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Title: INDENTURE WINDSTREAM REGATTA HOLDINGS, INC
Governing Law: New York     Date: 7/11/2008
Law Firm: Kirkland Ellis    

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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

 

          Page
  

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

  

1.1

  

DEFINITIONS

   1

1.2

  

OTHER DEFINITIONS

   24

1.3

  

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT

   25

1.4

  

RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

   25

1.5

  

ONE CLASS OF NOTES

   26
  

ARTICLE II

 

THE NOTES

  

2.1

  

FORM AND DATING

   26

2.2

  

EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION

   27

2.3

  

REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT

   28

2.4

  

PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST

   28

2.5

  

HOLDER LISTS

   29

2.6

  

TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE

   29

2.7

  

REPLACEMENT NOTES

   41

2.8

  

OUTSTANDING NOTES

   41

2.9

  

TREASURY NOTES

   41

2.10

  

TEMPORARY NOTES

   41

2.11

  

CANCELLATION

   42

2.12

  

DEFAULTED INTEREST

   42

2.13

  

CUSIP OR OTHER SIMILAR NUMBERS

   42

2.14

  

ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES

   43

2.15

  

COMPUTATION OF INTEREST

   43
  

ARTICLE III

 

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

  

3.1

  

NOTICES TO TRUSTEE

   43

3.2

  

SELECTION OF NOTES TO BE REDEEMED

   43

3.3

  

NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

   44

3.4

  

EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

   45

3.5

  

DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE

   45

3.6

  

NOTES REDEEMED IN PART

   45

3.7

  

OPTIONAL REDEMPTION

   45

3.8

  

MANDATORY REDEMPTION

   46

3.9

  

OFFER TO PURCHASE BY APPLICATION OF EXCESS PROCEEDS

   46

 

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ARTICLE IV

 

COVENANTS

  

4.1

  

PAYMENT OF NOTES

   47

4.2

  

MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY

   48

4.3

  

REPORTS

   48

4.4

  

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

   50

4.5

  

TAXES

   50

4.6

  

STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS

   50

4.7

  

RESTRICTED PAYMENTS

   50

4.8

  

DIVIDEND AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING SUBSIDIARIES

   54

4.9

  

INCURRENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS

   56

4.10

  

ASSET SALES

   59

4.11

  

TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

   61

4.12

  

LIENS

   62

4.13

  

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

   63

4.14

  

CORPORATE EXISTENCE

   63

4.15

  

OFFER TO REPURCHASE UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL

   63

4.16

  

FUTURE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES

   64

4.17

  

DESIGNATION OF RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES

   65

4.18

  

MAINTENANCE OF EXCESS CASH FLOW COVENANT IN BANK AGREEMENTS

   65

4.19

  

LIMITATION ON LAYERING

   65
  

ARTICLE V

 

SUCCESSORS

  

5.1

  

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, OR SALE OF ASSETS

   66

5.2

  

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED

   66
  

ARTICLE VI

 

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

  

6.1

  

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

   67

6.2

  

ACCELERATION

   68

6.3

  

OTHER REMEDIES

   69

6.4

  

WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS

   69

6.5

  

CONTROL BY MAJORITY

   69

6.6

  

LIMITATION ON SUITS

   69

6.7

  

RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES TO RECEIVE PAYMENT

   70

6.8

  

COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE

   70

6.9

  

TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM

   70

6.10

  

PRIORITIES

   71

 

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6.11

  

UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS

   71
  

ARTICLE VII

 

TRUSTEE

  

7.1

  

DUTIES OF TRUSTEE

   71

7.2

  

RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE

   72

7.3

  

INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE

   74

7.4

  

TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER

   74

7.5

  

NOTICE OF DEFAULTS

   74

7.6

  

REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS OF THE NOTES

   74

7.7

  

COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY

   74

7.8

  

REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE

   75

7.9

  

SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.

   76

7.10

  

ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION

   76

7.11

  

PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY

   77

7.12

  

OTHER CAPACITIES

   77
  

ARTICLE VIII

 

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

  

8.1

  

OPTION TO EFFECT LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE

   77

8.2

  

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE

   77

8.3

  

COVENANT DEFEASANCE

   78

8.4

  

CONDITIONS TO LEGAL OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE

   78

8.5

  

DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT SECURITIES TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

   79

8.6

  

REPAYMENT TO COMPANY

   80

8.7

  

REINSTATEMENT

   80
  

ARTICLE IX

 

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

  

9.1

  

WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

   80

9.2

  

WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

   81

9.3

  

COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT

   83

9.4

  

REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS

   83

9.5

  

NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF NOTES

   83

9.6

  

TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.

