Exhibit 4.1
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
as Issuer
and
SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION
as a Guarantor
and
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS PARTY
HERETO
as additional Guarantors
and
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW
YORK
as Trustee
9.250% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2019
INDENTURE
Dated as of May 21,
2009
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
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TIA
Section
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Indenture
Section
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310(a)
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(1)
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7.10
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(a)
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(2)
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7.10
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(a)
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(3)
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N.A.
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(a)
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(4)
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N.A.
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(a)
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(5)
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7.08; 7.10
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(b)
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7.08; 7.10; 13.02
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(c)
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N.A.
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311(a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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312(a)
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2.05
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(b)
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13.03
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(c)
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13.03
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313(a)
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7.06
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(b)
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(1)
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N.A.
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(b)
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(2)
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7.06
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(c)
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7.06; 13.02
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(d)
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7.06
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314(a)
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4.08; 4.10; 13.02
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)
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(1)
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7.02; 13.04
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(c)
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(2)
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7.02; 13.04
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(c)
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(3)
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N.A.
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(d)
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N.A.
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(e)
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13.05
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(f)
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N.A.
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315(a)
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7.01(b)
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(b)
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7.05; 13.02
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(c)
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7.01(a)
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(d)
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7.01(c)
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(e)
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6.11
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316(a)
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(last sentence)
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2.09
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(a)
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(1)(A)
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6.05
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(a)
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(1)(B)
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6.04
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(a)
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(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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6.07
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(c)
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9.04
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317(a)
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(1)
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6.08
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(a)
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(2)
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6.09
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(b)
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2.04
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318(a)
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13.01
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(c)
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13.01
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N.A. means Not Applicable.
Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall
not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the
Indenture.
Table of Contents
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Page
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ARTICLE 1
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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
TIA
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24
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SECTION 1.03.
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Rules of
Construction
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25
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ARTICLE 2
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The Securities
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SECTION 2.01.
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Form and Dating
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25
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SECTION 2.02.
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Execution and
Authentication
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26
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SECTION 2.03.
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Registrar and Paying
Agent
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26
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SECTION 2.04.
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Paying Agent to Hold Assets in
Trust
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27
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SECTION 2.05.
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Securityholder Lists
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27
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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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Replacement Securities
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28
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SECTION 2.08.
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Outstanding Securities
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28
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SECTION 2.09.
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Treasury Securities
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28
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SECTION 2.10.
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Temporary Securities
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28
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SECTION 2.11.
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Cancellation
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29
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SECTION 2.12.
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Defaulted Interest
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29
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SECTION 2.13.
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CUSIP Number
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29
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SECTION 2.14.
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Deposit of Moneys
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30
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SECTION 2.15.
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Issuance of Additional
Securities
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30
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ARTICLE 3
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Redemption
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SECTION 3.01.
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Notices to Trustee
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30
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SECTION 3.02.
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Selection of Securities to be
Redeemed
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SECTION 3.03.
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Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 3.04.
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Effect of Notice of
Redemption
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32
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SECTION 3.05.
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Deposit of Redemption
Price
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32
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SECTION 3.06.
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Securities Redeemed in
Part
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33
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ARTICLE 4
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Covenants
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SECTION 4.01.
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Payment of Securities
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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 Restricted
Payments
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SECTION 4.04.
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Limitation on Incurrence of
Additional Indebtedness
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37
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SECTION 4.05.
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Corporate Existence
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SECTION 4.06.
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Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims
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38
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SECTION 4.07.
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Maintenance of Properties and
Insurance
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38
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SECTION 4.08.
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Compliance Certificate; Notice of
Default
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38
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SECTION 4.09.
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Compliance with Laws
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39
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SECTION 4.10.
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Commission Reports
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39
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SECTION 4.11.
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Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury
Laws
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40
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SECTION 4.12.
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Limitations on Transactions with
Affiliates
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40
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SECTION 4.13.
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Limitation on Dividend and Other
Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
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42
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SECTION 4.14.
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Limitation on Liens
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43
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SECTION 4.15.
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Change of Control
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44
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SECTION 4.16.
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Limitation on Asset Sales
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46
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SECTION 4.17.
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Limitation on Preferred Stock of
Restricted Subsidiaries
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SECTION 4.18.
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Limitation on Sale and Leaseback
Transactions
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49
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SECTION 4.19.
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Limitation of Guarantees by
Restricted Subsidiaries
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50
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ARTICLE 5
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Successor
Corporation
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SECTION 5.01.
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Merger, Consolidation and Sale of
Assets
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51
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SECTION 5.02.
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Successor Substituted
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53
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ARTICLE 6
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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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53
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SECTION 6.02.
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Acceleration
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55
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SECTION 6.03.
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Other Remedies
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55
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SECTION 6.04.
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Waiver of Past Defaults
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56
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SECTION 6.05.
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Control by Majority
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56
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SECTION 6.06.
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Limitation on Suits
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56
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SECTION 6.07.
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Rights of Holders to Receive
Payment
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57
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SECTION 6.08.
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Collection Suit by
Trustee
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57
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SECTION 6.09.
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Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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57
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SECTION 6.10.
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Priorities
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57
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SECTION 6.11.
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Undertaking for Costs
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58
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SECTION 6.12.
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Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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58
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ARTICLE 7
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Trustee
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SECTION 7.01.
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Duties of Trustee
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SECTION 7.02.
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Rights of Trustee
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60
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SECTION 7.03.
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Individual Rights of
Trustee
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61
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SECTION 7.04.
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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61
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SECTION 7.05.
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Notice of Default
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61
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SECTION 7.06.
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Reports by Trustee to
Holders
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61
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SECTION 7.07.
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Compensation and
Indemnity
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62
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SECTION 7.08.
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Replacement of Trustee
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63
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SECTION 7.09.
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Successor Trustee by Merger,
etc
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64
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SECTION 7.10.
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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64
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SECTION 7.11.
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Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Issuer
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64
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ARTICLE 8
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Discharge of Indenture;
Defeasance
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SECTION 8.01.
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Termination of the Issuer’s
Obligations
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64
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SECTION 8.02.
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Legal Defeasance and Covenant
Defeasance
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65
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SECTION 8.03.
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Conditions to Legal Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance
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66
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SECTION 8.04.
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Application of Trust
Money
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67
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SECTION 8.05.
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Repayment to the Issuer
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68
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SECTION 8.06.
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Reinstatement
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68
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ARTICLE 9
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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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68
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SECTION 9.02.
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With Consent of Holders
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69
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SECTION 9.03.
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Compliance with TIA
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70
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SECTION 9.04.
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Revocation and Effect of
Consents
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70
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SECTION 9.05.
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Notation on or Exchange of
Securities
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71
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SECTION 9.06.
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Trustee to Sign Amendments,
etc
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71
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ARTICLE 10
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Subordination of
Securities
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SECTION 10.01.
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Securities Subordinated to Senior
Debt
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71
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SECTION 10.02.
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No Payment on Securities in Certain
Circumstances
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71
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SECTION 10.03.
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Payment Over of Proceeds upon
Dissolution, etc
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72
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SECTION 10.04.
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Subrogation
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73
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SECTION 10.05.
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Obligations of Issuer
Unconditional
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74
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SECTION 10.06.
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Notice to Trustee
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74
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SECTION 10.07.
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Reliance on Judicial Order or
Certificate of Liquidating Agent
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75
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SECTION 10.08.
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Trustee’s Relation to Senior
Debt
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75
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SECTION 10.09.
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Subordination Rights Not Impaired by
Acts or Omissions of the Issuer or Holders of Senior
Debt
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76
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SECTION 10.10.
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Securityholders Authorize Trustee to
Effectuate Subordination of Securities
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76
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SECTION 10.11.
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This Article Not to Prevent
Events of Default
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76
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SECTION 10.12.
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Trustee’s Compensation Not
Prejudiced
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76
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SECTION 10.13.
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No Waiver of Subordination
Provisions
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76
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SECTION 10.14.
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Subordination Provisions Not
Applicable to Assets Held in Trust for Securityholders; Payments
May be Paid Prior to Dissolution
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76
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SECTION 10.15.
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Acceleration of
Securities
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77
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ARTICLE 11
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Guarantee of
Securities
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SECTION 11.01.
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Unconditional Guarantee
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77
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SECTION 11.02.
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Limitations on Guarantees
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78
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SECTION 11.03.
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Execution and Delivery
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78
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SECTION 11.04.
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Release of a Guarantor
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79
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SECTION 11.05.
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Waiver of Subrogation
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80
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SECTION 11.06.
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Obligations Continuing
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80
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SECTION 11.07.
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Obligations Reinstated
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80
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SECTION 11.08.
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Waiver
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80
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SECTION 11.09.
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No Obligation to Take Action Against
the Issuer
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81
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SECTION 11.10.
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Default and Enforcement
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81
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SECTION 11.11.
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Amendment, Etc
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81
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SECTION 11.12.
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Acknowledgment
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81
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SECTION 11.13.
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Costs and Expenses
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81
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SECTION 11.14.
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No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies
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81
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SECTION 11.15.
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Successors and Assigns
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81
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SECTION 11.16.
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Contribution
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81
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SECTION 11.17.
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Future Guarantors
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ARTICLE 12
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Subordination of
Guarantee
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SECTION 12.01.
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Guarantee Obligations Subordinated
to Senior Debt
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82
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SECTION 12.02.
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No Payment on Guarantee in Certain
Circumstances
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82
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SECTION 12.03.
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Payment Over of Proceeds upon
Dissolution, etc
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83
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SECTION 12.04.
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Subrogation
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84
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SECTION 12.05.
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Obligations of Guarantor
Unconditional
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85
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SECTION 12.06.
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Notice to Trustee
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85
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SECTION 12.07.
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Reliance on Judicial Order or
Certificate of Liquidating Agent
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86
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SECTION 12.08.
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Trustee’s Relation to Senior
Debt of Guarantors
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86
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SECTION 12.09.
