Exhibit 4.7
STEEL DYNAMICS,
INC.,
as Issuer
and
SDI INVESTMENT
COMPANY
STEEL DYNAMICS SALES
NORTH AMERICA, INC.
NEW MILLENNIUM BUILDING
SYSTEMS, LLC
ROANOKE ELECTRIC STEEL
CORPORATION
NEW MILLENNIUM BUILDING
SYSTEMS, INC.
SOCAR OF OHIO,
INC.
SHREDDED PRODUCTS,
LLC
SHREDDED PRODUCTS II,
LLC
JOHN W. HANCOCK, JR.,
LLC
STEEL OF WEST VIRGINIA,
INC.
STEEL VENTURES,
INC.
SWVA, INC.
MARSHALL STEEL,
INC.
THE TECHS INDUSTRIES,
INC.
OMNISOURCE
CORPORATION
ADMETCO,
INC.
AUBURN INVESTMENT
COMPANY, LLC
CAPITOL CITY METALS,
LLC
CAROLINA INVESTMENT
COMPANY, LLC
GLOBAL SHREDDING
TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., LLC
INDUSTRIAL SCRAP
CORPORATION
INDUSTRIAL SCRAP,
LLC
JACKSON IRON &
METAL COMPANY, INC.
LUCKY STRIKE METALS,
LLC
MICHIGAN PROPERTIES
ECORSE, LLC
OMNISOURCE ATHENS
DIVISION, LLC
OMNISOURCE BAY CITY,
LLC
OMNISOURCE
INDIANAPOLIS, LLC
OMNISOURCE,
LLC
OMNISOURCE MEXICO,
LLC
OMNISOURCE TRANSPORT,
LLC
RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES,
LLC
SCIENTIFIC RECYCLING
GROUP, LLC
SUPERIOR ALUMINUM
ALLOYS, LLC
as
Initial Subsidiary
Guarantors
and
Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association
as Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of April 3,
2008
7¾% Senior Notes due
2016
CROSS-REFERENCE
TABLE
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TIA
Sections
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Indenture
Sections
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§ 310(a)(1)
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7.10
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(a)(2)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.03; 7.08
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311(a)
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7.03
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(b)
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7.03
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§
312(a)
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2.04
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(b)
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11.02
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(c)
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11.02
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§
313(a)
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7.06
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(b)(2)
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7.07
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(c)
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7.05; 7.06;
11.02
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(d)
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7.06
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§ 314(a)
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4.11; 11.02
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(a)(4)
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4.10; 11.02
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(c)(1)
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11.03
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(c)(2)
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11.03
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(e)
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4.10; 11.04
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§
315(a)
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7.02
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(b)
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7.05; 11.02
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(c)
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7.01
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(d)
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7.02
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(e)
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6.11
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§ 316(a)(1)(A)
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6.05
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.04
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(b)
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6.07
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(c)
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9.03
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§ 317(a)(1)
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6.08
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(a)(2)
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6.09
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(b)
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2.05
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§ 318(a)
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11.01
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(c)
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11.01
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
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DEFINITIONS AND
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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SECTION 1.01.
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Definitions
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1
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SECTION 1.02.
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Incorporation by
Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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12
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SECTION 1.03.
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Rules of
Construction
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12
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ARTICLE TWO
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THE NOTES
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SECTION 2.01.
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Form and
Dating
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13
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SECTION 2.02.
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Restrictive
Legends
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SECTION 2.03.
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Execution,
Authentication and Denominations
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SECTION 2.04.
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Registrar and
Paying Agent
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SECTION 2.05.
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Paying Agent to
Hold Money in Trust
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SECTION 2.06.
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Transfer and
Exchange
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SECTION 2.07.
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Book-Entry
Provisions for Global Notes
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SECTION 2.08.
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Special Transfer
Provisions
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SECTION 2.09.
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Replacement
Notes
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SECTION 2.10.
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Outstanding
Notes
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SECTION 2.11.
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Temporary
Notes
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SECTION 2.12.
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Cancellation
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SECTION 2.13.
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CUSIP
Numbers
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25
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SECTION 2.14.
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Defaulted
Interest
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SECTION 2.15.
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Issuance of
Additional Notes
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ARTICLE
THREE
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REDEMPTION
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SECTION 3.01.
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Right of
Redemption
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SECTION 3.02.
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Notices to
Trustee
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SECTION 3.03.
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Selection of Notes
to Be Redeemed
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SECTION 3.04.
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Notice of
Redemption
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SECTION 3.05.
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Effect of Notice
of Redemption
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SECTION 3.06.
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Deposit of
Redemption Price
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SECTION 3.07.
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Payment of Notes
Called for Redemption
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SECTION 3.08.
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Notes Redeemed in
Part
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ARTICLE FOUR
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COVENANTS
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SECTION 4.01.
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Payment of
Notes
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SECTION 4.02.
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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SECTION 4.03.
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Limitation on
Liens
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SECTION 4.04.
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Limitation on
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
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SECTION 4.05.
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Repurchase of
Notes upon a Change of Control
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SECTION 4.06.
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Existence
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SECTION 4.07.
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Payment of Taxes
and Other Claims
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SECTION 4.08.
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Maintenance of
Properties and Insurance
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SECTION 4.09.
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Notice of
Defaults
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SECTION 4.10.
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Compliance
Certificates
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SECTION 4.11.
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Commission Reports
and Reports to Holders.
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SECTION 4.12.
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Waiver of Stay,
Extension or Usury Laws
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SECTION 4.13.
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Issuance of
Subsidiary Guarantees
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SECTION 4.14.
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Additional
Interest Notice
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ARTICLE FIVE
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SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION
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SECTION 5.01.
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When Company or
Guarantors May Merge, Etc.
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SECTION 5.02.
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Successor
Substituted
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ARTICLE SIX
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DEFAULT AND
REMEDIES
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SECTION 6.01.
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Events of
Default
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SECTION 6.02.
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Acceleration
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SECTION 6.03.
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Other
Remedies
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SECTION 6.04.
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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SECTION 6.05.
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Control by
Majority
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SECTION 6.06.
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Limitation on
Suits
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SECTION 6.07.
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Rights of Holders
to Receive Payment
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SECTION 6.08.
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Collection Suit by
Trustee
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SECTION 6.09.
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim
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SECTION 6.10.
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Priorities
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SECTION 6.11.
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Undertaking for
Costs
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SECTION 6.12.
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Restoration of
Rights and Remedies
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40
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SECTION 6.13.
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Rights and
Remedies Cumulative
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40
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SECTION 6.14.
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Delay or Omission
Not Waiver
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ARTICLE SEVEN
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TRUSTEE
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SECTION 7.01.
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General
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SECTION 7.02.
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Certain Rights of
Trustee
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40
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SECTION 7.03.
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Individual Rights
of Trustee
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42
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SECTION 7.04.
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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SECTION 7.05.
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Notice of
Default
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SECTION 7.06.
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Reports by Trustee
to Holders
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SECTION 7.07.
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Compensation and
Indemnity
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SECTION 7.08.
