Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
SEALED AIR CORPORATION
As Issuer
to
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
As Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of June 18, 2009
7 7
/ 8 %
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Parties
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Recitals
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ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other
Provisions
of General Application
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SECTION 101.
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Definitions
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Accounts Receivable
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Act
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Additional Securities
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Affiliate
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Agent Member
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2
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Applicable Procedures
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2
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Authenticating Agent
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Beneficial Owner
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Board of Directors
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Board Resolution
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Business Day
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Capital Lease
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Capital Stock
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Change of Control
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Change of Control Offer
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4
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Change of Control Payment
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4
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Change of Control Payment
Date
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Clearstream
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Commission
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4
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Company
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4
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Company Order
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Company Request
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Comparable Treasury Issue
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Comparable Treasury Price
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Consolidated Assets
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5
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Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets
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Continuing Directors
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Corporate Trust Office
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Corporation
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5
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Credit Agreements
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Defaulted Interest
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NOTE: This table
of contents shall not, for any reason, be deemed to be a part of
this Indenture.
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Depositary
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Disqualified Stock
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Domestic Subsidiary
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DTC
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Equity Offering
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Euroclear
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Event of Default
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Exchange Act
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Expiration Date
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Foreign Subsidiary
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Funded Debt
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6
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Global Security
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Holder
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Indebtedness
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7
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Indenture
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7
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Independent Investment
Banker
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7
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Initial Purchasers
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7
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Initial Regulation S
Securities
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7
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Interest Payment Date
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Issue Date
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Lien
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7
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Material Subsidiary
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7
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Maturity
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Non-Global Security
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8
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Notice of Default
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8
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Officers’
Certificate
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8
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Opinion of Counsel
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8
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Original Securities
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8
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Outstanding
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8
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Paying Agent
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Permitted Encumbrances
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Permitted Receivables
Financing
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Person
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Predecessor Security
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Principal Property
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Purchase Agreement
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Redemption Date
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Reference Treasury Dealer
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Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations
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Regular Record Date
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Regulation S
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Regulation S Certificate
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Regulation S Global
Security
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Regulation S Legend
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Regulation S Securities
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Resale Restriction Termination
Date
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Restricted Global
Security
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Restricted Period
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Restricted Securities
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Restricted Securities
Certificate
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Restricted Securities
Legend
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Restricted Subsidiary
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Rule 144
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Rule 144A
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Rule 144A Securities
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Sale and Leaseback
Transaction
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Securities
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Securities Act
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Securities Act Legend
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Security Register
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Security Registrar
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Special Record Date
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Stated Maturity
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Subsidiary
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Subsidiary Guarantee
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Subsidiary Guarantor
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Treasury Rate
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Trust Indenture Act
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Trustee
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Unrestricted Securities
Certificate
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U.S. GAAP
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U.S. Government
Obligations
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Vice President
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Voting Stock
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SECTION 102.
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Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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SECTION 103.
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Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee
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SECTION 104.
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Acts of Holders; Record Dates
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SECTION 105.
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and
Subsidiary Guarantors
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SECTION 106.
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Notice to Holders; Waiver
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SECTION 107.
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Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents
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SECTION 108.
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Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 109.
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Separability Clause
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SECTION 110.
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Benefits of Indenture
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SECTION 111.
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Governing Law
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SECTION 112.
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Legal Holidays
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SECTION 113.
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Confidentiality
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ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
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SECTION 201.
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Forms Generally; Initial Forms of Rule 144A
and Regulation S
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SECTION 202.
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Form of Face of Security
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SECTION 203.
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Form of Reverse of Security
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SECTION 204.
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Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication
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ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
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SECTION 301.
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Title and Terms
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SECTION 302.
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Denominations
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SECTION 303.
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating
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SECTION 304.
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Temporary Securities
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SECTION 305.
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Global Securities
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SECTION 306.
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Registration, Registration of Transfer and
Exchange Generally; Certain Transfers and Exchanges; Securities Act
Legends;
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SECTION 307.
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities
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SECTION 308.
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Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved
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SECTION 309.
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Persons Deemed Owners
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SECTION 310.
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Cancellation
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SECTION 311.
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Computation of Interest
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SECTION 312.
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CUSIP Numbers
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ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and
Discharge
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SECTION 401.
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Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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SECTION 402.
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Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
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SECTION 501.
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Events of Default
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SECTION 502.
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment
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SECTION 503.
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee
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SECTION 504.
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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SECTION 505.
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities
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SECTION 506.