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Subordination Rights Not Impaired by
Acts or Omissions of the Guarantors or Holders of their Senior
Debt
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87
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SECTION 12.10.
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Securityholders Authorize Trustee to
Effectuate Subordination of Guarantees
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87
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SECTION 12.11.
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This Article Not to Prevent
Events of Default
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87
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SECTION 12.12.
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Trustee’s Compensation Not
Prejudiced
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87
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SECTION 12.13.
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No Waiver of Guarantee Subordination
Provisions
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87
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SECTION 12.14.
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Payments May be Paid Prior to
Dissolution
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88
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ARTICLE 13
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Miscellaneous
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SECTION 13.01.
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TIA Controls
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88
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SECTION 13.02.
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Notices
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88
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SECTION 13.03.
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Communications by Holders with Other
Holders
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89
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SECTION 13.04.
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Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent
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89
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SECTION 13.05.
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Statements Required in Certificate
or Opinion
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90
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SECTION 13.06.
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Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent,
Registrar
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90
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SECTION 13.07.
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Legal Holidays
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90
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SECTION 13.08.
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Governing Law
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90
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SECTION 13.09.
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No Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements
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91
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SECTION 13.10.
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No Recourse Against
Others
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91
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SECTION 13.11.
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Successors
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91
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SECTION 13.12.
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Duplicate Originals
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91
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SECTION 13.13.
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Severability
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91
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APPENDIX A
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Provisions Relating to Initial
Securities, Additional Securities, and Exchange
Securities
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A-1
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EXHIBIT 1
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Form of Initial
Security
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B-1
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EXHIBIT 2
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Form of Exchange
Security
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C-1
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Note: This Table of Contents
shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the
Indenture.
vi
INDENTURE, dated as of May 21,
2009, among Scientific Games International, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Issuer ”), Scientific Games
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), as a Guarantor, the additional Guarantors from time to
time party hereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New
York, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
Each party agrees as follows for the
benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit
of the Holders of the Issuer’s Initial Securities and
Exchange Securities (each as defined in Appendix A hereto, and
collectively, the “ Securities ”).
ARTICLE
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Definitions
and Incorporation by Reference
SECTION 1.01.
Definitions.
“ Acquired Indebtedness
” means Indebtedness of a Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or consolidates
with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or is assumed in
connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person and not
incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or
contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company or such acquisition, merger or
consolidation.
“ Additional Securities
” means Securities issued under this Indenture after the
Issue Date and in compliance with Sections 2.15 and 4.04, it being
understood that any Securities issued in exchange for or
replacement of any Initial Security issued on the Issue Date shall
not be an Additional Security, including any such Securities issued
pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to any Person, any Person who directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person;
provided , however , that with respect to the Company
the term Affiliate shall not include the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company so long as no Affiliate of the Company has any
direct or indirect interest therein, except through the Company or
its Subsidiaries. The term “control” means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
“ Affiliate Transaction
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.
“ Agent ” means
the Registrar or any Paying Agent.
“ Asset Acquisition
” means
(a) an Investment by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other
Person pursuant to which such Person becomes a
Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or is merged with or into the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
(b) the acquisition by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of the assets
of any Person which constitute all or substantially all of the
assets of such Person, any division or line of business of such
Person or any other properties or assets of such Person other than
in the ordinary course of business.
“ Asset Sale ”
means any direct or indirect sale, conveyance, transfer, lease
(other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of
business), assignment or other transfer for value by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including any Sale and
Leaseback Transaction that does not give rise to a Capitalized
Lease Obligation, to any Person other than the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of
(a) any Capital Stock of any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
(b) any other property or
assets, other than cash or Cash Equivalents, of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than in the ordinary
course of business;
provided , however , that Asset Sales will not
include
(1) a transaction or series of
related transactions for which the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration, exclusive of
indemnities, of less than $5.0 million;
(2) the sale of accounts
receivable;
(3) the sale, lease,
conveyance, disposition or other transfer of assets in the ordinary
course of business;
(4) the sale, lease,
conveyance, disposition or other transfer of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or
any Guarantor as permitted under Section 5.01;
(5) sales, transfers or other
dispositions of assets resulting from the creation, incurrence or
assumption of (but not any foreclosure with respect to) any Lien
not prohibited by Section 4.14;
(6) sales, transfers or other
dispositions of assets in a transaction constituting a Permitted
Investment or a Restricted Payment permitted by Section 4.03;
and
(7) the grant of licenses to
third parties in respect of intellectual property in the ordinary
course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
“ Attributable Debt
” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction consummated
subsequent to the Issue Date means, at the time of determination,
the present value, discounted at the rate of interest implicit in
such transaction, determined in accordance
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with GAAP, of the obligation of the lessee for
net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included
in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, including any period for
which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the
lessor, be extended.
“ Bankruptcy Law
” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal,
state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“ Board of Directors
” means, as to any Person, the board of directors of such
Person (or in the case of a limited liability company, the managing
member or members of any controlling committee or the managing
members or board of directors thereof, or in the case of a
partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the
partnership) or any duly authorized committee thereof.
“ Board Resolution
” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person
and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“ Business Day ”
means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on
which banking institutions in The City of New York or the city in
which the Corporate Trust Office is located are required or
authorized by law or other governmental action to be
closed.
“ Capital Stock ”
means (1) with respect to any Person that is a corporation,
any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents,
however designated, of corporate stock, including each class of
common stock and Preferred Stock of such Person and (2) with
respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all
partnership or other equity interests of such other
Person.
“ Capitalized Lease
Obligations ” means, as to any Person, the obligations of
such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for
purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligations at any
date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such
date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Cash Equivalents
” means
(1) marketable direct
obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United
States of America or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(2) marketable direct
obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or
any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of
the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or
Moody’s;
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(3) commercial paper maturing
no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the
time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P
or at least P-1 from Moody’s;
(4) certificates of deposit or
bankers’ acceptances (or, with respect to foreign banks,
similar instruments) maturing within one year from the date of
acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof or the District
of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank having at the date
of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less
than $250.0 million;
(5) repurchase obligations with
a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the
types described in clause (1) above entered into with any bank
meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
and
(6) investments in money market
funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of
the types described in clauses (1) through
(5) above.
“ Change of Control
” means the occurrence of one or more of the following
events:
(1) any sale, lease, exchange
or other transfer, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company or the Issuer to any Person or group of related Persons for
purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (a “
Group ”) (whether or not otherwise in compliance with
the provisions of this Indenture);
(2) the approval by the holders
of Capital Stock of the Company or the Issuer of any plan for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company or the Issuer,
respectively (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the
provisions of this Indenture);
(3) any Person or Group shall
become the owner, directly or indirectly, beneficially, of shares
representing more than 50% of the aggregate voting power
represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the
Company entitled under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority
of the directors of the Company; or
(4) the replacement of a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Company over a two-year
period from the directors who constituted the Board of Directors at
the beginning of such period (other than individuals designated to
serve from time to time on the Board of Directors of the Company
pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of
September 6, 2000, as amended or supplemented as of the Issue
Date, among the Company and certain of its stockholders), and such
replacement shall not have been approved by a vote of at least a
majority of the Board of Directors then still in office who either
were members of the Board of Directors at the beginning of such
period or whose election as a member of the Board of Directors was
previously so approved;
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provided , however , that Change of Control will
not include the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Issuer to the Company or any
other Guarantor.
“ Change of Control
Offer ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.15(c).
“ Change of Control Payment
Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.15(c).
“ Commission ”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor
agency thereto with respect to the regulation or registration of
securities.
“ Company ” means
the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor
replaces it pursuant to this Indenture.
“ Consolidated EBITDA
” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the sum
(without duplication) of
(1) Consolidated Net
Income;
(2) to the extent Consolidated
Net Income has been reduced thereby, all losses from Asset Sales or
abandonments or reserves relating thereto, all items classified as
extraordinary losses and all income taxes of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for
such period (other than income taxes attributable to extraordinary
gains or losses);
(3) Consolidated Interest
Expense;
(4) Consolidated Non-Cash
Charges;
(5) the amount of any
restructuring charge deducted in such period in computing
Consolidated Net Income; provided that the aggregate amount
of all such amounts added pursuant to this clause (5) shall
not exceed $15.0 million in any fiscal year; and
(6) the amount of any net loss
(and less the amount of any net gain) resulting from Hedging
Obligations and the application of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 133.
“ Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio ” means, with respect to any Person, the
ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person during the most recent
four full fiscal quarters (the “ Four Quarter Period
”) ending on or prior to the date of the transaction giving
rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio (the “ Transaction Date ”) for
which internal financial statements are available to Consolidated
Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four Quarter Period. In
addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes
of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” will be calculated after
giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such
calculation to
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(1) the incurrence or repayment
of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving
rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or
repayment or retirement of other Indebtedness (and the application
of the proceeds thereof) occurring during the Four Quarter Period
or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter
Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date (other than the
incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of
business for working capital purposes pursuant to working capital
facilities), as if such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be
(and the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the
first day of the Four Quarter Period; and
(2) any Asset Sales or Asset
Acquisitions (including, without limitation, any Asset Acquisition
giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a result of
such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any
Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Asset
Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for
Acquired Indebtedness and also including any Consolidated EBITDA
(including any pro forma expense and cost reductions
calculated on a basis consistent with Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act) attributable to the assets which are the subject of
the Asset Acquisition or Asset Sale during the Four Quarter Period)
occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent
to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the
Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition
(including the incurrence, assumption or liability for any such
Indebtedness or Acquired Indebtedness) occurred on the first day of
the Four Quarter Period.
If such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees
Indebtedness of a third Person, the preceding sentence will give
effect to the incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such
Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person had directly
incurred or otherwise assumed such guaranteed Indebtedness.