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Replacement of
Trustee
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SECTION 7.09.
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Successor Trustee
by Merger, Etc.
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SECTION 7.10.
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Eligibility
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45
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SECTION 7.11.
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Money Held in
Trust
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45
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ARTICLE EIGHT
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DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE
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SECTION 8.01.
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Termination of
Company’s Obligations
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45
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SECTION 8.02.
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Defeasance and
Discharge of Indenture
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46
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SECTION 8.03.
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Defeasance of
Certain Obligations
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48
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SECTION 8.04.
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Application of
Trust Money
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50
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SECTION 8.05.
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Repayment to
Company
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50
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SECTION 8.06.
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Reinstatement
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50
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ARTICLE NINE
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AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND
WAIVERS
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SECTION 9.01.
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Without Consent of
Holders
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50
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SECTION 9.02.
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With Consent of
Holders
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SECTION 9.03.
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Revocation and
Effect of Consent
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52
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SECTION 9.04.
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Notation on or
Exchange of Notes
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53
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SECTION 9.05.
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Trustee to Sign
Amendments, Etc.
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53
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SECTION 9.06.
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Conformity with
Trust Indenture Act
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ARTICLE TEN
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GUARANTEE OF
NOTES
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SECTION 10.01.
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Note
Guarantee
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SECTION 10.02.
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Obligations
Unconditional
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SECTION 10.03.
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Release of Note
Guarantees
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56
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SECTION 10.04.
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Notice to
Trustee
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SECTION 10.05.
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This
Article Not to Prevent Events of Default
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
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MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 11.01.
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Trust Indenture
Act of 1939
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SECTION 11.02.
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Notices
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SECTION 11.03.
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Certificate and
Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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SECTION 11.04.
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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SECTION 11.05.
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Rules by
Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar
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SECTION 11.06.
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Payment Date Other
Than a Business Day
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SECTION 11.07.
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Governing
Law
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SECTION 11.08.
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No Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements
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SECTION 11.09.
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No Recourse
Against Others
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SECTION 11.10.
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Successors
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SECTION 11.11.
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Duplicate
Originals
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SECTION 11.12.
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Separability
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SECTION 11.13.
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Table of Contents,
Headings, Etc.
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SECTION 11.14.
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Force
Majeure
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of
Note
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A-1
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EXHIBIT B
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Form of
Certificate
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B-1
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EXHIBIT C
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Form of
Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant
to Non-QIB Accredited Investors
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C-1
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EXHIBIT D
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Form of
Certificate to Be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant
to Regulation S
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D-1
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v
INDENTURE, dated as of April 3, 2008 among
STEEL DYNAMICS, INC., an Indiana corporation (the “
Company ”), the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors (as
defined herein), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a
national banking association, as trustee (the “
Trustee ”).
RECITALS
The
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance initially of up to
$375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s
7¾% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “ Notes ”)
issuable as provided in this Indenture. All things necessary
to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the
Initial Subsidiary Guarantors, in accordance with its terms,
have been done, and the Company has done all things necessary to
make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee hereunder and duly issued by the Company,
valid obligations of the Company as hereinafter
provided.
This Indenture is subject to, and shall be
governed by, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, that are required to be a part of and to govern indentures
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
AND THIS INDENTURE
FURTHER WITNESSETH
For
and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes
by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01.
Definitions .
“ Affiliate ” means, as
applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition,
“ control ” (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms “ controlling ,” “
controlled by ” and “ under common control
with ”), as applied to any Person, means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
“ Agent ” means any
Registrar, Co-Registrar, Paying Agent or authenticating
agent.
“ Agent Members ” has the
meaning provided in Section 2.07(a).
“
Attributable Debt ” in respect of any Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, means, as of the time of determination, the
total obligation (discounted to present value at the rate per annum
equal to the discount rate which would be applicable to a capital
lease obligation with like term in accordance with GAAP) of the
lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required
to be paid on account
of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, water rates and
other items which do not constitute payments for property rights)
during the remaining portion of the initial term of the lease
included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction.
“ Board of Directors ”
means, with respect to any Person, the Board of Directors of such
Person or any duly authorized committee of such Board of
Directors.
“ Board Resolution ” means a
copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“ Business Day ” means any
day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in The City of New York or in the city of the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee are authorized by law to close.
“ Capital Stock ” means,
with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether
voting or non-voting) in equity of such Person, whether outstanding
on the Closing Date or issued thereafter, including, without
limitation, all common stock and preferred stock.
“ Change of Control ” means
such time as:
(i)
the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one
or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of
the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);
(ii)
a “person” or “group” (within the meaning
of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act)
becomes the ultimate “beneficial owner” (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the
total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company on a fully
diluted basis;
(iii)
the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution
of the Company;
(iv)
individuals who on the Closing Date constitute the Board of
Directors (together with any new directors whose election by the
Board of Directors or whose nomination by the Board of Directors
for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a
vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of
Directors then in office who either were members of the Board of
Directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for
election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then
in office; or
(v)
the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person,
or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into the
Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any
of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person
is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other
property,
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other than any such
transaction where (A) the Voting Stock of the Company
outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into
or exchanged for Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee Person
constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting
Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after
giving effect to such issuance) and (B) immediately after such
transaction, no “person” or “group” (as
such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of
the Exchange Act) becomes, directly or indirectly, the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting
Stock of the surviving or transferee Person.
“ Closing Date ” means the
date on which the Notes are originally issued under this
Indenture.
“ Commission ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time
after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
TIA, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“ Company ” means the party
named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a
successor replaces it pursuant to Article Five of this
Indenture and thereafter means the successor.
“ Company Order ” means a
written request or order signed in the name of the Company
(i) by its Chairman, a Vice Chairman, its President or a Vice
President and (ii) by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and delivered to the
Trustee; provided, however , that such written request or
order may be signed by any two of the officers or directors listed
in clause (i) above in lieu of being signed by one of such
officers or directors listed in such clause (i) and one of the
officers listed in clause (ii) above.
“ Consolidated Tangible Assets
” means the total amount of assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (less applicable depreciation, amortization and other
valuation reserves), after deducting therefrom all goodwill, trade
names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense
and other like intangibles, all as set forth on the most recently
available quarterly or annual consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, prepared in conformity with
GAAP.
“ Corporate Trust Office ”
means the designated office of the Trustee at which the corporate
trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be
administered, which office is, at the date of this Indenture,
located at 230 West Monroe Street, Suite 2900, Chicago, IL
60606; Attention: Corporate Trust Services.
“ Credit Agreement ” means
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
June 19, 2007, among the Company, as Borrower, certain
designated “Initial Lenders,” National City Bank as
Collateral Agent, National City Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Co-Administrative Agents, Bank of America,
N.A. and National City Bank, as Syndication Agents, National City
Bank, as Paying Agent, Bank of America, N.A., General Electric
Capital Corporation, Fifth Third Bank and BMO Capital Markets
Financing, Inc., as
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Documentation Agents, and Banc of America
Securities LLC and National City Bank, as Joint Lead Arrangers, and
the lenders from time to time party thereto, together with any
agreements, instruments, security agreements, guaranties and other
documents executed or delivered pursuant to or in connection with
such credit agreement, as such credit agreement or such agreements,
instruments, security agreements, guaranties or other documents may
be amended, supplemented, extended, restated, renewed or otherwise
modified from time to time and any refunding, refinancing,
replacement or substitution thereof or therefor, whether with the
same or different lenders.
