respect of the United States, federal, state, local or
non-United States tax liabilities that are attributable to the
income or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (“
Tax Payments ”). Tax Payments shall not exceed the tax
liabilities (including any penalties or interest for taxes and
costs to contest any tax liability) that would otherwise be payable
by the Company and its Subsidiaries to the appropriate taxing
authorities if the Company was not a Subsidiary of the Parent
Entity (a “ Tax Liability ”). The amount of any
Tax Payment that may be made with respect to a Tax Liability shall
be reduced by any amount paid directly by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to a taxing authority in satisfaction of such Tax
Liability;
(iii) payments to reimburse
the Parent Entity for costs, fees and expenses incident to any debt
or equity financing, to the extent that (a) the net proceeds
of a primary offering (if it is completed) are, or the net proceeds
from original issuance of such securities in the case of a
secondary offering, were, contributed to, or otherwise used for the
benefit of, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and
(b) the costs, fees and expenses are allocated among the
Parent Entity and any selling shareholders in such proportion as is
required by an applicable shareholders agreement or, to the extent
no applicable shareholders agreement exists, as is appropriate to
reflect the relative proceeds received by the Parent Entity and
such selling shareholders; and
(iv) obligations under the
Management Agreement.
“ Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange
for, or the net proceeds of which are used to repay, redeem,
extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease, discharge, refund or
otherwise retire for value other Indebtedness of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness between
and among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries);
provided that: (i) the principal amount (or accreted
value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if
applicable) of the Indebtedness repaid, redeemed, extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced,
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defeased, discharged, refunded, or
retired (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the
amount of all fees and expenses and premiums and penalties incurred
in connection therewith); (ii) such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness has a final maturity date of or later than the final
maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal
to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the
Indebtedness being repaid, redeemed, extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased, discharged, or refunded or retired;
(iii) if the Indebtedness being repaid, redeemed, extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased, discharged, refunded or
retired is subordinated or pari passu in right of payment to
the Notes or any Guarantee, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
is subordinated pari passu in right of payment to the Notes
or the Guarantees, as the case may be, on terms at least as
favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the
documentation governing the Indebtedness being repaid, redeemed,
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased, refunded,
discharged or retired; and (iv) such Indebtedness is incurred
either by the Company or a Guarantor or if a Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Guarantor is the obligor on the Indebtedness being
repaid, redeemed, extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased, refunded or discharged, then by any Restricted
Subsidiary.
“ Person ”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, jointstock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, limited liability company or government or other
entity.
“ Principal or
Related Party ” means Welsh Carson and its Affiliates,
including Local Insight Media, so long as it is an Affiliate of
Welsh Carson.
“ Private Placement
Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Section 2.6(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this
Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of
this Indenture.
“ Purchase Money
Note ” means a promissory note of a Securitization Entity
evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in connection with a
Qualified Securitization Transaction to a Securitization Entity,
which note shall be repaid from cash available to the
Securitization Entity other than amounts required to be established
as reserves pursuant to agreements, amounts paid to investors in
respect of interest and principal and amounts paid in connection
with the purchase of newly generated receivables or newly acquired
equipment.
“ QIB ”
means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in
Rule 144A.
“ Qualified
Proceeds ” means any of the following or any combination
of the following: (i) cash, (ii) Cash Equivalents,
(iii) assets that are used or useful in a Permitted Business
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and
(iv) the Capital Stock of any Person engaged in a Permitted
Business that is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
“ Qualified
Securitization Transaction ” means any transaction or
series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to
(i) a Securitization Entity (in the case of a transfer by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) and (ii) any other
Person (in the case of a transfer by a Securitization Entity), or
may grant a security interest in, any Receivables and Related
Assets.
“ Receivables
and Related Assets ” means any account receivable
(whether now existing or arising thereafter) of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, and any assets related thereto including all
collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and
contract rights and all guarantees or
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other obligations in respect of such
accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other
assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which
security interest are customarily granted in connection with asset
securitization transaction involving accounts
receivable.
“ Registration
Rights Agreement ” means (a) with respect to the
Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company and the
Initial Purchasers and (b) with respect to each issuance of
Additional Notes issued in a transaction exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, the registration
rights agreement, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the
Persons purchasing such Additional Notes under the related purchase
agreement.
“ Regulation S
” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities
Act.