   83

 

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ARTICLE X

 

GUARANTEES

  

10.1

  

GUARANTEE

   83

10.2

  

LIMITATION ON GUARANTOR LIABILITY

   84

10.3

  

GUARANTORS MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ON CERTAIN TERMS

   85

10.4

  

RELEASES OF GUARANTEES

   85

10.5

  

NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

   85
  

ARTICLE XI

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

  

11.1

  

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

   86

11.2

  

APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS

   87

11.3

  

REPAYMENT TO COMPANY

   87

11.4

  

REINSTATEMENT

   87
  

ARTICLE XII

 

SUBORDINATION

  

12.1

  

NOTES AND GUARANTEES SUBORDINATED TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS AND GUARANTEES OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS

   88

12.2

  

SUSPENSION OF PAYMENT DURING SENIOR PAYMENT DEFAULT

   88

12.3

  

NOTES SUBORDINATED TO PRIOR PAYMENT OF ALL SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS UPON LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION OR REORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY

   90

12.4

  

OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY UNCONDITIONAL

   90

12.5

  

TRUSTEE ENTITLED TO ASSUME PAYMENTS NOT PROHIBITED IN ABSENCE OF NOTICE

   91

12.6

  

APPLICATION BY TRUSTEE OF ASSETS DEPOSITED WITH IT

   91

12.7

  

NO WAIVER OF SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS

   91

12.8

  

HOLDERS AUTHORIZE TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION OF NOTES

   92

12.9

  

RIGHT OF TRUSTEE TO HOLD SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS

   92

12.10

  

NO SUSPENSION OF REMEDIES

   92

12.11

  

NO FIDUCIARY DUTY OF TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS

   92
  

ARTICLE XIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

  

13.1

  

TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS

   93

13.2

  

NOTICES

   93

13.3

  

COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS OF NOTES WITH OTHER HOLDERS OF NOTES

   94

13.4

  

CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

   94

13.5

  

STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION

   94

 

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13.6

  

NO RECOURSE AGAINST SECURITIZATION VEHICLES

   95

13.7

  

RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS

   95

13.8

  

NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND SHAREHOLDERS

   96

13.9

  

GOVERNING LAW

   96

13.10

  

NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS

   96

13.11

  

SUCCESSORS

   96

13.12

  

SEVERABILITY

   96

13.13

  

COUNTERPART ORIGINALS

   96

13.14

  

TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.

   96

13.15

  

BENEFITS OF INDENTURE

   96

13.16

  

LEGAL HOLIDAYS

   97

EXHIBITS:

 

A Form of Note
B Form of Certificate of Transfer
C Form of Certificate of Exchange
D Form of Supplemental Indenture to be Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

   Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

   7.10

  (a)(2)

   7.10

  (a)(3)

   N.A.

  (a)(4)

   N.A.

  (a)(5)

   7.10

  (b)

   7.10

  (c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.11

  (b)

   7.11

312(a)

   2.5

  (b)

   12.3

  (c)

   12.3

313(a)

   7.6

  (b)(1)

   N.A.

  (b)(2)

   7.6; 7.7

  (c)

   7.6; 12.2

  (d)

   7.6

314(a)

   4.3; 12.2

  (b)

   N.A.

  (c)(1)

   12.4

  (c)(2)

   12.4

  (c)(3)

   N.A.

  (e)

   12.5

  (f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   7.1

  (b)

   7.5; 12.2

  (c)

   7.1

  (d)

   7.1

  (e)

   6.11

316(a)(last sentence)

   2.9

  (a)(1)(A)

   6.5

  (a)(1)(B)

   6.4

  (a)(2)

   N.A.

  (b)

   6.7

  (c)

   2.12

317(a)(1)

   6.8

  (a)(2)

   6.9

  (b)

   2.4

318(a)

   12.1

  (b)

   N.A.

  (c)

   12.1

N.A. means not applicable.

 

* 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

 

1.1 Definitions .

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.

 

1.2 Other Definitions .

 

Term

   Defined in
Section

“Affiliate Transaction”

   4.11

“Asset Sale Offer”

   4.10

“Authentication Order”

   2.2

“Authenticating Agent”

   2.2

“Change of Control Offer”

   4.15

“Change of Control Payment”

   4.15

“Change of Control Payment Date”

   4.15

“Covenant Defeasance”

   8.3

“DTC”

   2.1

“Event of Default”

   6.1

“Excess Proceeds”

   4.10

“incur”

   4.9

“incurrence”

   4.9

 

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“Legal Defeasance”

   8.2

“Offer Amount”

   3.9

“Offer Period”

   3.9

“Paying Agent”

   2.3

“Payment Default”

   6.1

“Permitted Debt”

   4.9

“Purchase Date”

   3.9

“Registrar”

   2.3

“Restricted Payments”

   4.7

“Special Record Date”

   2.12

“Special Payment Date”

   2.12

 

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.

 

1.5 One Class of Notes .

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

 

2.1 Form and Dating .

 

(a) General.

The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule 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.

 

(b) Global Notes.

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.

 

(c) 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.

 

(d) 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.

 

2.2 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.

 

2.4 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.

 

2.5 Holder Lists .

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish 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.

 

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes.

The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required 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.

 

(f) Exchange Offer.

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.

 

(g) Legends.

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

 

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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.”

 

(h) 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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2.7 Replacement Notes .

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.

 

2.8 Outstanding Notes .

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.

 

2.9 Treasury Notes .

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.

 

2.10 Temporary Notes .

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.

 

2.11 Cancellation .

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.

 

2.12 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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