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Application of Money Collected
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SECTION 507.
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Limitation on Suits
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SECTION 508.
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest
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SECTION 509.
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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SECTION 510.
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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SECTION 511.
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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SECTION 512.
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Control by Holders
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SECTION 513.
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Waiver of Past Defaults
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SECTION 514.
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Undertaking for Costs
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SECTION 515.
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Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
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SECTION 601.
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Certain Duties and Responsibilities
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SECTION 602.
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Notice of Defaults
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SECTION 603.
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Certain Rights of Trustee
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SECTION 604.
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Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities
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SECTION 605.
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May Hold Securities
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SECTION 606.
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Money Held in Trust
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SECTION 607.
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Compensation and Reimbursement
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SECTION 608.
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Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests
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SECTION 609.
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Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility
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SECTION 610.
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Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor
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SECTION 611.
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Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor
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SECTION 612.
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Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business
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SECTION 613.
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company
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SECTION 614.
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Appointment of Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders’ Lists and Reports
by Trustee and Company
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SECTION 701.
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Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
of Holders
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SECTION 702.
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Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders
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SECTION 703.
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[Reserved]
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SECTION 704.
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Reports by Company and Restricted
Subsidiaries
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ARTICLE EIGHT
Merger, Consolidation,
Etc.
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SECTION 801.
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Mergers, Consolidations and Certain Transfers,
Leases and Acquisitions of Assets
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SECTION 802.
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Successor Substituted
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ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental
Indentures
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SECTION 901.
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Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Holders
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SECTION 902.
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Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
Holders
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SECTION 903.
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Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 904.
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Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 905.
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Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures
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ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
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SECTION 1001.
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Payment of Principal, Premium and
Interest
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SECTION 1002.
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Maintenance of Office or Agency
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SECTION 1003.
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Money for Security Payments to Be Held in
Trust
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SECTION 1004.
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Statement by Officers as to Default
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SECTION 1005.
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Existence
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SECTION 1006.
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Maintenance of Properties
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SECTION 1007.
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Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
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SECTION 1008.
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Maintenance of Insurance
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SECTION 1009.
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Limitation on Liens
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SECTION 1010.
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Limitations on Sale and Leaseback
Transactions
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SECTION 1011.
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Waiver of Certain Covenants
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SECTION 1012.
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Repurchase of Securities upon a Change of
Control
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of
Securities
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SECTION 1101.
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Right of Redemption
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SECTION 1102.
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Applicability of Article
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SECTION 1103.
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Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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SECTION 1104.
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Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be
Redeemed
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SECTION 1105.
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Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 1106.
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Deposit of Redemption Price
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SECTION 1107.
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Securities Payable on Redemption Date
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SECTION 1108.
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Securities Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE TWELVE
Defeasance and Covenant
Defeasance
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SECTION 1201.
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Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 1202.
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Defeasance and Discharge
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SECTION 1203.
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Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 1204.
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Conditions to Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 1205.
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Deposited Money and U.S. Government
Obligations to be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions
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SECTION 1206.
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Subsidiary
Guarantee
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SECTION 1301.
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[Reserved]
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SECTION 1302.
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Subsidiary Guarantors
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SECTION 1303.
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Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate,
Etc., on Certain Terms
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SECTION 1304.
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Release of Subsidiary Guarantors
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TESTIMONIUM
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SIGNATURES AND SEALS
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ANNEXES
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ANNEX A Form of Regulation S
Certificate
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ANNEX B Form of Restricted Securities
Certificate
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ANNEX C Form of Unrestricted Securities
Certificate
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ANNEX D Form of Subsidiary
Guarantee
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ANNEX E Form of Form of Free
Transferability Certificate
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INDENTURE, dated as of June 18,
2009, among SEALED AIR CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called
the “Company”), having its principal office at 200
Riverfront Boulevard, Elmwood Park, New Jersey 07407-1033 and U.S.
Bank National Association a national banking association duly
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, as trustee (herein called the
“Trustee”).
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the
creation of an issue of its 7 7 /
8 % Senior Notes due 2017 (herein called the
“Securities”) of substantially the tenor hereinafter
set forth, and to provide therefor the Company has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Indenture.
All things necessary (i) to
make the Securities, when executed by the Company and authenticated
and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid
obligations of the Company, and (ii) to make this Indenture a
valid agreement of the Company, all in accordance with their
respective terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE
WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the
premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof,
it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of
all Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other
Provisions
of General Application
SECTION 101.