“ Regulation S
Global Note ” means the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note or the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as the case may
be.
“ Regulation S
Permanent Global Note ” means a permanent global note
bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and
deposited with, or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the
Depositary or its nominee, that shall equal the outstanding
principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon
expiration of the Restricted Period.
“ Regulation S
Temporary Global Note ” means one or more global notes
bearing the Global Note Legend, the Temporary Global Note Legend
and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with, or on behalf
of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee,
that shall represent the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
sold in reliance on Regulation S.
“ Representative
” means any trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an
issue of Senior Indebtedness of the Company.
“ Responsible
Officer ” means, when used with respect to the Trustee,
an officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any
successor unit, department or division 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 and who
shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
“ Restricted
Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend.
“ Restricted Global
Note ” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement
Legend.
“ Restricted
Investment ” means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
“ Restricted Payment
Capacity Accrual Date ” means the first day of the fiscal
quarter beginning immediately following the payment of the
Restricted Payment set forth in clause (xiv) of the second
paragraph of Section 4.7 provided that if (a) the
Restricted Payment set forth in clause (xiv) of the second
paragraph under the caption of Section 4.7 is not paid on or
prior to March 31, 2010 or (b) the Company has delivered
a Restricted Payment Capacity Accrual Election to the trustee, then
such term means the first day of the fiscal quarter during which
the date of the Indenture occurs.
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“ Restricted Payment
Capacity Accrual Election ” means an Officers’
Certificate delivered to the trustee stating that the Company has
not made and will not at any time in the future make a Restricted
Payment pursuant to clause (xiv) of the second paragraph of
Section 4.7. For the avoidance of doubt, following a
Restricted Payment Capacity Accrual Election, the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries shall be prohibited from making any
Restricted Payment pursuant to clause (xiv) of the second
paragraph of Section 4.7.
“ Restricted
Subsidiary ” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the
referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“ Restricted
Period ” means the 40 day restricted period as defined in
Regulation S.
“ Rule 144
” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
“ Rule 144A
” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities
Act.
“ Rule 144A Global
Note ” means one or more Restricted Global Notes that
shall represent the aggregate principal amount of Notes sold in
reliance on Rule 144A.
“ Rule 903
” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
“ Rule 904
” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
“ Secured
Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.
“ Securities
” means the Notes and the Guarantees issued under this
Indenture.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Securitization
Entity ” means a wholly-owned Subsidiary (or a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of another Person in which the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company makes an Investment and to which the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company transfers Receivables and
Related Assets) that engages in no activities other than in
connection with the financing of accounts receivable and that is
designated by the Board of Directors of the Company (as provided
below) as a Securitization Entity and:
(a) no portion of the
Indebtedness or any other Obligations (contingent or otherwise) of
which:
(1) is guaranteed by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding Guarantees (other
than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to
Standard Securitization Undertakings);
(2) is recourse to or
obligates the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such
Securitization Entity) in any way other than pursuant to Standard
Securitization Undertakings; or
(3) subjects any property or
asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such
Securitization Entity), directly or indirectly, contingently or
otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to
Standard Securitization Undertakings;
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(b) with which neither the
Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such
Securitization Entity) has any material contract, agreement,
arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable
to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might
be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the
Company, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business
in connection with servicing accounts receivable of such entity;
and
(c) to which neither the
Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such
Securitization Entity) has any obligation to maintain or preserve
such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to
achieve certain levels of operating results.
Any designation of a
Subsidiary as a Securitization Entity shall be evidenced to the
trustee by filing with the trustee a certified copy of the
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect
to the designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying
that the designation complied with the preceding conditions and was
permitted by this Indenture.
The Holders of the Notes, the
Company and the Guarantors shall have no claims against any current
or future assets of any Securitization Entity.