“ Credit Facilities ” means
one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the
Credit Agreement), commercial paper facilities or indentures, in
each case with banks or other institutional lenders or a trustee,
providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables
financing (including through the sale of receivables to such
lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such
lenders against such receivables), letters of credit or issuance of
notes, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed,
refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to
time.
“ Default ” means any event
that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an
Event of Default.
“ Depositary ” means The
Depository Trust Company, its nominees, and their respective
successors.
“ Event of Default ” has the
meaning provided in Section 6.01.
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“ Exchange Notes ” means any
securities of the Company containing terms identical to the Notes
(except that such Exchange Notes shall be registered under the
Securities Act) that are issued and exchanged for the Notes
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this
Indenture.
“ fair market value ” means
the price that would be paid in an arm’s-length transaction
between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell
and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive if evidenced by a Board
Resolution.
“ Foreign Subsidiary ” means
any Subsidiary of the Company that is an entity which is a
controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of the
Internal Revenue Code and does not guarantee or otherwise provide
direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor.
“ Funded Debt ” means all
Indebtedness having a maturity of more than 12 months from the date
as of which the determination is made or having a maturity of 12
months or less but by its terms being renewable or extendable
beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the borrower, but
excluding any such Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Subsidiary
of the Company.
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“ GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States 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 approved
by a significant segment of the accounting profession which are in
effect on the Closing Date.
“ Global Notes ” has the
meaning provided in Section 2.01.
“ Guarantee ” means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or
indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation,
direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
(1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person
(whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by
agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or
services (unless such purchase arrangements are on
arm’s-length terms and are entered into in the ordinary
course of business), to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial
statement conditions or otherwise) or (2) entered into for
purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such
Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee
against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);
provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not
include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary
course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as
a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“ Holder ” or “
Noteholder ” means the registered holder of any
Note.
“ Indebtedness ” means
indebtedness for borrowed money.
“
Indenture ” means this Indenture as originally
executed or as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time
by one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture.
“ Initial Subsidiary Guarantors
” means SDI Investment Company, a Delaware corporation, Steel
Dynamics Sales North America, Inc., an Indiana corporation,
New Millennium Building Systems, LLC, an Indiana limited liability
company, Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation, an Indiana
corporation, New Millennium Building Systems, Inc., a South
Carolina corporation, Socar of Ohio, Inc., an Ohio
corporation, Shredded Products, LLC, a Virginia limited liability
company, Shredded Products II, LLC, an Indiana limited liability
company, John W. Hancock, Jr., LLC, a Virginia limited
liability company, Steel of West Virginia, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, Steel Ventures, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
SWVA, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Marshall Steel, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, The Techs Industries, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, OmniSource Corporation, an Indiana corporation,
Admetco, Inc., an Indiana corporation, Auburn Investment
Company, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, Capitol City
Metals, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, Carolina
Investment Company, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company,
Global Shredding Technologies, Ltd., LLC, an Indiana limited
liability company, Industrial Scrap Corporation, an Indiana
corporation, Industrial Scrap, LLC, an Indiana limited liability
company, Jackson Iron & Metal Company, Inc., a
Michigan corporation, Lucky Strike Metals, LLC, an Indiana limited
liability company, Michigan Properties Ecorse, LLC, an Indiana
limited liability company, OmniSource Athens Division, LLC, an
Indiana limited liability company, OmniSource Bay City, LLC, an
Indiana limited
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liability company, OmniSource Indianapolis,
LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, OmniSource, LLC, an
Indiana limited liability company, OmniSource Mexico, LLC, an
Indiana limited liability company, OmniSource Transport, LLC, an
Indiana limited liability company, Recovery Technologies, LLC, an
Indiana limited liability company, Scientific Recycling Group, LLC,
an Indiana limited liability company, and Superior Aluminum Alloys,
LLC, an Indiana limited liability company.
“ Institutional Accredited
Investor ” means an institution that is an
“accredited investor” as that term is defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities
Act.
“ Interest Payment Date ”
means each semiannual interest payment date on April 15 and
October 15 of each year, commencing October 15,
2008.
“ Investment Grade ” means
(1) BBB- or above, in the case of S&P (or its equivalent
under any successor Rating Categories of S&P) and Baa3 or
above, in the case of Moody’s (or its equivalent under any
successor Rating Categories of Moody’s) or (2) the
equivalent in respect of the Rating Categories of any Rating
Agencies.
“ Moody’s ” means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its
successors.
“ Mortgage ” means, with
respect to any property or assets, any mortgage or deed of trust,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien,
encumbrance, or any other security arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or assets
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
“ Net Cash Proceeds” means
the proceeds of such issuance or sale in the form of cash or cash
equivalents, including payments in respect of deferred payment
obligations (to the extent corresponding to the principal, but not
interest, component thereof) when received in the form of cash or
cash equivalents and proceeds from the conversion of other property
received when converted to cash or cash equivalents, net of
attorney’s fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’
or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and
brokerage, consultant and other fees incurred in connection with
such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result
thereof.
“ Non-U.S. Person ” means a
person who is not a “U.S. person” (as defined in
Regulation S).
“ Note Guarantee ” means a
Guarantee of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture
and the Notes by any Subsidiary Guarantor.
“ Notes ” means any of the
securities, as defined in the first paragraph of the recitals
hereof, that are authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term
“Notes” shall include the Notes initially issued on the
Closing Date, any Exchange Notes to be issued and exchanged for any
Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this
Indenture and any other Notes issued after the Closing Date under
this Indenture. For purposes of this Indenture, all Notes
shall vote together as one series of Notes under this
Indenture.
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“ Offer to Purchase ” means
an offer to purchase Notes by the Company from the Holders
commenced by mailing a notice to the Trustee and each Holder
stating:
(i)
that all Notes validly tendered will be accepted for payment on a
pro rata basis;
(ii)
the purchase price and the date of purchase (which shall be a
Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from
the date such notice is mailed) (the “ Payment Date
”);
(iii)
that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest
pursuant to its terms;
(iv)
that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the purchase
price, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to
Purchase shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Payment
Date;
(v)
that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the
Offer to Purchase will be required to surrender the Note, together
with the form entitled “Option of the Holder to Elect
Purchase” on the reverse side of the Note completed, to the
Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the
close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
Payment Date;
(vi)
that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the
Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the
third Business Day immediately preceding the Payment Date, a
telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name
of such Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for
purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his
election to have such Notes purchased; and
(vii)
that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be
issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note
purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount
of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
On the Payment Date,
the Company shall (a) accept for payment on a pro rata basis
(with such adjustments as needed so that no Notes purchased in part
shall be in an unauthorized denomination) Notes or portions thereof
tendered pursuant to an Offer to Purchase; (b) deposit with
the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all
Notes or portions thereof so accepted; and (c) deliver, or
cause to be delivered, to the Trustee all Notes or portions thereof
so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate specifying
the Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment by the
Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders
of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase
price, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such
Holders a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased
portion of the Note surrendered; provided that each Note
purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount
of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The Company will publicly announce the results of an Offer to
Purchase as soon as practicable after the Payment Date. The
Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent for an Offer to
Purchase. The Company will comply with Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other
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securities laws and
regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are
applicable, in the event that the Company is required to repurchase
Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase.