Definitions
. For all purposes of this
Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(1)
the terms defined in this
Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2)
all other terms used herein which
are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by
reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them
therein;
(3)
all accounting terms not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance
with U.S. GAAP, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided,
the term “U.S. GAAP” with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean U.S. GAAP as are
generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(4)
all references in this Indenture,
the Securities and any Subsidiary Guarantee to principal in respect
of any Security shall be deemed to mean and include any redemption
price payable in respect of such Security pursuant to any
redemption hereunder (and all
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such references to the Stated
Maturity of the principal in respect of any Security shall be
deemed to mean and include the Redemption Date with respect to any
such Redemption Price, and express mention of the payment of any
redemption price in any provision hereof or thereof shall not be
construed as excluding reference to any redemption price in those
provisions hereof or thereof where such express reference is not
made);
(5)
unless the context otherwise
requires, any reference to “Article”,
“Section” or “Annex” refers to an
Article or Section of or Annex to this Indenture;
and
(6)
the words “herein”,
“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
“Accounts Receivable”
means, with respect to any Person, all rights of such Person to the
payment of money arising out of any sale, lease or other
disposition of goods or provision of services by such
Person.
“Act”, when used with
respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
“Additional Securities”
has the meaning specified in Section 301.
“Affiliate” of any
Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control”, when used with respect to any Person, means
the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agent Member” means any
member of, or participant in, the Depositary.
“Applicable Procedures”
means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a
Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and
procedures of the Depositary for such Security, Euroclear and
Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such
transaction and as in effect from time to time.
“Authenticating Agent”
means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities.
“Beneficial Owner” has
the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and
Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating
the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as
that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial
ownership of all securities that such “person” has the
right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities,
whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only
upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms
“Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially
Owned” will have a corresponding meaning.
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“Board of Directors”
means, (i) with respect to the Company, the board of directors
of the Company or, except in the context of the definitions of
“Change of Control” and “Continuing
Directors,” a duly authorized committee thereof;
(ii) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of
the general partner of the partnership; and (iii) with respect
to any other person, the board or committee of such person serving
a similar function.
“Board Resolution” of
the Company means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, to have been duly adopted
by its Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Business Day” means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a
day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
“Capital Lease” means at
any date any lease of property which, in accordance with U.S. GAAP,
would be required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the
lessee.
“Capital Stock”
means:
(i)
in the case of a
corporation, corporate stock;
(ii)
in the case of an
association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock;
(iii)
in the case of a
partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership
interests (whether general or limited); and
(iv)
any other
interest or participation that confers on a person the right to
receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing person.
“Change of Control”
means the occurrence of any of the following:
(i)
the direct or
indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other
than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of
related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties
or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than to a
Restricted Subsidiary or a person that becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company as a result of a sale, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition as it relates to such
transaction;
(ii)
the adoption of a
plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company;
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(iii)
any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes
the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the
voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;
(iv)
the first day on
which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the
Company are not Continuing Directors; or
(v)
the Company
consolidates with, or merges with or into, any person, or any
person consolidates with, or merges with or into the Company, in
any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the
outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other person is
converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property,
other than any such transaction where (A) the Voting Stock of
the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is
converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee person
constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting
Stock of such surviving or transferee person (immediately after
giving effect to such issuance) and (B) immediately after such
transaction, no “person” or “group” (as
such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of
the Exchange Act) becomes, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial
Owner of 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the
surviving or transferee person.
“Change of Control
Offer” has the meaning specified in
Section 1012.
“Change of Control
Payment” has the meaning specified in
Section 1012.
“Change of Control Payment
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 1012.
“Clearstream” means
Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, Luxembourg (or
any successor securities clearing agency).
“Commission” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“Company” means the
Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor
Person.
“Company Order” or
“Company Request” means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of
Directors, its Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief
Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, or a
Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Comparable Treasury
Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by
the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable
to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would
be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance
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with customary financial practice, in pricing
new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to
the remaining term of such Securities.
“Comparable Treasury
Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the
Securities, (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest
and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or
(ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such
quotations.
“Consolidated Assets”
means, at any date, the total consolidated assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, all as set forth on the most recent publicly
issued balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries and
computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets” means, at any date, Consolidated Assets after
deducting therefrom, without duplication, (i) applicable
reserves and other properly deductible items, (ii) all current
liabilities and (iii) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks,
patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like
intangibles, all as set forth on the most recent publicly issued
balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries and computed in
accordance with U.S. GAAP.