Furthermore, in calculating “Consolidated Fixed
Charges” for purposes of determining the denominator (but not
the numerator) of this “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio”,
(1) interest on outstanding
Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the
Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined
thereafter will be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum
equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the
Transaction Date;
(2) if interest on any
Indebtedness actually incurred on the Transaction Date may
optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of
a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or
other rates, then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction
Date will be deemed to have been in effect during the Four Quarter
Period; and
(3) notwithstanding clause
(1) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a
fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by
agreements relating to Interest Swap Obligations, will be deemed to
accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the
operation of such agreements.
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“ Consolidated Fixed
Charges ” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the sum, without duplication, of
(1) Consolidated Interest
Expense; plus
(2) the product of
(x) the amount of all dividend
payments on any series of Preferred Stock of such Person (other
than dividends paid in Qualified Capital Stock) paid, accrued or
scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period times;
and
(y) a fraction, the numerator
of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then
current effective consolidated federal, state and local tax rate of
such Person expressed as a decimal.
“ Consolidated Interest
Expense ” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the sum of, without duplication,
(1) the aggregate of all cash
and non-cash interest expense with respect to all outstanding
Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
including the net costs associated with Interest Swap Obligations,
capitalized interest, and imputed interest with respect to
Attributable Debt (but excluding (a) the write-off of deferred
financing costs and (b) the amortization of deferred financing
charges), for such period determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP; and
(2) the interest component of
Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be
paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries
during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis,
determined in accordance with GAAP; provided ,
however , that there shall be excluded therefrom
(a) after tax gains or losses
from Asset Sales (without regard to the $5.0 million threshold in
clause (1) of the definition of Asset Sales) or abandonments
or reserves relating thereto;
(b) items classified as
extraordinary gains or losses, and the related tax effects
according to GAAP;
(c) the net income (or loss) of
any Person acquired in a pooling of interests (including any common
control acquisition) accrued prior to the date it becomes a
Subsidiary of such first Person or is merged or consolidated with
it or any Subsidiary;
(d) the net income of any
Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration of
dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that
income is restricted by contract, operation of law or
otherwise;
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(e) the net loss of any Person,
other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(f) the net income of any
Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary, in which such Person
has an interest, except to the extent of cash dividends or
distributions paid to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of
such Person;
(g) gains from retirement of
debt;
(h) amounts attributable to
dividends paid in respect of Qualified Capital Stock to the extent
such dividends are paid in shares of Qualified Capital
Stock;
(i) any increase in
amortization or depreciation or other noncash charges (including,
without limitation, any non-cash fair value adjustment of
inventory) resulting from the application of purchase accounting in
relation to any acquisition that is consummated after the Issue
Date, net of taxes;
(j) any net after-tax
impairment charge or asset write-off, in each case pursuant to
GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to
GAAP;
(k) any non-cash cost related
to the termination of any employee pension benefit plan, together
with any related provision for taxes on any such termination (or
the tax effect of any such termination);
(l) any deferred financing
costs amortized or written off, and premiums and prepayment
penalties paid in connection with the Transactions or any
acquisition or disposition that is consummated after the Issue
Date; and
(m) any charges resulting from
the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets”,
No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of
Long-Lived Assets” or No. 150 “Accounting for
Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both
Liabilities and Equity”.
“ Consolidated Non-Cash
Charges ” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash
expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing
Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges constituting an
extraordinary item or loss or any such charge which requires an
accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future
period).
“ Convertible
Debentures ” means the Company’s 0.75% Senior
Subordinated Convertible Debentures due 2024 issued in
December 2004.
“ Corporate Trust
Office ” means the principal office of the Trustee where
it conducts its corporate trust administrative functions, which
office is currently located at 1 Liberty Plaza, New York, NY 10006,
or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to
time by notice to the Holders and the Issuer.
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“ Covenant Defeasance
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.02(c).
“ Credit Agreement
” means the Credit Agreement, dated June 9, 2008, as
amended on March 27, 2009, among the Issuer, the Company, the
several lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, including all related notes,
collateral documents and guarantees, in each case as such
agreements may be amended (including any amendment and restatement
thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including any agreement extending the maturity of, increasing the
total commitment under, refinancing, replacing or otherwise
restructuring (including adding Subsidiaries of the Company as
additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion
of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or
replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent,
lender or group of lenders.
“ Currency Agreement
” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap
agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to
protect the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary against
fluctuations in currency values.
“ Custodian ”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“ Default ” means
an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse
of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of
Default.
“ Designated Non-Cash
Consideration ” means the fair market value of non-cash
consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated
as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’
Certificate of the Company executed by the principal executive
officer and the principal financial officer of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary.
“ Designated Senior
Debt ” means (1) any Senior Debt outstanding under
the Credit Agreement and (2) any other Senior Debt permitted
under this Indenture the principal amount of which is $25.0 million
or more and that has been designated by the Issuer as Designated
Senior Debt in the instrument creating such
Indebtedness.
“ Disqualified Capital
Stock ” means any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or
by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for
which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event
(other than an event which would constitute a Change of Control),
matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional
redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable,
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is
redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof (except, in
each case, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control), in whole or
in part, on or prior to the Final Maturity Date.
“ Equity Offering
” means any private or public offering of Qualified Capital
Stock of the Company.
“ Event of Default
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
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“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
successor statute or statutes thereto.
“ Existing Convertible
Debentures Hedge and Warrant Option Transactions ” means
the transactions in connection with the issuance of the Convertible
Debentures contemplated by (i) the letter agreements dated as
of December 1, 2004, between the Company and each of J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc., as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
London Branch, and Bear, Stearns International Limited;
(ii) the ISDA confirmations dated as of December 23,
2004, between the Company and each of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch, and Bear,
Stearns International Limited and the related deemed 2002 ISDA
Master Agreements thereunder; and (iii) any other documents
relating to the matters referenced in clauses (i) or (ii), in
the case of each of clauses (i) or (ii), and giving effect to
any amendments or modifications thereto or substitutions or
replacements thereof on terms no less favorable to the Holders than
the terms contemplated on the Issue Date.
“ fair market value
” or “ fair value ” means, with respect to
any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an
arm’s-length free market transaction, for cash, between a
willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of whom is under
pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair market
value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company
acting reasonably and in good faith and will be evidenced by a
Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee.
“ Final Maturity Date
” means June 15, 2019.
“ Foreign Subsidiary
” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any
State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“ Funding Guarantor
” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.16.
“ GAAP ” is
defined to mean generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America as in effect as of December 23, 2004,
including, without limitation, those 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.
“ Gaming Authority
” means any government, court, or federal, state, local,
international or foreign governmental, administrative or regulatory
or licensing body, agency, authority or official, which regulates
or has authority over, including to issue or grant a license,
contract, franchise or regulatory approval with respect to, any
form of gaming activities (or proposed gaming activities) and
related activities conducted by the Issuer or any of its
Affiliates, including, without limitation, lottery, pari-mutuel
wagering, sports wagering and video gaming activities.
“ Guarantee ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 11.01.
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“ Guarantor ”
means (i) each of the Company, Autotote
Enterprises, Inc., Scientific Games Products, Inc.,
Scientific Games SA, Inc., MDI Entertainment, LLC, Scientific
Games Racing, LLC, Trackplay LLC, SG Racing, Inc. and Autotote
Gaming, Inc. and (ii) each of the Company’s
Restricted Subsidiaries that in the future executes a supplemental
indenture pursuant to Section 11.17 in which such Restricted
Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms of this Indenture as a
Guarantor; provided that any Person constituting a Guarantor
as described above shall cease to constitute a Guarantor when its
respective Guarantee is released in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture.
“ Guarantor Payment
Blockage Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.02.
“ Guarantor Payment
Blockage Period ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 12.02.
“ Hedging Obligations
” of any Person means the Interest Swap Obligations and
obligations pursuant to any Currency Agreement of such
Person.
“ Holder ” or
“ Securityholder ” means the Person in whose
name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s
books.
“ Incur ” or
“ incur ” means, with respect to any
Indebtedness, to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume,
guarantee, acquire, become liable, contingently or otherwise with
respect to, or otherwise become responsible for payment of such
Indebtedness.
“ Indebtedness ”
means with respect to any Person, without duplication,
(1) the principal amount of all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money;
(2) the principal amount of all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments;
(3) all Capitalized Lease
Obligations of such Person;
(4) all obligations of such
Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property, all
conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title
retention agreement (but excluding accounts payable and other
current liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business);
(5) all obligations of such
Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit
or banker’s acceptance;
(6) guarantees and other
contingent obligations of such Person in respect of Indebtedness
referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above and clause
(8) below;
(7) all Indebtedness of any
other Person of the type referred to in clauses (1) through
(6) above which is secured by any Lien on any property or
asset of such
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Person, the amount of such
obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the fair market value
at such date of any asset subject to any Lien securing the
Indebtedness of others and the amount of the Indebtedness
secured;
(8) all obligations under
Currency Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations of such Person;
and
(9) all Disqualified Capital
Stock issued by such Person with the amount of Indebtedness
represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the
greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and
its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued
dividends, if any.
For purposes hereof, (1) the
“maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified
Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be
calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified
Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased
on any date on which Indebtedness is required to be determined
pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or
measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Capital
Stock, such fair market value will be determined reasonably and in
good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such
Disqualified Capital Stock, and (2) accrual of interest,
accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment
of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional
Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on
Disqualified Capital Stock in the form of additional shares of the
same class of Disqualified Capital Stock will not be deemed to be
an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified
Capital Stock for purposes of Section 4.04. The amount of
Indebtedness of any Person at any date will be the amount of all
unconditional obligations described above, as such amount would be
reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and
the maximum liability at such date of such Person for any
contingent obligations described above.
“ Indenture ”
means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time
in accordance with the terms hereof.
“ Interest Payment Date
” means the stated due date of an installment of interest on
the Securities.
“ Interest Swap
Obligations ” means the obligations of any Person,
pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby,
directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from
time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a
floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in
exchange for periodic payments made by such other Person calculated
by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same
notional amount.