“ Officer ” means, with
respect to the Company, (i) the Chairman of the Board, any
Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, any Vice President or the Chief Financial Officer, and
(ii) the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary.
“ Officers’ Certificate
” means a certificate signed by one Officer listed in clause
(i) of the definition thereof and one Officer listed in clause
(ii) of the definition thereof or two officers listed in
clause (i) of the definition thereof. Each
Officers’ Certificate (other than certificates provided
pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall include the
statements provided for in TIA Section 314(e).
“ Offshore Global Note ” has
the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
“ Offshore Physical Notes ”
has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
“ Operating Property ” means
any real property, including any manufacturing plant or warehouse
erected thereon, or equipment located in the United States owned
by, or leased to, the Company, or any Subsidiary of the Company,
that has a market value in excess of $50.0 million.
“ Opinion of Counsel ” means
a written opinion signed by legal counsel reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company,
that meets the requirements of Section 11.04. Each such
Opinion of Counsel shall include the statements provided for in TIA
Section 314(e).
“ Paying Agent ” has the
meaning provided in Section 2.04, except that, for the
purposes of Article Eight, the Paying Agent shall not be the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of any of
them. The term “ Paying Agent ” includes
its successors and assigns and any additional Paying
Agent.
“ Paying Agent Office ”
means the designated office of the Trustee at which the corporate
trust paying agent office of the Trustee shall, at any particular
time, be administered, which office is, at the date of this
Indenture, located at 608 Second Avenue South, MAC N9303-121,
Minneapolis, MN 55479; Attention: Corporate Trust
Operation.
“ Payment Date ” has the
meaning provided in the definition of Offer to Purchase.
“ Person ” means any
individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“ Physical Notes ” has the
meaning provided in Section 2.01.
“ principal ” of a debt
security, including the Notes, means the principal amount due on
the Stated Maturity as shown on such debt security.
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“ Private Placement Legend ”
means the legend initially set forth as the first legend on the
Notes in the form set forth in Section 2.02.
“ QIB ” means a
“qualified institutional buyer” as defined in
Rule 144A.
“ Rating Agencies ” means
(1) S&P and Moody’s or (2) if S&P or
Moody’s or both of them are not making ratings publicly
available, a nationally recognized U.S. rating agency or agencies,
as the case may be, selected by the Company, which will be
substituted for S&P or Moody’s or both, as the case may
be.
“ Rating Category ” means
(1) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories
(any of which may include a “+” or a “-”):
AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor
categories), (2) with respect to Moody’s, any of the
following categories: Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and
D (or equivalent successor categories) and (3) the equivalent
of any such categories of S&P or Moody’s used by another
Rating Agency, if applicable.
“ Redemption Date ” means,
when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“ Redemption Price ” means,
when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, the price at
which such Note is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
“ Registrar ” has the
meaning provided in Section 2.04.
“ Registration Rights Agreement
” means the registration rights agreement among the Company,
the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors, Banc of America Securities LLC,
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, ABN AMRO Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
dated April 3, 2008.
“ Registration Statement ”
has the meaning provided in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“ Regular Record Date ” for
the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the
April 1 or October 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as
the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date.
“ Regulation S ” means
Regulation S under the Securities Act.
“ Responsible Officer ,”
when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the
Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office, including any vice
president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, assistant
secretary, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who
customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the
Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, with
direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and
also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or
her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
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“ Restricted Global Note ”
means a Global Note that is a Restricted Note.
“ Restricted Note ” has the
meaning set forth in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities
Act for the term “restricted securities”; provided,
however, that the Trustee shall be entitled to request and
conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel with respect to
whether any Note is a Restricted Note. Restricted Notes are
required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
“ Restricted Subsidiary ”
means any Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“ Rule 144A ”
means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
“ Sale and Leaseback Transaction
” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the
leasing to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of any
property or assets, which property or assets have been or are to be
sold or transferred by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
to such Person.
“ S&P ” means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, and its successors.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Security Register ” has
the meaning provided in Section 2.04.
“ Shelf Registration Statement
” has the meaning provided in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“ Significant Subsidiary ”
means, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary that
would constitute a “significant subsidiary” within the
meaning of Article 1 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act
as in effect on the Closing Date; provided that all references to
10% in the definition of “significant subsidiary” in
Article 1 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act shall be
deemed to be 7.5%.
“ Stated Maturity ” means,
(1) with respect to any debt security, the date specified in
such debt security as the fixed date on which the final installment
of principal of such debt security is due and payable and
(2) with respect to any scheduled installment of principal of
or interest on any debt security, the date specified in such debt
security as the fixed date on which such installment is due and
payable.
“ Subsidiary ” means any
corporation of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock
having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power for the election
of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at
the time stock of any other class or classes of such corporation
shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency) is, or other entity of which at least a majority
of the common equity interests are, at the time directly or
indirectly owned by the Company, or by one or more other
Subsidiaries of the Company, or by the Company and one or more
other Subsidiaries of the Company.
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“ Subsidiary Guarantor ”
means any Initial Subsidiary Guarantor and any other Subsidiary of
the Company which provides a Note Guarantee of the Company’s
obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, until such Note
Guarantee is released in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
“ TIA
” or “ Trust Indenture Act ” means the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code
§§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date this
Indenture was executed, except as provided in
Section 9.06.
“ Trustee ” means the party
named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a
successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of
Article Seven of this Indenture and thereafter means such
successor.
“ United States Bankruptcy Code
” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended and as
codified in Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from
time to time hereafter, or any successor federal bankruptcy
law.
“ Unrestricted Global Note ”
means a Global Note that is an Unrestricted Note.
“ Unrestricted Notes ” means
one or more Notes that do not and are not required to bear the
Private Placement Legend, including, without limitation, the
Exchange Notes and any Notes registered under the Securities Act
pursuant to and in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“ Unrestricted Subsidiary ”
means STLD Holdings, Inc., Dynamic Aviation, LLC, Paragon
Steel Enterprises, LLC and each of their respective direct and
indirect Subsidiaries; provided, however, in the event
(a) any such Subsidiary Guarantees Indebtedness of the Company
or any Subsidiary Guarantor in an aggregate amount exceeds $50
million or (b) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) contributes or otherwise transfers
(other than a sale for fair market value) any Operating Property
(including shares of stock of a Subsidiary that owns the Operating
Property) to such Subsidiary, in either case such Subsidiary shall
cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary and if such Subsidiary would
be a Significant Subsidiary, such Subsidiary will Guarantee payment
of the principal of, premium if any and interest on the
Notes.