“ Senior
Indebtedness ” means:
(1) all Indebtedness of the
Company or any Guarantor outstanding under the Credit Agreement
(including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition
in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the
Company or any Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the
documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a
claim for post filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)),
and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations,
indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether
existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and
all obligations of the Company or any Guarantor to reimburse any
bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of
credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;
(2) all Hedging Obligations
(and guarantees thereof) owing to a Lender (as defined in the
Credit Agreement) or any Affiliate of such Lender (or any Person
that was a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender at the time the
applicable agreement giving rise to such Hedging Obligation was
entered into), provided that such Hedging Obligations are
permitted to be incurred under the terms of this
Indenture;
(3) any other Indebtedness of
the Company or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the
terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such
Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity
with or subordinated in right of payment to the notes or any
related Guarantee; and
(4) all Obligations with
respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1),
(2) and (3);
provided , however , that
Senior Indebtedness shall not include:
(a) any obligation of such
Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(b) any liability for
federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such
Person;
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(c) any accounts payable or
other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course
of business;
(d) any Indebtedness or other
Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in any
respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such
Person;
(e) any Indebtedness solely
by virtue of such Indebtedness being secured or being secured by a
senior priority lien or by virtue of the fact that the holders of
such Indebtedness have entered into intercreditor agreements or
other agreements giving on or more of such holders priority over
the other holders to the collateral held by them; or
(f) that portion of any
Indebtedness which at the time of incurrence is incurred in
violation of this Indenture; provided , however ,
that such Indebtedness shall be deemed not to have been incurred in
violation of this Indenture for purposes of this clause (f) if
such Indebtedness consists of Designated Senior Indebtedness, and
the holder(s) of such Indebtedness or their agent or representative
(a) had no actual knowledge at the time of incurrence that the
incurrence of such Indebtedness violated this Indenture and
(b) shall have receive a certificate from an officer of the
Company to the effect that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does
not violate the provisions of this Indenture.
“ Senior
Subordinated Indebtedness ” means:
(1) with respect to the
Company, Indebtedness which ranks equal in right of payment to the
Notes issued by the Company; and
(2) with respect to any
Guarantor, Indebtedness which ranks equal in right of payment to
the Guarantee of the Notes by such entity.
“ Shelf Registration
Statement ” has the meaning set forth for such term in
the Registration Rights Agreement.
“ Significant
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that would be a “
significant subsidiary ” as defined in Article 1, Rule
102 of Regulation SX, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act,
as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
“ Standard
Securitization Undertakings ” means representations,
warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary that are reasonably customary in an
accounts receivable securitization transaction, including, without
limitation, servicing of the obligations thereunder.
“ Stated
Maturity ” means, with respect to any installment of
interest or payment of principal on any series of Indebtedness, the
date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to
be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness,
and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or
repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date
originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
“ Subordinated
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to the
Notes,
(1) any Indebtedness of the
Company which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to
the Notes, and
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(2) any Indebtedness of any
Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to
the Guarantee of the Notes by such entity.
“ Subsidiary
” means, with respect to any specified Person: (i) any
corporation, limited liability company, 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 and after giving effect to any voting agreement
or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting
power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees
of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the
time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that 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 that Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination
thereof).
“ Subsidiary
Guarantee ” means the guarantee by each Subsidiary
Guarantor of all Obligations of the Company under this Indenture
and the Notes.
“ Subsidiary
Guarantor ” means each of the Company’s current and
future Restricted Subsidiaries that guarantee all of the
Obligations of the Company under this Indenture.
“ TIA ”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa
77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is
qualified under the TIA.
“ Total Assets
” means, with respect to any Person, the total assets of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as would be shown on a
consolidated basis on the balance sheet of such Person as of the
date of determination as determined in accordance with GAAP
determined on a pro forma basis.
“ Transactions
” shall have the meaning specified in the Offering
Memorandum.
“ Trustee
” means the party named as such above until a successor
replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this
Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving
hereunder.
“ U.S. Person
” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(o) under the
Securities Act.
“ Unrestricted
Definitive Note ” means one or more Definitive Notes that
do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement
Legend.
“ Unrestricted
Global Note ” means a permanent global Note in the form
of Exhibit A attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and
that has the “ Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note ” attached thereto, and that is deposited
with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary,
representing a series of Notes that do not bear the Private
Placement Legend.
“ Unrestricted
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is
designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution, but only to
the extent that such Subsidiary, at the time of such designation:
(i) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(ii) except as permitted by Section 4.11 hereof, is not
party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the
terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding
are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are
not Affiliates of the Company; (iii) is a Person with respect
to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for
additional Equity
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Interests or (b) to maintain or
preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such
Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
(iv) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly
provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Any designation of a
Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be
evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified
copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and
an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by
Section 4.17 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted
Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such
Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under
Section 4.9, the Company shall be in default of such covenant.
The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that such designation shall be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if
(1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.9
hereof; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in
existence following such designation.