“ Investment ”
means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect loan or
other extension of credit (including, without limitation, a
guarantee) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of
cash or other property to others or any payment for property or
services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or
acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes,
debentures or other securities or evidences of
Indebtedness
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issued by, any Person. “Investment”
shall exclude extensions of trade credit by the Company and its
Subsidiaries on commercially reasonable terms. For the purposes of
Section 4.03,
(1) “Investment”
will include and be valued at the fair market value of the net
assets of any Restricted Subsidiary at the time that such
Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
and
(2) the amount of any
Investment will be the original cost of such Investment plus the
cost of all additional Investments by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, without any adjustments for increases or
decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with
respect to such Investment, reduced by the payment of dividends or
distributions (including tax sharing payments) in connection with
such Investment or any other amounts received in respect of such
Investment.
If the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of any
Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect to any such
sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted
Subsidiary, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment
on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair
market value of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary not sold or
disposed.
“ Issue Date ”
means May 21, 2009.
“ Issuer ” means
the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor
replaces it pursuant to this Indenture.
“ Joint Venture ”
means any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) engaged
in a Related Business with respect to which at least 15% of such
Person’s outstanding Capital Stock is owned directly or
indirectly by the Company.
“ Legal Defeasance
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.02(b).
“ Lien ” means
any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest,
charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale
or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof
and any agreement to give any security interest).
“ Moody’s ”
means Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. and its
successors.
“ Net Cash Proceeds
” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in the
form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of
deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or
Cash Equivalents (other than the portion of any such deferred
payment constituting interest) received by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale net of
(a) all out-of-pocket expenses
and fees relating to such Asset Sale (including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales
commissions);
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(b) taxes paid or payable after
taking into account any reduction in consolidated tax liability due
to available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements;
(c) the amounts of
(x) any repayments of debt
secured, directly or indirectly, by Liens on the assets that are
the subject of such Asset Sale; and
(y) any repayments of debt
associated with such assets that is due by reason of such Asset
Sale (i.e., such disposition is permitted by the terms of the
instruments evidencing or applicable to such debt, or by the terms
of a consent granted thereunder, on the condition the proceeds (or
portion thereof) of such disposition be applied to such debt), and
other fees, expenses and other expenditures, in each case,
reasonably incurred as a consequence of such repayment of debt
(whether or not such fees, expenses or expenditures are then due
and payable or made, as the case may be);
(d) any portion of cash
proceeds which the Issuer determines in good faith should be
reserved for post-closing adjustments, it being understood and
agreed that on the day that all such post-closing adjustments have
been determined, the amount (if any) by which the reserved amount
in respect of such Asset Sale exceeds the actual post-closing
adjustments payable by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries will constitute Net Cash Proceeds on such
date;
(e) all amounts deemed
appropriate by the Issuer (as evidenced by a signed certificate of
the principal financial officer of the Issuer delivered to the
Trustee) to be provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP
(“ GAAP Reserves ”), against any liabilities
associated with such assets which are the subject of such Asset
Sale;
(f) all foreign, federal, state
and local taxes payable (including taxes reasonably estimated to be
payable) in connection with or as a result of such Asset Sale;
and
(g) with respect to Asset Sales
by Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, the portion of such cash
payments attributable to Persons holding a minority interest in
such Restricted Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Net
Cash Proceeds will not include proceeds received in a foreign
jurisdiction from an Asset Sale of an asset located outside the
United States to the extent (and only to the extent)
(1) such proceeds cannot under
applicable law be transferred to the United States; or
(2) such transfer would result
(in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the
Company set forth in a Board Resolution) in an aggregate tax
liability that would be materially greater than if such Asset Sale
occurred in the United States;
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provided that if, as, and to the extent that any of such
proceeds may lawfully be in the case of clause (1) or are in
the case of clause (2) transferred to the United States, such
proceeds shall be deemed to be cash payments that are subject to
the terms of this definition of Net Cash Proceeds.
“ Net Proceeds Offer
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16.
“ Net Proceeds Offer
Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.16.
“ Net Proceeds Offer
Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.16.
“ Net Proceeds Offer
Trigger Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.16.
“ Obligations ”
means, with respect to any Indebtedness, all principal, interest,
premiums, penalties, fees, indemnities, expenses (including legal
fees and expenses), reimbursement obligations and other liabilities
payable to the holder of such Indebtedness under the documentation
governing such Indebtedness.
“ Officer ”
means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the
Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Controller, the Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Vice
President or Assistant Secretary of such Person.
“ Officers’
Certificate ” of any Person means a certificate signed by
two Officers of such Person.
“ Opinion of Counsel
” means a written opinion from legal counsel, which counsel
may be counsel to or an employee of the Issuer or the Company or
counsel to the Trustee.
“ Pari Passu
Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Issuer or a
Guarantor of the Securities ranking pari passu with the
Securities or a Guarantee of the Securities, as the case may be,
that the obligor thereon is required to offer to repurchase or
repay on a permanent basis in connection with an Asset
Sale.
“ Paying Agent ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.
“ Payment Blockage
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.02.
“ Payment Blockage
Period ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.02.
“ Permitted
Indebtedness ” means, without duplication,
(1) the Securities (other than
Additional Securities) and the Guarantees thereof;
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(2) Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to the Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount
at any time outstanding not to exceed $850.0 million, less the
amount of any prepayment thereunder made with the proceeds of an
Asset Sale in accordance with and in satisfaction of
Section 4.16;
(3) Indebtedness (other than
Indebtedness contemplated by clause (1) or (2) of this
definition) of the Company and its Subsidiaries outstanding on the
Issue Date;
(4) Interest Swap Obligations
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries covering Indebtedness of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided ,
however , that any Indebtedness to which any such Interest
Swap Obligations correspond is otherwise permitted to be incurred
under this Indenture; provided , further , that such
Interest Swap Obligations are entered into, in the judgment of the
Company, to protect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from
fluctuation in interest rates on their respective outstanding
Indebtedness;
(5) Indebtedness under Currency
Agreements;
(6) intercompany Indebtedness
owed by the Company to any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or
by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company for so long as such
Indebtedness is held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company in each case subject to no Lien held by a Person other
than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
provided , however , that if as of any date any
Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company owns or holds any such Indebtedness or holds a Lien in
respect of such Indebtedness, such date will be deemed the date of
incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness
by the issuer of such Indebtedness under this clause
(6);
(7) Acquired Indebtedness to
the extent the Company could have incurred such Indebtedness in
accordance with Section 4.04 on the date such Indebtedness
became Acquired Indebtedness;
(8) (A) guarantees by
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Issuer) pursuant to
Section 4.19 or guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries (other
than the Issuer) of Indebtedness of other Restricted Subsidiaries
to the extent that such Indebtedness is otherwise permitted under
this Indenture and (B) guarantees by the Company or the Issuer
of the Company’s Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries’
Indebtedness; provided that such Indebtedness is permitted
to be incurred under this Indenture;
(9) Indebtedness incurred by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the
purchase or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment
or other capital expenditures in the ordinary course of business,
in an aggregate amount (including refinancing Indebtedness in
respect thereof) not to exceed $50.0 million in any fiscal
year;
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(10) Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary evidenced by Capitalized Lease
Obligations which, when taken together with all other Indebtedness
Incurred pursuant to this clause (10) and outstanding on the
date of such incurrence, does not exceed $25.0 million;
(11) guarantees, letters of credit
and indemnity agreements relating to performance and surety bonds
incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(12) any refinancing, modification,
replacement, renewal, restatement, refunding, deferral, extension,
substitution, supplement, reissuance or resale of existing or
future Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 4.04
(other than pursuant to clause (2), (6), (9), (10), (11), (13),
(14), (15) or (16) of this definition), including any additional
Indebtedness incurred to pay premiums required by the instruments
governing such existing or future Indebtedness as in effect at the
time of issuance thereof (“Required Premiums”) and fees
in connection therewith; provided , however , that
any such event does not (1) result in an increase in the
aggregate principal amount of Permitted Indebtedness (except to the
extent such increase is a result of a simultaneous incurrence of
additional Indebtedness (A) to pay Required Premiums and
related fees or (B) otherwise permitted to be incurred under
this Indenture) of the Company and its Subsidiaries and
(2) create Indebtedness with a Weighted Average Life to
Maturity at the time such Indebtedness is incurred that is less
than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity at such time of the
Indebtedness being refinanced, modified, replaced, renewed,
restated, refunded, deferred, extended, substituted, supplemented,
reissued or resold;
(13) additional Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal
amount which, when taken together with all other Indebtedness
Incurred pursuant to this clause (13) and outstanding on the
date of such incurrence (which amount may, but need not, be
incurred in whole or in part under the Credit Agreement), does
exceed the greater of $125.0 million and 6.25% of the
Company’s Total Assets;
(14) Indebtedness of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of the contingent deferred
purchase price of any acquired property (including Capital Stock)
in an aggregate principal amount which, when taken together with
all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (14)
and outstanding on the date of such incurrence, does not exceed
$15.0 million;
(15) the guarantee of Indebtedness
of Joint Ventures to the extent permitted by
clause (6) of the definition of Permitted Investments in
an aggregate principal amount which, when taken together with all
other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (15) and
outstanding on the date of such incurrence, does not exceed the
greater of $50.0 million and 2.5% of the Company’s Total
Assets; and
(16) Indebtedness of Foreign
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount which, when taken
together with all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to
this
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clause (16) and outstanding on the
date of such Incurrence does not exceed $50.0 million.