“ U.S. Global Notes ” has
the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
“ U.S. Government Obligations
” means securities that are (1) direct obligations of
the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (2) obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the 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 issuer thereof
at any time prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes, and shall
also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company
as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or
a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S.
Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the
holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depository
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receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the
specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government
Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
“ U.S. Physical Notes
” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01.
“ Voting Stock ” means with
respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind
ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors,
managers or other voting members of the governing body of such
Person.
SECTION 1.02.
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;
“ indenture
security holder ” means a Holder or a
Noteholder;
“ indenture to
be qualified ” means this Indenture;
“ indenture
trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ”
means the Trustee; and
“ obligor
” on the indenture securities means the Company or any other
obligor on the Notes.
All
other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by a
rule of the Commission and not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings assigned to them therein.
SECTION 1.03.
Rules of Construction . Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(i)
a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(ii)
an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned
to it in accordance with GAAP;
(iii)
“or” is not exclusive;
(iv)
words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural
include the singular;
(v)
provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
(vi)
“herein,” “hereof” and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
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(vii)
all ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this
Indenture shall be computed in accordance with the definition of
GAAP set forth in Section 1.01; and
(viii)
all references to Sections or Articles refer to Sections or
Articles of this Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01.
Form and Dating . The Notes and the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture.
The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by
law, stock exchange agreements to which the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor is subject or usage. The Company shall approve
the form of the Notes and any notation, legend or endorsement on
the Notes. Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication.
The
terms and provisions contained in the form of the Notes annexed
hereto as Exhibit A shall constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture. To the extent applicable, the
Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee, by their
execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such
terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Notes offered and sold in reliance on
Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more
permanent Global Notes in registered form in substantially the form
set forth in Exhibit A (the “ U.S. Global Notes
”), registered in the name of the nominee of the Depositary,
deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as
hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of the
U.S. Global Notes may from time to time be increased or decreased
by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for
the Depositary or its nominee, in accordance with the instructions
given by the Holder thereof, as hereinafter provided.
Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions
in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form
of one or more temporary Global Notes in registered form in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “
Offshore Global Notes ”), registered in the name of
the nominee of the Depositary, deposited with the Trustee, as
custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The
aggregate principal amount of the Offshore Global Notes may from
time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the
records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its
nominee, in accordance with the instructions given by the Holder
thereof, as hereinafter provided.
Notes transferred to Institutional Accredited
Investors pursuant to Section 2.08(a) of this Indenture
shall be issued in the form of permanent certificated Notes in
registered form in substantially the form set forth in
Exhibit A (the “ U.S. Physical Notes
”). Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.07 in
exchange for interests in the Offshore Global Notes shall be in the
form of
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permanent certificated Notes in registered form
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “
Offshore Physical Notes ”).
The
Offshore Physical Notes and U.S. Physical Notes are sometimes
collectively herein referred to as the “ Physical
Notes .” The U.S. Global Notes and the Offshore
Global Notes are sometimes referred to herein as the “
Global Notes .”
The
definitive Notes shall be typed, printed, lithographed or engraved
or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced
in any other manner permitted by the rules of any securities
exchange on which the Notes may be listed, all as determined by the
Officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of
such Notes.
SECTION 2.02.
Restrictive Legends . Unless and until (i) a Note
is exchanged for an Exchange Note or sold in connection with an
effective Registration Statement pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement or (ii) the Private Placement Legend has been
removed from such Note in accordance with
Section 2.08(e) or, with respect to a Restricted Global
Note, all of the beneficial interests in such Restricted Global
Note have been exchanged for beneficial interests in the
Unrestricted Global Note in accordance with Section 2.08(g),
(x) each U.S. Global Note and each U.S. Physical Note shall be
a Restricted Note and bear the legend set forth below on the face
thereof and (y) each Offshore Physical Note and each Offshore
Global Note shall be a Restricted Note and bear the legend set
forth below on the face thereof until at least the 41st day after
the Closing Date and receipt by the Company and the Trustee of a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto.
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER
(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN
RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR”) OR (C) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL
NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO STEEL
DYNAMICS, INC. OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (C) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER,
FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN
REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE
OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE), AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF
AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES OF LESS THAN $100,000, AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.
THAT
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SUCH TRANSFER IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF
AVAILABLE) OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL
DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE
SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE, THE HOLDER MUST TRANSFER AND SUBMIT
THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE TRUSTEE. IF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE
IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR OR NON-U.S. PERSON, THE
HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND
STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER
INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO
CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. 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. THE INDENTURE CONTAINS
PROVISIONS REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER
OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTION.
Each Global Note, whether or not an Exchange
Note, Restricted Global Note or Unrestricted Global Note shall also
bear the following legend on the face thereof:
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE
IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY 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 IN THE NAME OF
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS
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 THIS
GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.08 OF THE
INDENTURE.
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SECTION 2.03.
Execution, Authentication and Denominations . Subject
to Article Four and applicable law, the aggregate principal
amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture is unlimited. The Notes shall be executed by one
Officer of the Company. The signature of this Officer on the
Notes may be by facsimile or manual signature in the name and on
behalf of the Company.
If
the Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that
office at the time the Trustee or authenticating agent
authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid
nevertheless.
A
Note shall not be valid until the Trustee or authenticating agent
manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note.
The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
At
any time and from time to time after the execution of this
Indenture, the Trustee or an authenticating agent shall upon
receipt of a Company Order authenticate for original issue Notes in
the aggregate principal amount specified in such Company Order;
provided that the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of the
Company in connection with such authentication of Notes. Such
Company Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated
and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be
authenticated and, in case of an issuance of Notes pursuant to
Section 2.15, shall certify that such issuance is in
compliance with Article Four.
The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent 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 the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor.
The
Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and
only in denominations of $2,000 in principal amount and multiples
of $1,000 in excess thereof.
SECTION 2.04.
Registrar and Paying Agent . The Company shall
maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange (the “
Registrar ”), an office or agency where Notes may be
presented for payment (the “ Paying Agent ”) and
an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be
served. The Company shall cause the Registrar to keep a
register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the
“ Security Register ”). The Security
Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of
being converted into written form within a reasonable time.
The Company may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more
additional Paying Agents.
The
Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall
implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such
Agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent and any change in
the address of such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a
Registrar, Paying Agent and/or agent for service of notices and
demands, the Company shall appoint the Trustee to act as, and the
Trustee shall act as, such Registrar, Paying
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Agent and/or agent for service of notices and
demands. The Company may remove any Agent upon written notice
to such Agent and the Trustee; provided that no such removal
shall become effective until (i) the acceptance of an
appointment by a successor Agent to such Agent as evidenced by an
appropriate agency agreement entered into by the Company and such
successor Agent and delivered to the Trustee or
(ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve
as such Agent until the appointment of a successor Agent in
accordance with clause (i) of this proviso. The Company,
any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Affiliate of any of them may
act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar, and/or agent for
service of notice and demands.