“ Voting Stock
” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of
such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of
the Board of Directors of such Person.
“ Weighted Average
Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any
Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:
(i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying
(a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking
fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal,
including payment at final maturity, in respect of the
Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the
nearest one-twelfth) that shall elapse between such date and the
making of such payment; by (ii) the then outstanding principal
amount of such Indebtedness.
“ Welsh Carson
” means Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe X, L.P. and
Affiliates of the foregoing that are directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by Welsh, Carson, Anderson &
Stowe X, L.P. or under direct or indirect common control with
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe X, L.P.
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“Affiliate
Transaction”
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4.11 |
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“Asset Sale
Offer”
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4.10 |
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“Authentication
Order”
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2.2 |
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“Authenticating
Agent”
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2.2 |
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“Change of Control
Offer”
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4.15 |
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“Change of Control
Payment”
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4.15 |
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“Change of Control Payment
Date”
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4.15 |
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“Covenant
Defeasance”
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“DTC”
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2.1 |
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“Event of
Default”
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6.1 |
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“Excess Proceeds”
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4.10 |
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“incur”
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4.9 |
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“incurrence”
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“Legal
Defeasance”
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“Offer Amount”
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3.9 |
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“Offer Period”
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3.9 |
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“Paying Agent”
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“Payment Default”
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“Permitted Debt”
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“Purchase Date”
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3.9 |
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“Registrar”
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2.3 |
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“Restricted
Payments”
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“Special Record
Date”
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2.12 |
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“Special Payment
Date”
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| 1.3 |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
. |
Whenever this Indenture
refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used
in this Indenture have the following meanings:
“ indenture
securities ” means the Notes and the
Guarantees;
“ indenture security
Holder ” means a Holder of a Note;
“ indenture to be
qualified ” means this Indenture;
“ indenture
trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ”
means the Trustee; and
“ Obligor
” on the indenture securities means the Company, the
Guarantors and any successor obligor upon the indenture
securities.
All other terms used in this
Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to
another statute or defined by Commission rule under the TIA have
the meanings so assigned to them.
| 1.4 |
Rules of Construction . |
Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) a term has the meaning
assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not
otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with
GAAP;
(3) “or” is not
exclusive;
(4) words in the singular
include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular;
(5) provisions apply to
successive events and transactions;
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(6) “herein,”
“hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture (as amended or supplemented
from time to time) and not to any particular Article, Section or
other subdivision; and
(7) references to sections of
or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include
substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by
the Commission from time to time.
The Initial Notes and any
Additional Notes (and any related Exchange Notes) shall vote and
consent together on all matters as one class and none of the
Initial Notes or any Additional Notes (and any related Exchange
Notes) shall have the right to vote or consent as a separate class
on any matter.
ARTICLE II
THE
NOTES
The Notes and the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange
rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. Except for the Definitive Notes issued on the Issue
Date, the Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The terms and provisions
contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture and 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. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts
with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of
this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
Notes issued in global form
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A; provided
that only Global Notes shall have the Global Note Legend thereon
and the “ Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Note ” attached thereto. Each Global Note shall be
deposited with the Note Custodian and registered in the name of the
Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary and shall represent
such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein, and
each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased,
as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any
endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase
or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Note
Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with
written instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by
Section 2.6 hereof. The Company initially appoints The
Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) to act as
Depositary with respect to the Global
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Notes. The Trustee shall initially act
as Note Custodian with respect to the Global Notes in accordance
with its agreement with DTC.
Notes initially offered by
the Company and sold by certain selling securityholders to QIBs in
reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued in the form of one or more
Rule 144A Global Notes.
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Temporary Global Notes. |
Notes initially offered and
sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S shall be
initially issued in the form of one or more Regulation S Temporary
Global Notes, which shall be deposited with the Note Custodian and
registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the
Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf
of Euroclear or Clearstream, and duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The
Restricted Period shall be terminated upon the receipt by the
Trustee of a written certificate from the Depositary, together with
copies of certificates from Euroclear and Clearstream certifying
that they have received certification of non United States
beneficial ownership of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of
the Regulation S Temporary Global Note (except to the extent of any
beneficial owners thereof who acquired an interest therein during
the Restricted Period pursuant to another exemption from
registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of
a beneficial ownership interest in a 144A Global Note bearing a
Private Placement Legend, all as contemplated by
Section 2.6(e)(i) hereof). Following the termination of the
Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note shall be exchanged for an equal amount of
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note
pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the
authentication of the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the
Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The
aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global
Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes may from time to
time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records
of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may
be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter
provided.