“ Permitted Investments
” means
(1) Investments by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in, or for the benefit
of, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (whether existing on
the Issue Date or created thereafter and including Investments in
any Person, if after giving effect to such Investment, such Person
would be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such Person is
merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or
conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated
into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) and
Investments in, or for the benefit of, the Company by any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(2) Investments in cash or Cash
Equivalents;
(3) Investments existing on the
Issue Date;
(4) Investments in securities
of trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of
reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or
insolvency of such trade creditors or customers or in settlement of
or other resolution of claims or disputes, and in each case,
extensions, modifications and amendments thereof;
(5) so long as no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, loans and advances
in the ordinary course of business by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries to their respective employees not to exceed
$2.5 million at any one time outstanding;
(6) so long as no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, additional
Investments in a Person or Persons principally engaged in a Related
Business in an aggregate amount which, when taken together with all
other Investments made pursuant to this clause (6) and
outstanding on the date of such Investment, does not exceed the
greater of $250.0 million and 10% of the Company’s Total
Assets;
(7) Investments received by the
Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as consideration for asset
sales, including Asset Sales; provided , however , in
the case of an Asset Sale, such Asset Sale is effected in
compliance with Section 4.16;
(8) Currency Agreements and
Interest Swap Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of
the Company’s or its Restricted Subsidiaries’ business
and otherwise in compliance with this Indenture;
(9) guarantees by the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness, which
guarantees are otherwise permitted to be incurred by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under this Indenture;
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(10) any Investments received
in exchange for the issuance of Qualified Capital Stock of the
Company or any warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire
shares of any such Qualified Capital Stock; and
(11) any Investment by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Joint Venture in an aggregate
amount which, when taken together with all other Investments made
pursuant to this clause (11) and outstanding on the date of
such Investment, does not exceed $100.0 million.
“ Permitted Junior
Securities ” means
(1) Qualified Capital Stock of
the Issuer or any Guarantor; or
(2) debt securities that are
subordinated to (a) all Senior Debt and (b) any debt
securities issued in exchange for Senior Debt to substantially the
same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Securities and the
Guarantees of the Securities are subordinated to Senior Debt under
this Indenture.
“ Permitted Liens
” means
(1) Liens securing Indebtedness
consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations;
(2) Liens securing any Senior
Debt, including liens securing the Credit Agreement in effect on
the Issue Date;
(3) Liens on property existing
at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that such Liens were in existence prior
to the contemplation of such acquisition;
(4) Liens at any time
outstanding with respect to assets of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, the fair market value of which at the time
the Lien was imposed does not exceed $1.0 million;
(5) Liens securing Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to clauses (9), (11), (13) or (14) of the
definition of Permitted Indebtedness; provided that such
Indebtedness is Senior Debt;
(6) Liens created to replace
Liens described in clause (3) above or
clause (7) below to the extent that such Liens do not
extend beyond the originally encumbered property (other than
improvements thereto or thereon, attachments and other
modifications reasonably required to maintain such property) and
are not otherwise materially less favorable to the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries than the Liens being replaced, as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith;
and
(7) Liens existing on the Issue
Date.
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“ Person ” means
an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a
governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.
“ Preferred Stock
” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that
has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person
with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon
liquidation.
“ principal ” of
any Indebtedness (including the Securities) means the principal
amount of such Indebtedness plus the premium, if any, on such
Indebtedness.
“ pro forma
” means, with respect to any calculation made or required to
be made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, a calculation in
accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act.
“ Pro Rata Share
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16.
“ Productive Assets
” means assets of a kind used or usable in the businesses of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as conducted on the
date of the relevant Asset Sale or any Related Business (including
Capital Stock in any such businesses or Related Business and
licenses or similar rights to operate); provided ,
however , that accounts receivable acquired as part of an
acquisition of assets of a kind used or usable in such businesses
will be deemed to be Productive Assets.
“ Qualified Capital
Stock ” means any stock that is not Disqualified Capital
Stock.
“ Record Date ”
means the applicable Record Date (whether or not a Business Day)
specified in the Securities.
“ Redemption Date
,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture
and the Securities.
“ Redemption Price
,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the price fixed for such redemption, payable in immediately
available funds, pursuant to this Indenture and the
Securities.
“ Refinancing Convertible
Debentures Hedge and Warrant Option Transactions ” means
any hedge and warrant option transactions entered into after the
Issue Date in respect of any convertible indebtedness issued for
the purpose of refinancing (whether through redemption, repurchase
or otherwise) of the Convertible Debentures, which hedge and
warrant option transactions are on terms that are, other than with
respect to pricing terms, substantially similar to the agreements
and confirmations referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of
the definition of Existing Convertible Debenture Hedge and Warrant
Option Transactions and in any event on terms, other than with
respect to pricing terms, no less favorable to the
Holders.
“ Registrar ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.
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“ Related Business
” means the businesses of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as conducted on the Issue Date and similar,
complementary or related businesses or reasonable extensions,
developments or expansions thereof.
“ Responsible Officer
” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer
in the Corporate Trust Administration department at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee including any vice president, assistant
vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust
officer, assistant 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, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.
“ Restricted Investment
” means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
“ Restricted Payment
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03.
“ Restricted Subsidiary
” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person which at
the time of determination is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“ S&P ” means
Standard & Poor’s, a division of the McGraw-Hill
Companies, and its successors.
“ Sale and Leaseback
Transaction ” means any direct or indirect arrangement
with any Person or to which any such Person is a party, providing
for the leasing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any
property, whether owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
at the Issue Date or later acquired, which has been or is to be
sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to
such Person or to any other Person from whom funds have been or are
to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property;
provided , however , that a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction will not include a transaction or series of related
transactions for which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries
receive aggregate consideration (exclusive of indemnities) of less
than $1.0 million (a “ De Minimis Transaction
”) so long as the aggregate consideration (exclusive of
indemnities) received by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries
from all De Minimis Transactions does not exceed an aggregate of
$10.0 million.
“ Securities ”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor statute or statutes thereto.
“ Senior Debt ”
means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including
any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of
bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with
respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim
under applicable law) on any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any
Guarantor of the Securities, whether outstanding on the Issue Date
or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of
any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing
the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly
provides that
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such Indebtedness will not be senior in right of
payment to the Securities. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, “Senior Debt” will also include the
principal of, premium, if any, interest (including any interest
accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at
the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto,
whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable
law) on, and all other amounts owing in respect of, all monetary
obligations (including guarantees thereof) of every nature of the
Issuer under the Credit Agreement in effect on the Issue Date,
including, without limitation, obligations to pay principal and
interest, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, fees,
expenses and indemnities. “Senior Debt” will not
include
(1) Indebtedness evidenced by
the Securities or a Guarantee of the Securities;
(2) any Indebtedness of the
Issuer or such Guarantor to the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company;
(3) Indebtedness to, or
guaranteed on behalf of, any director, officer or employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or Affiliate of the
Company (including, without limitation, amounts owed for
compensation);
(4) trade payables and other
current liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business in
connection with obtaining goods, materials or services;
(5) Indebtedness represented by
Disqualified Capital Stock;
(6) any liability for federal,
state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Issuer or such
Guarantor;
(7) that portion of any
Indebtedness incurred in violation of this Indenture;
(8) any Indebtedness which is,
by its express terms, subordinated in right of payment or junior to
any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor;
and
(9) any Indebtedness which,
when incurred and without respect to any other election under
Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Code, is
without recourse to the Company or such Guarantor.
“ Significant
Subsidiary ” has the meaning set forth in
Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities
Act.
“ Subsidiary ,”
with respect to any Person, means (i) any corporation of which
the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the
votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors under
ordinary circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person, or (ii) any other Person of which
at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary
circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such
Person.
“ Surviving Entity
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
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“ TIA ” means the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C.
§§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the
date of the execution of this Indenture until such time as this
Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in effect
on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, or
as the TIA may otherwise be amended from time to time.
“ Total Assets ”
means, with respect to any Person, as of any determination date,
the total consolidated assets of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, as calculated in accordance with GAAP, as of the most
recent date for which an internal balance sheet is available, and
giving pro forma effect (determined in the same manner as
provided for in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio) to transactions that would change the amount of
Total Assets.
“ Transactions ”
means the offer and sale of the Securities.
“ Trustee ” means
the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor
replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means such successor.
“ Unrestricted
Subsidiary ” of any Person means
(1) any Subsidiary of such
Person that at the time of determination is or continues to be
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of
such Person in the manner provided below; and
(2) any Subsidiary of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of the
Company may designate any Subsidiary (other than the Issuer)
(including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital
Stock of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the
Company, the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is
not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated;
provided , however , that
(x) the Issuer certifies to the
Trustee that such designation complies with Section 4.03;
and
(y) each Subsidiary to be so
designated and each of its Subsidiaries has not at the time of
designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with
respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has
recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries except to the extent permitted by
Section 4.03 and Section 4.04.
The Board of Directors of the
Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a
Restricted Subsidiary only if
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(x) immediately after giving
effect to such designation, the Company is able to incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted
Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.04; and
(y) immediately before and
immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Any such designation by the Board of
Directors will be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with
the Trustee a copy of the resolution giving effect to such
designation and an Officers’ Certificate of the Company
certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing
provisions.
“ U.S. Government
Obligations ” means direct obligations of and obligations
guaranteed by the United States of America for the payment of which
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is
pledged.
“ U.S. Legal Tender
” means such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
“ Weighted Average Life to
Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any
date, the number of years obtained by dividing
(a) the then outstanding
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into
(b) the sum of the total of the
products obtained by multiplying
(1) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other
required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity,
in respect thereof, by
(2) the number of years
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between
such date and the making of such payment.
“ Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary ” of any Person means any Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person of which all the outstanding voting
securities (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are
owned by such Person or any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of
such Person.
SECTION 1.02.
Incorporation by Reference of TIA. Whenever this
Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, such 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 Securities.
“indenture security
holder” means a Holder or a Securityholder.
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“indenture to be
qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture trustee” or
“institutional trustee” means the Trustee.
“obligor” on the
indenture securities means the Issuer and each Guarantor of the
Securities.
All other TIA terms used in this
Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to
another statute or defined by Commission rule and, in each
case, not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them therein.
SECTION 1.03.