The
Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying
Agent, authenticating agent and agent for service of notice and
demands. 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 Holders and shall otherwise comply with
TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee as of each
Regular Record Date and at such other times as the Trustee may
reasonably request the names and addresses of Holders as they
appear in the Security Register, including the aggregate principal
amount of Notes held by each Holder.
SECTION 2.05.
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . Not later than
11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each due date of the
principal, premium, if any, and interest on any Notes, the Company
shall deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available
funds sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, and
interest so becoming due. The Company shall require each
Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that such
Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or
the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes (whether
such money has been paid to it by the Company or any other obligor
on the Notes), and such Paying Agent shall promptly notify the
Trustee of any default by the Company (or any other obligor on the
Notes) in making any such payment. The Company at any time
may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee and account for any funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at
any time during the continuance of any payment default, upon
written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay
all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds
disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no
further liability for the money so paid over to the Trustee.
If the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any
Affiliate of any of them acts as Paying Agent, it will, on or
before each due date of any principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Notes, segregate and hold in a separate trust fund
for the benefit of the Holders a sum of money sufficient to pay
such principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due until
such sum of money shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise
disposed of as provided in this Indenture, and will promptly notify
the Trustee of its action or failure to act.
SECTION 2.06.
Transfer and Exchange . The Notes are issuable only in
registered form. A Holder may transfer a Note only by written
application to the Registrar stating the name of the proposed
transferee and otherwise complying with the terms of this
Indenture. No such transfer shall be effected until, and such
transferee shall succeed to the rights of a Holder only upon, final
acceptance and registration of the transfer by the Registrar in the
Security Register. Prior to the registration of any transfer
by a Holder as provided herein, the Company, the Trustee, and any
agent of the Company shall treat the person in whose name
the
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Note is registered as the owner thereof for all
purposes whether or not the Note shall be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary. Furthermore, any Holder of a Global
Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers
of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only
through a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global
Note (or its agent) and that ownership of a beneficial interest in
the Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
When Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a
request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal
principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations
(including an exchange of Notes for Exchange Notes), the Registrar
shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if
its requirements for such transactions are met (including that such
Notes are duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Trustee and Registrar duly
executed by the Holder thereof or by an attorney who is authorized
in writing to act on behalf of the Holder); provided that no
exchanges of Notes for Exchange Notes shall occur until a
Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the
Commission and that any Notes that are exchanged for Exchange Notes
shall be cancelled by the Trustee. To permit registrations of
transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request. No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange or redemption of the Notes, 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 other similar governmental charge payable
upon exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11, 3.08 or
9.04).
The
Registrar shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a
notice of redemption of Notes selected for redemption under
Section 3.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of
such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange
any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
SECTION 2.07.
Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes . The U.S.
Global Notes and Offshore Global Notes initially shall (i) be
registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Notes or
the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the
Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and (iii) bear
legends as set forth in Section 2.02.
(a)
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent
Members ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with
respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary,
or the Trustee as its custodian, or under such Global Note, and the
Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent
of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global
Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent
of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written
certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the
Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent
Members, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of a holder of any Note.
(b)
Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such
Global Note in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its
successors or their respective
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nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in
Global Notes may be transferred in accordance with the
rules and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of
Section 2.08. In addition, U.S. Physical Notes and
Offshore Physical Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial
owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in the U.S.
Global Notes or the Offshore Global Notes, as the case may be, if
(i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as Depositary for the U.S. Global Notes or
the Offshore Global Notes, as the case may be, and a successor
depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such
notice, (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and the Registrar has received a written request from
the Depositary or (iii) in accordance with the rules and
procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of
Section 2.08.
(c)
Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is
transferred to a person who takes delivery in the form of an
interest in another Global Note will, upon transfer, cease to be an
interest in another Global Note and become an interest in such
other Global Note and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to
all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable
to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it
remains such an interest.
(d)
In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial
interests in a Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to
paragraph (b) of this Section 2.07, the Registrar shall
reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the
principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to
be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, one or more U.S. Physical Notes or
Offshore Physical Notes, as the case may be, of like tenor and
amount.
(e)
In connection with the transfer of the U.S. Global Notes or the
Offshore Global Notes, in whole, to beneficial owners pursuant to
paragraph (b) of this Section 2.07, the U.S. Global Notes
or Offshore Global Notes, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each
beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its
beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes or Offshore Global
Notes, as the case may be, an equal aggregate principal amount of
U.S. Physical Notes or Offshore Physical Notes, as the case may be,
of authorized denominations.
(f)
Any U.S. Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in the
U.S. Global Notes pursuant to paragraph (b), (d) or
(e) of this Section 2.07 shall, except as otherwise
provided by paragraph (f) of Section 2.08, bear the
legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the U.S.
Physical Note set forth in Section 2.02.
(g)
Any Offshore Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in
the Offshore Global Notes pursuant to paragraph (b), (d) or
(e) of this Section 2.07 shall, except as otherwise
provided by paragraph (f) of Section 2.08, bear the
legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the Offshore
Physical Note set forth in Section 2.02.
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(h)
The registered holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and
otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons
that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action
which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the
Notes.
SECTION 2.08.
Special Transfer Provisions . Unless and until
(i) a Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note or sold in
connection with an effective Shelf Registration Statement pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement or (ii) the Private
Placement Legend is no longer required pursuant to
Section 2.02, the following provisions shall
apply:
(a)
Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors
. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the
registration of any proposed transfer of a Note to any
Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB (excluding
Non-U.S. Persons):
(i)
The Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note, whether or
not such Note bears the Private Placement Legend, if the proposed
transferee has delivered to the Registrar (A) a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto and (B) if
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being transferred is
less than $100,000, an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Company
that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities
Act.
(ii)
If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial
interest in the U.S. Global Notes, upon receipt by the Registrar of
(x) the documents, if any, required by paragraph
(i) above and (y) instructions given in accordance with
the Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a
decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in an
amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in
the U.S. Global Notes to be transferred, and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or
more U.S. Physical Notes of like tenor and amount.
(b)
Transfers to QIBs . The following provisions shall
apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of
U.S. Physical Notes or an interest in U.S. Global Notes to a QIB
(excluding Non-U.S. Persons):
(i)
If the Note to be transferred consists of (x) either Offshore
Physical Notes prior to the removal of the Private Placement Legend
or U.S. Physical Notes, the Registrar shall register the transfer
if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has
checked the box provided for on the form of Note stating, or has
otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing, that
the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of
Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the certification
provided for on the form of Note stating, or has otherwise advised
the Company and the Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the
Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it
exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such
account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A and is aware
that the sale to it is being
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made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the
Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has
determined not to request such information and that it is aware
that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations
in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by
Rule 144A or (y) an interest in the U.S. Global Notes,
the transfer of such interest may be effected only through the book
entry system maintained by the Depositary.