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Euroclear Clearstream Procedures Applicable. |
The provisions of the “
Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System ” and
“ Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear
” and the “ General Terms and Conditions of
Clearstream ” and “ Customer Handbook
” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and
the Regulation S Global Notes that are held by Participants through
Euroclear or Clearstream.
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Execution and Authentication . |
The aggregate principal
amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture is unlimited. The Trustee shall, upon a written order of
the Company signed by two Officers of the Company (an “
Authentication Order ”), authenticate (i) on the
Issue Date, the Initial Notes in aggregate principal amount of
$210,500,000, (ii) subject to the provisions of
Section 2.14, at any time and from time to time thereafter,
Additional Notes in an aggregate principal amount specified in such
authentication order and (iii) subject to the provisions of
Section 2.6(f), Exchange Notes issued in exchange for a like
principal amount of Initial Notes or Additional Notes tendered
pursuant to an Exchange Offer. Such authentication order shall
specify (i) the amount of the Notes to be authenticated,
(ii) the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated,
(iii) whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes, Exchange
Notes or Additional Notes and (iv) whether such Notes shall
bear the Global Note Legend, the Regulation S Temporary Global Note
Legend and/or the Private Placement Legend. Furthermore, Notes may
be authenticated
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and delivered upon registration or
transfer, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.6,
2.7, 2.10 or 9.5 or in connection with a Change of Control Offer
pursuant to Section 4.15.
An Officer of the Company
shall sign the Notes by manual or facsimile signature. If an
Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at
the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be
valid. A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of
the Trustee manually authenticates the Note. The signature of the
Trustee on a Note shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has
been duly and validly authenticated and issued under this
Indenture.
The Trustee may (at the
expense of the Company) appoint an authenticating agent (the
“ Authenticating Agent ”) acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Notes. An Authenticating Agent may
authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference
in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes
authentication by such Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating
Agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an
Affiliate of the Company and has the same protections under Article
VII herein.
| 2.3 |
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 ”) and an
office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“
Paying Agent ”). The Company shall cause each of the
Registrar and the Paying Agent to maintain an office or agency in
the United States of America. The Registrar shall keep a register
of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may
appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar
and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional
paying agent.
The Company shall enter into
an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent
not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of
the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this
Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company may change any
Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any
Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to
appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent,
the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially
appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying
Agent.
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Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . |
By no later than 11:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on the date on which any principal of, premium
or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on any Notes is due and
payable, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum
sufficient in immediately available funds to pay such amount when
due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in
trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by
the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium or
Additional Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, and shall
notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in
making any such payment. While any such default continues, the
Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to
the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to
pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any
funds disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon payment over to the
Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a
Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the
Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate
and hold in a separate trust funds for
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the benefit of the Holders all money
held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization
proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as
Paying Agent for the Notes.
The Trustee shall preserve in
as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list
available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall
otherwise comply with TIA §312(a). If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven
Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other
times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form
and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the
names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Company shall
otherwise comply with TIA §312(a).
| 2.6 |
Transfer and Exchange . |
| (a) |
Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. |
A Global Note may not be
transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to
another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such
nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for
Definitive Notes if (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee
written notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable
to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a
successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120
days after the date of such notice from the Depositary,
(ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the
Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for
Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to
the Trustee or (iii) there shall have occurred and be
continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes;
provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior
to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and
(y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required
pursuant to Rule 903(c)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act. Upon
the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or
(iii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as
the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee in writing. Global Notes
also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided
in Sections 2.7 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and
delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any
portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.6 or
Section 2.7, 2.10 or 9.5 hereof, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global
Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided
in this Section 2.6(a), however, beneficial interests in a
Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in
Section 2.6(b), (c) or (f) hereof.