Rules of Construction. Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) an accounting term not
otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with
GAAP;
(2) “or” is not
exclusive;
(3) words in the singular
include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular;
(4) provisions apply to
successive events and transactions;
(5) “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;
(6) unsecured Indebtedness
shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured
Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured
Indebtedness;
(7) secured Indebtedness shall
not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to any other secured
Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect
to the same collateral; and
(8) all references to the date
the Securities were originally issued shall refer to the Issue
Date.
ARTICLE 2
The
Securities
SECTION 2.01.
Form and Dating. Provisions relating to the
Initial Securities and the Exchange Securities are set forth in
Appendix A hereto which is hereby incorporated in, and
expressly made part of, this Indenture. The Initial Securities and
the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereof shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 to Appendix A hereto,
which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly made a part of,
this
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Indenture. The
Exchange Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication thereof shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit 2 to Appendix A hereto, which is hereby incorporated
in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The
Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by
law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Issuer and the
Trustee shall approve the form of the Securities and any notation,
legend or endorsement on them. Each Security shall be dated
the date of its authentication and shall show the date of its
issuance. The terms of the Securities set forth in Appendix A
and the exhibits thereto are part of the terms of this
Indenture.
SECTION 2.02.
Execution and Authentication. An Officer shall sign
the Securities for the Issuer by manual or facsimile
signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on
a Security was an Officer at the time of such execution but no
longer holds that or any office at the time the Trustee
authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid
nevertheless.
A Security shall not be valid until
an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the
certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate
Securities for original issue on the Issue Date in the aggregate
principal amount of $225,000,000 and, at any time and from time to
time thereafter, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities for
original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in a
written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officers’
Certificate. The Officers’ Certificate shall specify the
amount of Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the
Securities are to be authenticated and, in the case of an issuance
of Additional Securities pursuant to Section 2.15 after the
Issue Date, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with
Section 4.04. Upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in
the form of an Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee shall
authenticate Securities in substitution for Securities originally
issued to reflect any name change of the Issuer. The Trustee may
appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Issuer
to authenticate Securities. Unless otherwise provided in the
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to
deal with the Issuer and Affiliates of the Issuer.
The Securities shall be issuable
only in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of
$2,000 and any greater integral multiple of $1,000.
SECTION 2.03.
Registrar and Paying Agent. The Issuer shall maintain
an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, where (a) Securities may be presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange (the “
Registrar ”), (b) Securities
may be presented or surrendered for payment (the “
Paying Agent ”) and
(c) notices and demands in respect of the Securities and this
Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register of the
Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer, upon
notice to the Trustee, may have one or more additional Paying
Agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional
Paying Agent.
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The Issuer shall enter into an
appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this
Indenture, which agreement shall incorporate the provisions of the
TIA and implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to
such Agent. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of the name and
address of any such Agent. If the Issuer fails to maintain a
Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice,
the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer, the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company incorporated or organized within The
United States of America may act as Agent.
The Issuer initially appoints the
Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and agent for service of demands
and notices in connection with the Securities, until such time as
the Trustee has resigned or a successor has been appointed. The
Paying Agent or Registrar may resign upon 45 days notice to the
Issuer.
SECTION 2.04.
Paying Agent to Hold Assets in Trust. The Issuer
shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in
writing that each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit
of Holders or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying Agent for
the payment of principal of, or interest on, the Securities
(whether such assets have been distributed to it by the Issuer or
any other obligor on the Securities), and shall notify the Trustee
of any Default by the Issuer (or any other obligor on the
Securities) in making any such payment. If the Issuer, the Company
or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall
segregate the money and hold it in a separate trust. The Issuer at
any time may require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held
by it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the
Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment
Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such
Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and
to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the
Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by the Issuer
to the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall have no further
liability for such assets.
SECTION 2.05.
Securityholder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in
as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list
available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and otherwise
comply with TIA §312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar,
the Issuer shall furnish or cause the Registrar to furnish to the
Trustee by each Record Date and at such other times as the Trustee
may reasonably request in writing a list as of such date and in
such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of Holders, which list (subject to Section 7.01
hereof) may be conclusively relied upon by the Trustee.
SECTION 2.06.
Transfer and Exchange. The Securities shall be issued
in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the
surrender of a Security for registration of transfer. When a
Security is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a
transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if
the requirements of this Indenture (including Appendix A hereto)
and Section 8-401(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code are
met. When Securities are presented to the Registrar with a
request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of
Securities of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the
exchange as requested if the same requirements are met.
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SECTION 2.07.
Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a Security claims
that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the
Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement
Security if the Trustee’s and Issuer’s requirements are
met. If required by the Trustee or the Issuer, such Holder shall
provide an indemnity bond or other indemnity, sufficient in the
judgment of both the Issuer and the Trustee, to protect the Issuer,
the Guarantors, the Trustee and any Agent from any loss which any
of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Issuer may charge
such Holder for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in replacing
a Security, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel.
Every replacement Security shall constitute an additional
obligation of the Issuer and every replacement Guarantee shall
constitute an additional obligation of the Guarantors.
SECTION 2.08.
Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any
time are all the Securities that have been authenticated by the
Trustee except those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation and those described in this Section as not
outstanding. Subject to Section 2.09, a Security does not
cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or any of its Affiliates
holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant
to Section 2.07 (other than a mutilated Security surrendered
for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee
receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is
held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Security ceases to be
outstanding upon surrender of such Security and replacement thereof
pursuant to Section 2.07.
If on a Redemption Date or the Final
Maturity Date the Paying Agent holds (or, if the Issuer, the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent,
segregates and holds in trust) in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay all of the principal
and interest due on the Securities payable on that date, and the
Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the
Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then
on and after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding and
interest on them ceases to accrue.
SECTION 2.09.
Treasury Securities. In determining whether the
Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have
concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by
the Issuer or any of its Affiliates shall be disregarded, except
that, for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Securities that the Trustee has received notice are so owned shall
be disregarded.
The Trustee may require an
Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer listing Securities owned
by the Issuer or its Affiliates.
SECTION 2.10.
Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities are
ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate temporary Securities upon receipt of a written order
of the Issuer in the form of an Officers’ Certificate. The
Officers’ Certificate shall specify the amount of temporary
Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the temporary
Securities are to be authenticated. Temporary
Securities
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shall be substantially in
the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the
Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without
unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer pursuant
to Section 2.02 definitive Securities in exchange for
temporary Securities.
SECTION 2.11.
Cancellation. The Issuer at any time may deliver
Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the
Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities
surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee,
or at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying
Agent, and no one else, shall cancel and dispose of all Securities
surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation, in
accordance with its customary practices. Subject to
Section 2.07, the Issuer may not issue new Securities to
replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Securities,
such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction
of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until
the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant
to this Section 2.11.
SECTION 2.12.
Defaulted Interest. The Issuer will pay interest on
overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate of
interest then borne by the Securities. The Issuer shall, to the
extent lawful, pay interest on overdue installments of interest
(without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time
on demand at the rate of interest then borne by the Securities.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised
of twelve 30-day months.
If the Issuer defaults in a payment
of interest on the Securities, it shall 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, which date shall be the fifteenth day next preceding
the date fixed by the Issuer for the payment of defaulted interest.
At least 15 days before the subsequent special record date, the
Issuer shall mail to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee (or
cause the Trustee to mail) a notice that states the subsequent
special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted
interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any,
to be paid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
interest which is paid prior to the expiration of the 30-day period
set forth in Section 6.01(a) shall be paid to Holders as
of the regular Record Date for the Interest Payment Date for which
interest has not been paid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Issuer may make payment of defaulted interest in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed.
SECTION 2.13.
CUSIP Number. The Issuer in issuing the Securities
may use one or more “CUSIP” numbers, and if so, the
Trustee shall use the CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption or
exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided ,
however , that no representation is hereby deemed to be made
as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP numbers printed in
the notice or on the Securities, and that reliance may be placed
only on
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the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities. The Issuer shall promptly notify
the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP number.
SECTION 2.14.
Deposit of Moneys. Prior to 10:00 a.m. New York
City time on each Interest Payment Date and the Final Maturity
Date, the Issuer shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in
immediately available funds U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to make
cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date or Final
Maturity Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits
the Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest
Payment Date or Final Maturity Date, as the case may
be.
SECTION 2.15.
Issuance of Additional Securities. After the Issue
Date, the Issuer shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with
Section 4.04, to issue Additional Securities under this
Indenture in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, which
Securities shall have identical terms as the Initial Securities
issued on the Issue Date, other than with respect to the date of
issuance and issue price. The Initial Securities issued on
the Issue Date, any Additional Securities and all Exchange
Securities issued in exchange therefor shall be treated as a single
class for all purposes under this Indenture, including waivers,
amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
With respect to any Additional
Securities, the Issuer shall set forth in a Board Resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Issuer and an Officers’ Certificate
of the Issuer, a copy of each which shall be delivered to the
Trustee, the following information:
(1) the aggregate principal
amount of such Additional Securities to be authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture and the provision of
Section 4.04 that the Issuer is relying on to issue such
Additional Securities;
(2) the issue price, the issue
date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Securities;
provided , however , that Additional Securities may
be issued only if they are fungible with the other Securities
issued under this Indenture for United States federal income tax
purposes; and
(3) whether such Additional
Securities shall be Initial Securities or shall be issued in the
form of Exchange Securities as set forth in Exhibit 2 to
Appendix A.
ARTICLE 3
Redemption
SECTION 3.01.
Notices to Trustee. If the Issuer elects to redeem
Securities pursuant to the redemption provisions of Paragraph 5,
Paragraph 6 or Paragraph 7 of the Securities, it shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price and
the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. The Issuer shall
give notice of redemption to the Paying Agent and Trustee at least
45 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee),
together with an Officers’ Certificate of the Issuer stating
that such redemption will comply
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with the conditions
contained herein. Any such notice may be cancelled at any time
prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and
shall thereby be void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.02.
Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. In the event
that less than all of the Securities are to be redeemed at any time
pursuant to the redemption provisions of Paragraph 5, Paragraph 6
or Paragraph 7 of the Securities, the Trustee will select the
Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed among the Holders of
the Securities as follows:
(1) if the Securities are
listed, in compliance with any applicable requirements of the
principal national securities exchange on which the notes are
listed; or
(2) if the Securities are not
so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by any other
method the Trustee considers fair and appropriate;
The Trustee shall make the selection
from the Securities outstanding and not previously called for
redemption and shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Security
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed. Securities in denominations of $2,000 or less may be
redeemed only in whole. The Trustee may select for redemption
portions (equal to $2,000 or any greater integral multiple of
$1,000 thereof) of the principal amount of Securities that have
denominations larger than $2,000. Provisions of this Indenture that
apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of
Securities called for redemption.
SECTION 3.03.
Notice of Redemption. In the case of an optional
redemption pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 5, Paragraph 6
or Paragraph 7 of the Securities, at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before a Redemption Date, the Issuer shall mail a
notice of redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each
Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed at its registered
address. At the Issuer’s request, the Trustee shall give the
notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at the
Issuer’s expense. Each notice for redemption shall identify
the Securities to be redeemed (including the CUSIP number(s), if
any) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption
Date;
(2) the Redemption Price and
the amount of accrued interest, if any, to be paid;
(3) the name and address of
the Paying Agent;
(4) that Securities called for
redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the
Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any;
(5) that, unless the Issuer
defaults in making the redemption payment or the Paying Agent is
prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the
terms
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of this Indenture, interest on
Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the
Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the Holders of
such Securities is to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon
surrender to the Paying Agent of the Securities
redeemed;
(6) if any Security is being
redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such
Security to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date, and
upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities in
aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof
will be issued upon surrender of the original Security;
(7) if fewer than all the
Securities are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular
Securities (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the
aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and the
aggregate principal amount of Securities to be outstanding after
such partial redemption; and
(8) the paragraph of the
Securities pursuant to which the Securities are to be
redeemed.
Notice of any redemption upon an Equity Offering
may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such
redemption or notice may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be
subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not
limited to, completion of the related Equity Offering.
SECTION 3.04.
Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of
redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03,
Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the
Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price plus accrued interest,
if any. Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying Agent, such
Securities called for redemption shall be paid at the Redemption
Price (which shall include accrued interest thereon to the
Redemption Date), but installments of interest, the maturity of
which is on or prior to the Redemption Date, shall be payable to
Holders of record at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates.
SECTION 3.05.
Deposit of Redemption Price. On or before
11:00 a.m. New York Time on the Redemption Date, the Issuer
shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer, the Company
or a Subsidiary of the Company is the Paying Agent, shall segregate
and hold in trust) U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Securities
to be redeemed on that date (other than Securities or portions
thereof called for redemption on that date which have been
delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation). The
Paying Agent or Trustee shall promptly return to the Issuer any
U.S. Legal Tender so deposited which is not required for that
purpose.
If the Issuer complies with the
preceding paragraph, then, unless the Issuer defaults in the
payment when due of such Redemption Price plus accrued interest, if
any, or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on the Securities
to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable
Redemption Date, whether or not such Securities are presented for
payment.
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SECTION 3.06.
Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender and
cancellation of a Security that is to be redeemed in part only, the
Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security or
Securities in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of
the Security surrendered.
SECTION 3.07.
Gaming Redemption. In connection with any redemption
pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 8 of the Securities, and
except as may be required by a Gaming Authority, the Issuer shall
comply with Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
ARTICLE
4
Covenants
SECTION 4.01.
Payment of Securities. The Issuer will pay the
principal of and interest on the Securities in the manner provided
in the Securities and in this Indenture. An installment of
principal of or interest on the Securities shall be considered paid
on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than
the Issuer, the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) holds on
that date U.S. Legal Tender designated for and sufficient to pay
the installment in full and is not prohibited from paying such
money to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
Interest, including defaulted interest, if any, will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and
in the case of a partial month, the actual number of days
elapsed.
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Indenture, the Issuer may, to the extent
it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other
similar taxes imposed by the United States of America from
principal or interest payments hereunder.
SECTION 4.02.
Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Issuer will
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the
office or agency required under Section 2.03. The Issuer shall
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time
the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or
agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be
made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in
Section 13.02. The Issuer hereby initially designates the
office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York (the address for which may be obtained from the
Issuer or the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office) where
presentations and surrenders may be made and notices or demands may
be served on the Issuer.
SECTION 4.03.
Limitation on Restricted Payments. The Company will
not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
(a) declare
or pay any dividend or make any distribution (other than dividends
or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company
or in warrants, rights or options (other than debt securities or
Disqualified Capital Stock) to acquire
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Qualified Capital Stock of
the Company) on or in respect of shares of the Company’s
Capital Stock to holders of such Capital Stock;
(b)
purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Capital Stock of the Company or any warrants, rights or options
(other than debt securities or Disqualified Capital Stock) to
purchase or acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock,
other than the exchange of such Capital Stock, warrants, rights or
options for Qualified Capital Stock and/or for warrants, rights or
options (other than debt securities or Disqualified Capital Stock)
to acquire Qualified Capital Stock; or
(c) make
any Restricted Investment (other than Permitted
Investments)
(each of the foregoing actions set forth in
clauses (a), (b) and (c) being referred to as a “
Restricted Payment ”), if at the time of such
Restricted Payment or immediately after giving effect
thereto,
(1) a Default or an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(2) the Company is not able to
incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than
Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.04;
or
(3) the aggregate amount of
Restricted Payments made subsequent to the Issue Date (without
duplication and excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses
(2)(a), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the following paragraph)
shall exceed the sum of:
(w) the sum of (i) $88.2
million and (ii) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net
Income, or if cumulative Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss,
minus 100% of such loss, of the Company earned subsequent to
March 31, 2009 and on or prior to the last day of the most
recent fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are
available, treating such period as a single accounting period;
plus
(x) the sum of (i) 100% of
the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company from any
Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) from the issuance
and sale subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the date
the Restricted Payment occurs of Qualified Capital Stock, or in
respect of warrants, rights or options (other than debt securities
or Disqualified Capital Stock) to acquire Qualified Capital Stock,
including Qualified Capital Stock issued upon the conversion of
convertible Indebtedness and (ii) 100% of any cash capital
contribution received by the Company from its shareholders
subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the date the
Restricted Payment occurs; plus
(y) the amount by which
Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary is reduced
on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet upon
the
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conversion or exchange (other than
by a Subsidiary of the Company) subsequent to the Issue Date of any
Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary convertible
or exchangeable for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (less
the amount of any cash, or the fair value of any other property,
distributed by the Company upon such conversion or exchange);
plus
(z) with respect to Restricted
Investments made after December 23, 2004, the net reduction
after the Issue Date of such Restricted Investments as a result of
(without duplication with respect to any item below as among such
items or any item listed in clause (3) of the next
paragraph):
(i) any disposition of any such
Restricted Investments sold or otherwise liquidated or repaid, to
the extent of the net cash proceeds received by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary;
(ii) cash dividends or
repayments of loans or advances in cash to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary or, to the extent that a guarantee issued by
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary constitutes a Restricted
Investment, the release of such guarantee; or
(iii) a Person becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent of the Company’s portion
(proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such
Person) of the fair market value of the net assets of such
Person;
provided , that any net reduction in Restricted
Investments pursuant to this clause (z) shall only be included
in the calculation required by clause (3) above to the extent
that such net reduction in Restricted Investments is not included
in the Company’s Consolidated Net Income.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph shall
not prohibit
(1) the payment of any dividend
or distribution or the redemption of any securities within 60 days
after the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution or
the giving of formal notice by the Company of such redemption, if
the dividend or distribution would have been permitted on the date
of declaration or the redemption would have been permitted on the
date of the giving of the formal notice thereof;
(2) so long as no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the making
of any Restricted Payment, either
(a) in exchange for shares of
Qualified Capital Stock and/or warrants, rights or options (other
than debt securities or Disqualified Capital Stock) to acquire
Qualified Capital Stock; or
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(b) through the application of
the net proceeds of a sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of
the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock and/or warrants,
rights or options (other than debt securities or Disqualified
Capital Stock) to acquire Qualified Capital Stock, so long as such
net proceeds are applied pursuant to this clause (b) within
180 days of such sale;
(3) so long as no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any other
Restricted Payment by the Company; provided , however
, that the aggregate amounts expended pursuant to this clause
(3) do not exceed $50.0 million plus, to the extent that any
Restricted Payment made pursuant to this clause (3) is in the
form of a Restricted Investment, the net reduction of such
Restricted Investments as a result of (without duplication with
respect to any item below as among such items or any item listed in
clause (3)(z) of the previous paragraph):
(a) any disposition of any such
Restricted Investments sold or otherwise liquidated or repaid, to
the extent of the net cash proceeds received by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) cash dividends or
repayments of loans or advances in cash to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary or, to the extent that a guarantee issued by
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary constitutes a Restricted
Investment, the release of such guarantee; or
(c) a Person becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent of the Company’s portion
(proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such
Person) of the fair market value of the net assets of such
Person;
provided that any net reduction in Restricted Investments
pursuant to this clause (3) shall only be included in the
calculation required by this clause (3) to the extent that
such net reduction in Restricted Investments is not included in the
Company’s Consolidated Net Income;
(4) the repurchase of any
Capital Stock of the Company or any warrants, rights or options to
purchase or acquire shares of any such Capital Stock deemed to
occur upon the exercise of stock options to acquire Qualified
Capital Stock or other similar arrangements to acquire Qualified
Capital Stock if such repurchased Capital Stock or warrants, rights
or options to acquire shares of any such Capital Stock represent a
portion of the exercise price thereof and applicable withholding
taxes, if any;
(5) the making of any payments
pursuant to (a) the Existing Convertible Debentures Hedge and
Warrant Option Transactions or (b) any Refinancing Convertible
Debentures Hedge and Warrant Option Transactions; provided
that the aggregate amount of all such Restricted Payments made
pursuant to subclause (b) of this clause (5), minus cash
received from counterparties to such agreements and confirmations
upon entering into such agreements and confirmations, shall not
exceed $40.0 million; and
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(6) so long as no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any other
Restricted Payment by the Company in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $15.0 million in any fiscal year (with unused amounts in any
fiscal year being carried forward to succeeding fiscal years);
provided that the aggregate Restricted Payments made
pursuant to this clause (6) in any fiscal year do not exceed
$50.0 million.