“Continuing Directors”
means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of
Directors of the Company who: (i) was a member of such Board
of Directors on the issue date; or (ii) was nominated for
election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of
a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such
Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or
election.
“Corporate Trust Office”
means the principal office of the Trustee in Atlanta, Georgia, at
which its corporate trust business shall be administered at all
times, which at the date hereof is 1349 West Peachtree Street,
Suite 1050, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Attention: Corporate Trust
Services, and for purpose of maintaining a corporate trust office
in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York pursuant to
Sections 609 and 1002 hereunder, means the office of the Trustee
located at 100 Wall Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10005,
Attention: US Bank Corporate Trust Services.
“Corporation” means a
corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business
trust.
“Credit Agreements”
means the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2005, among
the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, banks and
financial institutions party thereto, and Citicorp USA, Inc.,
as agent for the lenders, as amended, as such Credit Agreement may
be amended, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated, replaced,
refinanced or modified from time to time (whether or not there is
ever a period when there is no Credit Agreement then in effect),
including, without limitation, by adding additional parties to or
increasing the commitments under such Credit Agreement.
“Defaulted Interest” has
the meaning specified in Section 308.
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“Depositary” means, with
respect to any Securities, a clearing agency that is registered as
such under the Exchange Act and is designated by the Company to act
as Depositary for such Securities (or any successor securities
clearing agency so registered).
“Disqualified Stock”
means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible, or for which it is
exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or
upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or
redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in
part, on or prior to the date that is one year after the date on
which the Securities mature. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified
Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require
the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of
a change of control or an asset sale (having customary terms and
provisions) will not constitute Disqualified Stock. The term
“Disqualified Stock” will also include any options,
warrants or other rights that are convertible into Disqualified
Stock or that are redeemable at the option of the holder, or
required to be redeemed, prior to the date that is one year after
the date on which the Securities mature.
“Domestic Subsidiary”
means each Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Foreign
Subsidiary.
“DTC” means The
Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.
“Equity Offering” means
any public or private placement of Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company (other than pursuant to a
registration statement on Form S-8 or otherwise relating to
equity securities issuable under any employee benefit plan of the
Company) to any person other than any Subsidiary
thereof.
“Euroclear” means the
Euroclear Clearance System (or any successor securities clearing
agency).
“Event of Default” has
the meaning specified in Section 501.
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (or any successor statute), as it
may be amended from time to time.
“Expiration Date” has
the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Foreign Subsidiary”
means (i) each Subsidiary of the Company not incorporated
under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof and
(ii) any other Subsidiary of the Company substantially all of
the operations of which remain outside the United
States.
“Funded Debt” means all
Indebtedness having a maturity of more than 12 months from the date
as of which the computation of Funded Debt is made or having a
maturity of 12 months or less but by its terms being renewable or
extendible beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the
borrower.
“Global Security” means
a Security that is registered in the Security Register in the name
of a Depositary or a nominee thereof and bears the legend set forth
in Section 202.
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“Holder” means a Person
in whose name a Security is registered in the Security
Register.
“Indebtedness” of any
Person means, at any date, without duplication, (i) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such
Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services
(except trade accounts payable and accrued expenses arising in the
ordinary course of business) to the extent such amounts would be,
in accordance with U.S. GAAP, recorded as debt on a balance sheet
of such Person, (iv) all obligations of such Person under
Capital Leases, (v) all Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any
asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is otherwise
an obligation of such Person, (vi) all non-contingent
obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in
respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit (other than
letters of credit which secure obligations in respect of trade
payables or other letters of credit not securing Indebtedness,
unless such reimbursement obligation remains unsatisfied for more
than three business days) and (vii) all guarantees or
endorsements (other than endorsements for collection or deposit in
the ordinary course of business) of such Person of Indebtedness of
others.
“Indenture” means this
instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any
such supplemental indenture, respectively.
“Independent Investment
Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed
by the Company.
“Initial Purchasers”
means Banc of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets
Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley &
Co. Incorporated, RBS Securities Inc, BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
and Calyon Securities (USA) Inc.
“Initial Regulation S
Securities” means the Securities sold by the Initial
Purchasers in the initial offering contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement in reliance on Regulation S.
“Interest Payment Date”
means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the
Securities.
“Issue Date” means the
date on which the Securities are first authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
“Lien” means any
mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
other) or other security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement and any Capital Lease).