(ii)
If the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Note to be
transferred consists of U.S. Physical Notes, upon receipt by the
Registrar of the documents referred to in paragraph (i) above
and instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s
and the Registrar’s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect
on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal
amount of U.S. Global Notes in an amount equal to the principal
amount of the U.S. Physical Notes to be transferred, and the
Trustee shall cancel the U.S. Physical Notes so
transferred.
(c)
Transfers of Interests in the Offshore Global Notes or Offshore
Physical Notes . The following provisions shall apply
with respect to any transfer of interests in the Offshore Global
Notes or Offshore Physical Notes:
(i)
Prior to the removal of the Private Placement Legend from an
Offshore Global Note or Offshore Physical Note pursuant to
Section 2.02, the Registrar shall refuse to register such
transfer unless such transfer complies with
Section 2.08(b) or Section 2.08(d), as the case may
be; and
(ii)
After such removal, the Registrar shall register the transfer of
any such Note without requiring additional
certification.
(d)
Transfers to Non-U.S. Persons at Any Time . The
following provisions shall apply with respect to any transfer of a
Note to a Non-U.S. Person:
(i)
The Registrar shall register any proposed transfer to any Non-U.S.
Person if the Note to be transferred is a U.S. Physical Note or an
interest in U.S. Global Notes, upon receipt of a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto from the
proposed transferor.
(ii)
(a) If the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a
beneficial interest in the U.S. Global Notes, upon receipt by the
Registrar of (x) the documents, if any, required by paragraph
(i) and (y) instructions in accordance with the
Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a
decrease in the principal amount of the U.S. Global Notes in
an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest
in the U.S. Global Notes to be transferred, and (b) if the
proposed transferee is an Agent Member, upon receipt by the
Registrar of instructions given in accordance with the
Depositary’s and the Registrar’s procedures, the
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an
increase in the principal amount of the
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Offshore Global Notes in an amount equal to the
principal amount of the U.S. Physical Notes or the U.S. Global
Notes, as the case may be, to be transferred, and the Trustee shall
cancel the Physical Note, if any, so transferred or decrease the
amount of the U.S. Global Notes.
(e)
Private Placement Legend . Upon the transfer, exchange
or replacement of Unrestricted Notes, the Registrar shall deliver
Unrestricted Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.
Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Restricted Notes or
beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes, the Registrar
shall deliver only Restricted Notes or credit the account of the
applicable transferee with a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note, as the case may be, unless the Private Placement
Legend is no longer required by Section 2.02 and either
(i) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to the
effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on
transfer are required or advisable in order to ensure that
subsequent transfers of the Notes are effected in compliance with
the Securities Act or (ii) the Trustee has received from the
Company an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to
the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on
transfer are required or advisable in order to ensure that
subsequent transfers on the Notes are effected in compliance with
the Securities Act, including without limitation, in connection
with a mandatory conversion consummated in accordance with
Section 2.08(g). In the case of Global Notes, upon
receipt of such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
as provided above, the Trustee shall direct the Registrar to
exchange the Restricted Global Notes for Unrestricted Global Notes
with such exchange to occur in accordance with
Section 2.08(g).
(f)
General . By its acceptance of any Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges
receipt of a Restricted Note with restrictions on the transfer of
such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement
Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided
in this Indenture until such time as the Private Placement Legend
is no longer required pursuant to Section 2.02 and such
Private Placement legend is removed pursuant to Section 2.02.
The Registrar shall not register a transfer of any Note unless such
transfer complies with the restrictions on transfer of such Note
set forth in this Indenture. In connection with any transfer of
Notes, each Holder agrees by its acceptance of the Notes to furnish
the Registrar or the Company such certifications, legal opinions or
other information as either of them may reasonably require to
confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption
from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act until such time as the Private
Placement Legend is no longer required pursuant to
Section 2.02 and such Private Placement legend is removed
pursuant to Section 2.02; provided that the Registrar
shall not be required to determine (but may rely on a determination
made by the Company with respect to) the sufficiency of any such
certifications, legal opinions or other information.
(g)
Mandatory Exchange from Restricted Global Note into an
Unrestricted Global Note . Beneficial interests in the
Restricted Global Note will be automatically exchanged into
beneficial interests in the Unrestricted Global Note on
April 4, 2009 if (i)
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such exchange or transfer complies with the
requirements of Section 2.06 above and (ii) the
provisions of the second sentence of 2.08(e) would not
prohibit the Registrar from delivering Notes that do not bear a
Private Placement Legend. Upon satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall
(i) provide at least 10 days prior written notice to the
Trustee instructing the Trustee to direct the Depository to
transfer all of the outstanding beneficial interests in a
particular Restricted Global Note to the Unrestricted Global Note,
which the Company shall have previously otherwise made eligible for
transfer within DTC, and (ii) provide prior written notice to
all Holders of such transfer, which notice must include the date of
such transfer to occur, the CUSIP number of the relevant Restricted
Global Note and the CUSIP number of the Unrestricted Global Note
into which such Holders’ beneficial interests will be
transferred. As a condition to any such transfer pursuant to
this Section 2.08(g), the Company shall provide, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon, an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in the form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that the
Private Placement Legend and the related restrictions on transfer
are not required or advisable in order to maintain compliance with
the provisions of the Securities Act. Upon such transfer of
beneficial interests pursuant to this Section 2.08(g), the
Registrar shall endorse the schedule identified as Schedule A to
the relevant Global Notes to reflect the relevant increase or
decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note resulting from
the applicable transfer. Following any such transfer pursuant
to this Section 2.08(g), the Relevant Global Note shall be
cancelled.
The
Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other
written communications received pursuant to Section 2.07 or
this Section 2.08. The Company, at its sole cost and expense,
shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such
letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable
time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the
Registrar.
SECTION 2.09.
Replacement Notes . If a mutilated Note is surrendered
to the Trustee or if the Holder claims that the Note has been lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken, then, in the absence of written
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Note has been
acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding; provided that the requirements of this
Section 2.09 are met. If required by the Trustee or the
Company, an indemnity bond must be furnished that is sufficient in
the judgment of both the Trustee and the Company to protect the
Company, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss that any of them
may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge such
Holder for its expenses and the expenses of the Trustee in
replacing a Note. In case any such mutilated, lost, destroyed
or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and
payable, the Company in its discretion may pay such Note instead of
issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.
Every replacement Note is an additional
obligation of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor and shall
be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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SECTION 2.10.
Outstanding Notes . Notes outstanding at any time are
all Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee except for
those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and
those described in this Section 2.10 as not
outstanding.
If
a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases to be
outstanding unless and until the Trustee and the Company receive
proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a
protected purchaser.
If
the Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company) holds on the maturity date money sufficient to pay Notes
payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes cease
to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to
accrue.
A
Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of
its Affiliates holds such Note, provided, however , that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of the outstanding Notes have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
Notes owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes or
any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver, only Notes which the Trustee has actual knowledge to be
so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have
been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that
the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes
or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor.
SECTION 2.11.
Temporary Notes . Until definitive Notes are ready for
delivery, the Company may prepare and execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be
substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have
insertions, substitutions, omissions and other variations
determined to be appropriate by the Officers executing the
temporary Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such temporary
Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes
shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the
temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company designated
for such purpose pursuant to Section 4.02, 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 deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall
be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Notes.