In determining the aggregate amount
of Restricted Payments made subsequent to the Issue Date in
accordance with clause (3) of the immediately preceding
paragraph, amounts expended (to the extent such expenditure is in
the form of cash) pursuant to clauses (1) and (2)(b) of
this paragraph will be included in such calculation.
SECTION 4.04.
Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, incur any Indebtedness, other than Permitted
Indebtedness; provided , however , that if no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the
time or as a consequence of the incurrence of any such
Indebtedness, the Issuer or any Guarantor may incur Indebtedness if
on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving
effect to the incurrence thereof, the Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio of the Company is equal to or greater than 2.0 to
1.0.
For purposes of determining
compliance with this Section 4.04, in the event that an item
of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the
categories of Permitted Indebtedness described in the definition of
Permitted Indebtedness, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to
the first paragraph of this Section 4.04, the Company, in its
sole discretion, will be permitted to classify such item of
Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence in any manner that
complies with this Section 4.04, or later divide, classify or
reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness in any
manner that complies with this Section 4.04 and such item of
Indebtedness (or portion thereof, as applicable) will be treated as
having been incurred pursuant to only such clause or clauses or the
first paragraph of this Section 4.04. Indebtedness under
the Credit Agreement outstanding on the date on which the
Securities are first issued and authenticated under this Indenture
will initially be deemed to have been incurred on such date in
reliance on the exception provided by clause (2) of the
definition of Permitted Indebtedness.
Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor
will, directly or indirectly, in any event incur any Indebtedness
that, by its terms or by the terms of any agreement governing such
Indebtedness, is both subordinated pursuant to its terms in right
of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or such
Guarantor, as the case may be, and senior in right of payment to
the Securities or any such Guarantor’s Guarantee, as the case
may be.
SECTION 4.05.
Corporate Existence. Except as otherwise permitted by
Article 5, the Company shall do or cause to be done, at its
own cost and expense, all things necessary to preserve and keep in
full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate,
partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries in
accordance with the respective organizational documents of the
Company or the Subsidiary, as the case may be, and the rights
(charter and statutory) and material franchises of the Company and
each of its
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Subsidiaries;
provided , however , that the Company shall not be
required to preserve any such right or franchise, or the corporate
existence of any Subsidiary (other than the Issuer), if the Board
of Directors of the Company shall determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
SECTION 4.06.
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company will
pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same
shall become delinquent, (a) all material taxes, assessments
and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or any of its
Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits or property of it or any
of its Subsidiaries and (b) all lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies which, in each case, if unpaid, might by law
become a material liability or Lien upon the property of it or any
of its Subsidiaries; provided , however , that the
Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be
paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim the
amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
provision has been made or for which adequate reserves, to the
extent required under GAAP, have been established or where the
failure to effect such payment or discharge is not adverse in any
material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 4.07.
Maintenance of Properties and Insurance. (a)
The Company shall cause all material properties owned by or leased
by it or any of its Subsidiaries used or useful to the conduct of
its business or the business of any of its Subsidiaries to be
maintained and kept in normal condition, repair and working order
and supplied with all necessary equipment and shall cause to be
made all necessary repairs, renewals and replacements thereof, all
as in its judgment may be reasonably necessary, so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly
conducted at all times; provided , however , that
nothing in this Section 4.07 shall prevent the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries from discontinuing the use, operation or
maintenance of any of such properties, or disposing of any of them,
if such properties are, in the reasonable and good faith judgment
of the Board of Directors of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the
case may be, no longer reasonably necessary in the conduct of their
respective businesses or such disposition is otherwise permitted by
this Indenture.
(b) The
Company shall provide or cause to be provided, for itself and each
of its Subsidiaries, insurance (including appropriate
self-insurance) against loss or damage of the kinds that, in the
reasonable, good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the
Company, are adequate and appropriate for the conduct of the
business of the Company and such Subsidiaries in a prudent manner,
with reputable insurers or with the government of the United States
of America or an agency or instrumentality thereof, in such
amounts, with such deductibles and by such methods as shall be
customary, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of
the Company, for companies similarly situated in the
industry.
SECTION 4.08.
Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default. (a)
The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the
end of each of the Issuer’s fiscal years, an Officers’
Certificate of the Issuer(signed by the principal executive
officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting
officer) stating that a review of its activities and the activities
of its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made
under the
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supervision of the signing
officers with a view to determining whether it has kept, observed,
performed and fulfilled its Obligations under this Indenture and
further stating, as to each such officer signing such certificate,
that to the best of his knowledge the Issuer during such preceding
fiscal year has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and
every such Obligation and no Default or Event of Default has
occurred during such year and at the date of such certificate there
is no Default or Event of Default that has occurred and is
continuing or, if such signers do know of such Default or Event of
Default, the certificate shall describe the Default or Event of
Default and its status in reasonable detail. The Officers’
Certificate shall also notify the Trustee should the Issuer elect
to change the manner in which it fixes its fiscal year
end.
(b) The
annual financial statements delivered to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.10 shall be accompanied by a written report of the
Company’s independent accountants that in conducting their
audit of the financial statements which are a part of such annual
report or such annual financial statements nothing has come to
their attention that would lead them to believe that the Company
has violated any provisions of Article 4, 5 or 6 insofar as
they relate to accounting matters or, if any such violation has
occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it
being understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly
or indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of
any such violation.
(c) So long
as any of the Securities are outstanding, if any Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer shall
promptly deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or
by telegram, telex or facsimile transmission an Officers’
Certificate of the Issuer specifying such event, notice or other
action within 30 Business Days of its becoming aware of such
occurrence.
SECTION 4.09.
Compliance with Laws. The Company will comply, and
will cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, with all applicable
statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions of the United
States, all states and municipalities thereof, and of any
governmental department, commission, board, regulatory authority,
bureau, agency and instrumentality of the foregoing, in respect of
the conduct of their respective businesses and the ownership of
their respective properties, except for such noncompliances as are
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and
except for such noncompliances as would not in the aggregate have a
material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole.
SECTION 4.10.
Commission Reports. (a) The Company promptly
will deliver to the Trustee, but in any event no later than 15 days
after it files with the Commission, copies of the quarterly and
annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports,
if any, which the Company is required to file with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Notwithstanding that the Company may not be required to remain
subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company will file with the
Commission all information, documents and reports required to be
filed with the Commission to the extent permitted, and provide the
Trustee and the Holders with such annual reports and such
information, documents and other
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reports specified in
Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company and the
Issuer shall also comply with the other provisions of TIA
§ 314(a).
(b)
Regardless of whether the Company is required to furnish such
reports to its stockholders pursuant to the Exchange Act, the
Company (at its own expense) shall cause its consolidated financial
statements, comparable to those which would have been required to
appear in annual or quarterly reports, to be delivered to the
Trustee and the Holders.
(c) For so
long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, the Company will
make available to any prospective purchaser of the Securities or
beneficial owner of the Securities in connection with any sale
thereof the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under
the Securities Act during any period when the Company is not
subject to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Exchange
Act.
(d)
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee
is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt
of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its
covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely
exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
SECTION 4.11.
Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Issuer
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will
not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension
law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive
the Issuer from paying all or any portion of the principal of
and/or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect
the covenants or the performance of this Indenture, and (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) the Issuer hereby expressly
waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that
it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power
herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
SECTION 4.12.
Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates. The
Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to
exist any transaction or series of related transactions with any of
its Affiliates (an “ Affiliate Transaction ”), other
than
(x) Affiliate Transactions
permitted under the next paragraph; and
(y) Affiliate Transactions on
terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary than those that might reasonably have been obtained in a
comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s-length basis
from a Person that is not an Affiliate;
provided , however , that for a transaction or
series of related transactions with an aggregate value of $10.0
million or more
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(1) such determination shall be
made in good faith by a majority of the disinterested members of
the Board of the Directors of the Company; or
(2) the Board of Directors of
the Company shall have received an opinion from an independent
nationally recognized investment banking, accounting or valuation
firm, selected by the Company, that such transaction or series of
related transactions is on terms that are fair, from a financial
point of view, to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary;
and provided , further , that for
a transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate
value of $30.0 million or more,
(1) such determination shall be
made in good faith by a majority of the disinterested members of
the Board of Directors of the Company; and
(2) the Board of Directors of
the Company shall have received an opinion from an independent
nationally recognized investment banking, accounting or valuation
firm, selected by the Company, that such transaction or series of
related transactions is on terms that are fair, from a financial
point of view, to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary.
The foregoing restrictions will not
apply to:
(1) reasonable fees and
compensation paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of,
officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any
Subsidiary as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board
of Directors or senior management;
(2) transactions between or
among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries so long as
no portion of the minority interest in such Restricted Subsidiary
is owned by an Affiliate of the Company (other than a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of the Company or directors or officers of such
Subsidiary that hold stock of such Subsidiary to the extent that
local law requires a resident of such jurisdiction to own stock of
such company) or between or among such Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided that such transactions are not otherwise prohibited
by this Indenture;
(3) any agreement as in effect
as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto or any transaction
contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment thereto)
or in any replacement agreement thereto so long as any such
amendment or replacement agreement is not more disadvantageous to
the Holders in any material respect than the original agreement as
in effect on the Issue Date;
(4) Permitted Investments and
Restricted Payments permitted by this Indenture;