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Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global
Notes. |
The transfer and exchange of
beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through
the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture
and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the
Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on
transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent
required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests
in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either
subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as
one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as
applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial
Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any
Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same
Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions
set forth in the Private Placement Legend and any Applicable
Procedures; provided , however , that prior to the
expiration
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of the Restricted Period,
transfers of beneficial interests in the Temporary Regulation S
Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or
benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser or a
“distributor” (as defined in Rule 902(d) of Regulation
S)). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be
transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. Except as may
be required by Applicable Procedures, no written orders or
instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to
effect the transfers described in this
Section 2.6(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers
and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . In
connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests
that are not subject to Section 2.6(b)(i) above, the
transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a
Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary
to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another
Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information
regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase
or (B) if permitted under Section 2.6(a) hereof
(1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be
issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions
given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information
regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be
registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in
(1) above; provided that in no event shall Definitive
Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to
(x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the
receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to
Rule 903 under the Securities Act. Upon consummation of an Exchange
Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.6(f) hereof,
the requirements of this Section 2.6(b)(ii) shall be deemed to
have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the
instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by
the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global
Notes. Upon notification from the Registrar that all of the
requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in
Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise
applicable under the Securities Act have been satisfied, the
Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global
Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.6(h) hereof.
(iii) Transfer of
Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note to Another
Restricted Global Note . A beneficial interest in any
Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another
Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the
requirements of Section 2.6(b)(ii) above and the Registrar
receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will
take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A
Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(1) thereof; and
(B) if the transferee will
take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note or the Regulation S Global Note,
then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof.
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of
Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial
Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in
any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof
for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the
exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of
Section 2.6(b)(ii) above and:
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(A) such exchange or transfer
is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with a
Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial
interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes any and all
certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal or is deemed
to have made such certifications if delivery is made through the
Applicable Procedures as may be required by a Registration Rights
Agreement;
(B) such transfer is effected
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with a
Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected
by a participating Broker Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with such Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives
the following:
(1) if the holder of such
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(a) thereof; or
(2) if the holder of such
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
and, in each such case set
forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar or the Company so
requests or the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required
in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is
effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a
time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the
Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in
accordance with Section 2.2 hereof or in accordance with a
previously delivered Authentication Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph
(B) or (D) above.
Beneficial interests in an
Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, beneficial
interests in a Restricted Global Note.
| (c) |
Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes
for Definitive Notes. |
(i) Beneficial Interests
in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes .
Subject to Section 2.6 hereof, if any holder of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer
such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in
the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the
Registrar of the following documentation:
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(A) if the holder of such
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note,
a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item
(2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial
interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A
under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial
interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore
transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial
interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial
interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof;
or
(F) if such beneficial
interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be
reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.6(h) hereof, and the
Company shall execute, and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order
in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof or in accordance with a
previously delivered Authentication Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.
Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in
a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.6(c) shall
be registered in such name or names and in such authorized
denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial
interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the
Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee
shall (at the expense of the Company) deliver such Restricted
Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so
registered. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
Section 2.6(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and
shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained
therein.
(ii) Notwithstanding Sections
2.6(c)(i)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a
Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (x) the
expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the
Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule
903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except in the case of a
transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule
904.
(iii) Beneficial Interests
in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes .
Subject to Section 2.6(a) hereof, a holder of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial
interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such
beneficial
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interest to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer
is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with a
Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial
interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the
case of a transfer, makes any and all certifications in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal or is deemed to have made such
certifications if delivery is made through the Applicable
Procedures as may be required by a Registration Rights
Agreement;
(B) such transfer is effected
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with a
Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected
by a participating Broker Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives
the following:
(1) if the holder of such
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof;
or
(2) if the holder of such
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof,
and, in each such case set
forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar or the Company so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required
in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the
conditions of any of the clauses of this Section 2.6(c)(iii),
the Company shall execute, and, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof or in accordance
with a previously delivered Authentication Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount, and the Trustee shall cause the aggregate
principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Note to be
reduced in a corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.6(h)
hereof.
(iv) Beneficial Interests
in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes .
Subject to Section 2.6(a) hereof, if any holder of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
then, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Section 2.6(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global
Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.6(h)
hereof, and the Company shall execute, and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.2
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hereof or in accordance with
a previously delivered Authentication Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate and (at the expense of the Company) deliver to the
Person designated in the instructions an Unrestricted Definitive
Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Unrestricted
Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest
pursuant to this Section 2.6(c)(iii) shall be registered in
such name or names and in such authorized denomination or
denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall
instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and
the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall (at the
expense of the Company) deliver such Unrestricted Definitive Notes
to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any
Unrestricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest pursuant to this Section 2.6(c)(iii) shall not bear
the Private Placement Legend.
| (d) |
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial
Interests in Global Notes. |
(i) Restricted Definitive
Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes . If
any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange
such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or
to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the
following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such
Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted
Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with
Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item
(1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted
Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non U.S. Person in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under
the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted
Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance
with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item
(3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted
Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof;
or
(F) if such Restricted
Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cancel the
Restricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased
the aggregate principal amount of the appropriate Restricted Global
Note pursuant to Section 2.6(h) hereof.