SECTION 2.12.
Cancellation . The Company, at any time, may deliver
to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated
and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation
any Notes previously authenticated hereunder. The Registrar
and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes
surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The
Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange,
payment or cancellation and shall destroy them in accordance with
its normal procedure.
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SECTION 2.13.
CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing the Notes may
use “CUSIP,” “CINS” or “ISIN”
numbers (if then generally in use), and the Company and the Trustee
shall use CUSIP, CINS or ISIN numbers, as the case may be, in
notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders;
provided that any such notice shall 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 redemption
or exchange and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company
shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in
“CUSIP,” “CINS” or “ISIN”
numbers for the Notes.
SECTION 2.14.
Defaulted Interest . If the Company defaults in a
payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay, or shall deposit
with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds
sufficient to pay, the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent
lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the
Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date.
A special record date, as used in this Section 2.14 with
respect to the payment of any defaulted interest, shall mean the
15 th
day next preceding
the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted
interest, whether or not such day is a Business Day. At least
15 days before the subsequent special record date, the Company
shall mail to each Holder and to the Trustee a notice that states
the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount
of defaulted interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.15.
Issuance of Additional Notes . The Company may,
subject to Article Four of this Indenture and applicable law,
issue additional Notes under this Indenture. The Notes issued
on the Closing Date and any additional Notes subsequently issued
shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this
Indenture.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01.
Right of Redemption . (a) The Notes are
redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at
any time or from time to time, on or after April 15, 2012 and
prior to maturity, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days’ prior written notice mailed by first-class mail to each
Holder’s last address, as it appears in the Security
Register, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed in
percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest
to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record
on the relevant Regular Record Date that is prior to the Redemption
Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date), if
redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on April 15 of
the years set forth below:
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Redemption
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2012
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103.875
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2013
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2014 and
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(b)
In addition, at any time prior to April 15, 2011, the Company
may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more sales of common stock of
the Company at any time as a whole or from time to time in
part,
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at
a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount)
of 107.750%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption
Date (subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant
Regular Record Date that is prior to the Redemption Date to receive
interest due on an Interest Payment Date); provided that
(i) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
originally issued on the Closing Date remains outstanding after
each such redemption and (ii) notice of any such redemption is
mailed within 60 days after each such sale of common
stock.
SECTION 3.02.
Notices to Trustee . If the Company elects to
redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.01, it shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount
of Notes to be redeemed and the clause of this Indenture pursuant
to which redemption shall occur.
The
Company shall give each notice provided for in this
Section 3.02 in an Officers’ Certificate at least 45
days before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee).
SECTION 3.03.
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed . If less than all
of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall
select the Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the
requirements, as certified to it by the Company, of the principal
national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed
or, if the Notes are not listed on a national securities exchange
or automated quotation system, by lot or by such other method as
the Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate;
provided that no Note of $2,000 in principal amount or less
shall be redeemed in part.
The
Trustee shall make the selection from the Notes outstanding and not
previously called for redemption. Notes in denominations of
$2,000 in principal amount may only be redeemed in whole. The
Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $2,000 in
principal amount or multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of Notes
that have denominations larger than $2,000 in principal
amount. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes
called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for
redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company and the
Registrar promptly in writing of the Notes or portions of Notes to
be called for redemption.
SECTION 3.04.
Notice of Redemption . With respect to any redemption
of Notes pursuant to Section 3.01, at least 30 days but not
more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail
a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder whose
Notes are to be redeemed.
The
notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall
state:
(i)
the Redemption Date;
(ii)
the Redemption Price;
(iii)
the name and address of the Paying Agent;
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(iv)
that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying
Agent in order to collect the Redemption Price;
(v)
that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment,
interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and
after the Redemption Date and the only remaining right of the
Holders is to receive payment of the Redemption Price plus accrued
interest to the Redemption Date upon surrender of the Notes to the
Paying Agent;
(vi)
that, if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount (equal to $2,000 in principal amount or any
integral multiple thereof) of such Note to be redeemed and that, on
and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new
Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
thereof will be reissued; and
(vii)
that, if any Note contains a CUSIP, CINS or ISIN number as provided
in Section 2.13, no representation is being made as to the
correctness of the CUSIP, CINS or ISIN number either as printed on
the Notes or as contained in the notice of redemption and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Notes.
At
the Company’s request (which request may be revoked by the
Company at any time prior to the time at which the Trustee shall
have given such notice to the Holders), made in writing to the
Trustee at least 45 days (or such shorter period as shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee) before a Redemption Date, the Trustee
shall give the notice of redemption in the name and at the expense
of the Company. If, however, the Company gives such notice to
the Holders, the Company shall concurrently deliver to the Trustee
an Officers’ Certificate stating that such notice has been
given.
SECTION 3.05.
Effect of Notice of Redemption . Once notice of
redemption is mailed, Notes called for redemption become due and
payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price.
Upon surrender of any Notes to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall
be paid at the Redemption Price, plus accrued interest, if any, to
the Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption shall be deemed to be
given when mailed, whether or not the Holder receives the
notice. In any event, failure to give such notice, or any
defect therein, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings
for the redemption of Notes held by Holders to whom such notice was
properly given.
SECTION 3.06.
Deposit of Redemption Price . On or prior to
11:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the
Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust
as provided in Section 2.05) money sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be
redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions thereof called
for redemption on that date that have been delivered by the Company
to the Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 3.07.
Payment of Notes Called for Redemption . If notice of
redemption has been given in the manner provided above, the Notes
or portion of Notes specified
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in
such notice to be redeemed shall become due and payable on the
Redemption Date at the Redemption Price stated therein, together
with accrued interest to such Redemption Date, and on and after
such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such
Notes at the Redemption Price and accrued interest to the
Redemption Date, in which case the principal, until paid, shall
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed in
the Notes), such Notes shall cease to accrue interest. Upon
surrender of any Note for redemption in accordance with a notice of
redemption, such Note shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at
the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to
the Redemption Date; provided that installments of interest
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall
be payable to the Holders registered as such at the close of
business on the relevant Regular Record Date.
SECTION 3.08.
Notes Redeemed in Part . Upon surrender of any Note
that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder without service
charge, a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed
portion of such surrendered Note.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01.
Payment of Notes . The Company shall pay the principal
of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in
the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture. An
installment of principal, premium, if any, or interest shall be
considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent
(other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company, or any
Affiliate of any of them) holds on that date money designated for
and sufficient to pay the installment. If the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of any of them acts as
Paying Agent, an installment of principal, premium, if any, or
interest shall be considered paid on the due date if the entity
acting as Paying Agent complies with the last sentence of
Section 2.05. As provided in Section 6.09, upon any
bankruptcy or reorganization procedure relative to the Company, the
Trustee shall serve as the Paying Agent, if any, for the
Notes.
The
Company shall pay interest on overdu
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