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(ii) Restricted Definitive
Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A
Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such
Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer
is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with a
Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an
exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes any
and all certifications in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal;
(B) such transfer is effected
pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with a
Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is effected
by a participating Broker Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar receives
the following:
(1) if the Holder of such
Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial
interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such
Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
and, in each such case set
forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if
the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and
that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the
Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the
conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this
Section 2.6(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive
Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal
amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(iii) Unrestricted
Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global
Notes . A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt
of a written request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee
shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and
increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of
the Unrestricted Global Note.
An Unrestricted Definitive
Note may not be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of, beneficial interests in a
Restricted Global Note.
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If any such exchange or
transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note is effected pursuant to subparagraph
(ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted
Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue, and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.2 hereof or in accordance with a previously
delivered Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate one
or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so
transferred.
| (e) |
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive
Notes. |
Upon request by a Holder of
Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the
provisions of this Section 2.6(e), the Registrar shall
register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to
such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder
shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes
duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder
or by such Holder’s attorney, duly authorized in writing. In
addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional
certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required
pursuant to the following provisions of this
Section 2.6(e).
(i) Restricted Definitive
Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes . Any Restricted
Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted
Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer shall be
made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer shall be
made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer shall be
made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by
item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(ii) Restricted Definitive
Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . Any Restricted
Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons
who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer
is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with a
Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an
exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes any
and all certifications in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal;
(B) any such transfer is
effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance
with a Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer is
effected by a participating Broker Dealer pursuant to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration
Rights Agreement; or
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(D) the Registrar receives
the following:
(1) if the Holder of such
Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(d) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder of such
Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a
Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
and, in each such case set
forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar
to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with
the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required
in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the
conditions of any of the clauses of Section 2.6(e)(ii), the
Trustee shall cancel the prior Restricted Definitive Note and the
Company shall execute, and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order
in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof or in accordance with a
previously delivered Authentication Order, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount.
(iii) Unrestricted
Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . A Holder of
Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a
transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive
Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder
thereof.
Upon the occurrence of an
Exchange Offer in accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement,
the Company shall issue, and, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order in accordance with Section 2.2, the Trustee shall
authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
beneficial interests in the applicable Restricted Global Notes
tendered for acceptance by Persons that make any and all
certifications in the applicable Letters of Transmittal or are
deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made through
the Applicable Procedures as may be required by such Registration
Rights Agreement and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer
and (ii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted
Definitive Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons who made the
foregoing certifications and accepted for exchange in the Exchange
Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee
shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable
Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and (at the
expense of the Company) deliver to the Persons designated by the
Holders of Restricted Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted
Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
The following legends shall
appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued
under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the
applicable provisions of this Indenture.
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(i) Private Placement
Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by
subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive
Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution
thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following
form:
“THE NOTES EVIDENCED
HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR OTHER SECURITIES
LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN
MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED
OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
UNLESS THE TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. EACH PURCHASER OF
THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE
RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT
PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY
ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A
“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON
AND IS ACQUIRING ITS NOTE IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION”
PURSUANT TO RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO (X) THE DATE WHICH
IS TWO YEARS (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE
144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION
THEREUNDER) AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF (OR
OF ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) OR THE LAST DAY ON WHICH THE
COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE
(OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF
ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW (THE “RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”), OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY,
(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN
DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG
AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO A
PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT
PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS
AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
(E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES
THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A
NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT
THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND THE REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT
PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
(D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO
EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE
HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE. AS USED
HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED
STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN
TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”
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(B) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to
subparagraphs (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii),
(d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) of this Section 2.6,
and any Additional Notes issued pursuant to a registration
statement that has been declared effective under the Securities
Act, shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(ii) Global Note
Legend . Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially
the following form:
“UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM,
THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY ANY SUCH NOMINEE
OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR NOMINEE OF A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY, OR ANY NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. TRANSFERS OF THE GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF
CEDE & CO., OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH
SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THE GLOBAL
NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE.
“UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“
DTC ”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
(iii) Regulation S
Temporary Global Note Legend . The Regulation S Temporary
Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING
TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND
PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS
SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER
NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL
NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST
HEREON.”
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Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. |
At such time as all
beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been
exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been
redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each
such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by
the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any
time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a
Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount
of Notes represented
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by such Global Note shall be reduced
accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by
the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to
reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being
exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global
Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an
endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by
the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
increase.
| (i) |
General Provisions Relating to Transfers and
Exchanges. |
(i) To permit registrations
of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.2 hereof or upon receipt of a written request of the
Registrar.
(ii) No service charge shall
be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to
a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in
connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to
Sections 2.10, 3.6, 3.9, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.5 hereof).
(iii) The Registrar shall not
be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes and
Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or
Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
(v) The Company shall not be
required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to
exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for
redemption under Section 3.2 hereof and ending at the close of
business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer
of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed
in part or (c) to register the transfer of or to exchange a
Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment
date.
(vi) Prior to due presentment
for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any
Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name
any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the
purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such
Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any
Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
(vii) The Trustee shall
authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with
the provisions of Section 2.2 hereof.
(viii) All certifications,
certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to
the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.6 to effect a
registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by
facsimile.
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If any mutilated Note is
surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of
any Note, the Company shall issue, and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement
Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by
the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by
the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and
the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any
Authenticating Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a
Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge for their
expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note issued
in accordance with this Section 2.7 is an additional
obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the
benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all
other Notes duly issued hereunder.
The Notes outstanding at any
time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for
those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those
reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee
in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in
this Section 2.8 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in
Section 2.9 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding
because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note;
however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company
shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of
Section 3.7(b) hereof.
If a Note is replaced
pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding
unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of
any Note is considered paid under Section 4.1 hereof, it
ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to
accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other
than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof)
segregates and holds in trust, on a redemption date or other
maturity date, money sufficient to pay all principal, premium and
Additional Interest, if any, and interest payable on that date with
respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or
maturing, as the case may be, then on and after that date such
Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on
them ceases to accrue.
In determining whether the
Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in
any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any
Guarantor or by any Affiliate of the Company or any Guarantor shall
be deemed not to be outstanding, except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded.
In the event that Definitive
Notes are to be issued under the terms of this Indenture, until
such Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order,
shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be
substantially in
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the form, and shall carry all rights, of
Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Without unreasonable delay,
the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate
Definitive Notes. After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the
temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon
surrender of the temporary Notes at any office or agency maintained
by the Company for that purpose and such exchange shall be without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or
more temporary Notes, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange
therefor, one or more Definitive Notes representing an equal
principal amount of Notes. Until so exchanged, the Holder of
temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as a Holder of Definitive
Notes.
The Company at any time may
deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and
Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to
them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee, and no one else, shall cancel and destroy all Notes
surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment,
replacement or cancellation in accordance with customary practices
(subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act)
and, upon request, deliver a certificate of such destruction to the
Company unless the Company directs the Trustee to deliver canceled
Notes to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to
replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
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Defaulted Interest . |
If the Company defaults in a
payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted
interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest
payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders
on a subsequent Special Record Date (as defined below), in each
case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.1
hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note, the
proposed record date of the proposed payment (the “
Special Record Date ”) and the date of the proposed
payment (the “ Special Payment Date ”). The
Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such Special Record
Date and Special Payment Date, provided that no such Special
Record Date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related Special
Payment Date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before
the Special Record Date, the Company (or, upon the written request
of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that
states the Special Record Date, the related Special Payment Date
and the amount of such interest to be paid.
| 2.13 |
CUSIP or Other Similar Numbers . |
The Company in issuing the
Notes may use “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or other
similar numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee
shall use “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or other similar
numbers in notices of redemption or offers to purchase as a
convenience to Holders, provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any
notice of a redemption or offer to purchase and that reliance may
be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Notes, and any such redemption or offer to purchase shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
In the event that the Company
shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate any Additional Notes
pursuant to this Indenture, the Company shall use its best efforts
to obtain the same CUSIP number for such Additional Notes as is
printed on the Notes outstanding at such time; provided ,
however ,
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