“Material Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary that, directly or indirectly through a
Subsidiary, either (A) owns assets with a book value in excess
of 5% of the book value of the Consolidated Assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, measured as of
the
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last day of the most recently completed fiscal
quarter for which the Company has publicly issued financial
statements or (B) generated annual revenues in excess of 5% of
the revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
for the most recently completed four fiscal quarter period for
which the Company has publicly issued financial
statements.
“Maturity”, when used
with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal
of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein
provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Non-Global Security”
means a certificated Security, registered in the name of the Holder
thereof and issued in accordance with Section 306,
substantially in the form of Security set forth in Sections 202 and
203, except that such Security shall not bear the legend in
Section 202 to be inserted for a Global Security.
“Notice of Default”
means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501(4).
“Officers’
Certificate” of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor means
a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or a Vice President or the Chief Financial
Officer, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or such
Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, and delivered to the
Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’
Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the
principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company
or the chief operating officer of the Company. Unless the
context otherwise requires, each reference herein to an
“Officers’ Certificate” means an Officers’
Certificate of the Company. References herein, or in any
Security or Subsidiary Guarantee, to any officer of a Subsidiary
Guarantor or other Person that is a partnership means such officer
of the partnership or, if none, of a general partner of the
partnership authorized thereby to act on its behalf.
“Opinion of Counsel”
means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the
Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Original Securities”
has the meaning specified in Section 301.
“Outstanding”, when used
with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except :
(i)
Securities
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
(ii)
Securities for
whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other
than the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor) in trust or set aside
and segregated in trust by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
(if the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be,
shall act as a Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities;
provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice
of such redemption has been
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duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to
the Trustee has been made;
(iii)
Securities which
have been defeased pursuant to Section 1202 hereof;
and
(iv)
Securities which
have been paid pursuant to Section 307 or in exchange for or
in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held
by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided , however , that in determining whether
the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver, only Securities which a responsible officer of the
Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor.
“Paying Agent” means the
Trustee or any other Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on
behalf of the Company.
“Permitted Encumbrances”
means, as of any particular time and with respect to any real
property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (i) such
easements, leases, subleases, encroachments, rights of way, minor
defects, irregularities or encumbrances on title which are not
unusual with respect to property similar in character to any such
real property and which do not secure Indebtedness and do not
materially impair such real property for the purpose for which it
is held or materially interfere with the conduct of the business of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) municipal and
zoning ordinances which are not violated by the existing
improvements and the present use made by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of such real property.
“Permitted Receivables
Financing” means a sale, pledge or any other transfer of
Accounts Receivable as a method of financing.
“Person” means any
individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited
liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any
government or political subdivision or any agency, department or
instrumentality thereof.
“Predecessor Security”
of any particular Security means every Security issued before, and
evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by,
such particular Security; for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under
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Section 307 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security.
“Principal Property”
means any manufacturing plant located in the United States
currently owned or subsequently acquired by the Company or any
Subsidiary which has a gross book value which (including related
land, improvements, machinery and equipment without deduction of
any depreciation reserves) on the date as of which the
determination is being made exceeds 1% of Consolidated Assets,
other than properties or any portion of a particular property which
the Company’s Board of Directors determines, in good faith,
not to be of material importance to the business of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or, in the case of a portion of
a particular property, to the use or operation of such
property.
“Purchase Agreement”
means the Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2009,
between the Company and the Initial Purchasers, as such agreement
may be amended from time to time.
“Redemption Date” means,
with respect to any Securities to be redeemed, the date fixed for
such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price”
means, when used with respect to any Securities to be redeemed, the
price at which such Security is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Reference Treasury
Dealer” means each of Banc of America Securities LLC,
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and RBS Securities Inc.
and their respective successors (each, a “Primary Treasury
Dealer”) appointed by the Company; provided ,
however , that if any of the foregoing shall cease to
be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company shall substitute therefor
another Primary Treasury Dealer.
“Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the
Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury
Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal
amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury
Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such
Redemption Date.
“Regular Record Date”
for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the
June 1 or the December 1 (whether or not a Business Day),
as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment
Date.
“Regulation S”
means Regulation S under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
“Regulation S
Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form
set forth in Annex A.
“Regulation S Global
Security” has the meaning specified in
Section 201.
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“Regulation S Legend”
means a legend substantially in the form of the legend required in
the form of Security set forth in Sections 202 and 204 to be placed
upon a Regulation S Security.
“Regulation S
Securities” means all Securities required pursuant to
Section 306(c) to bear a Regulation S Legend.
Such term includes the Regulation S Global
Security.
“Resale Restriction
Termination Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 306(d)(i).
“Restricted Global
Security” has the meaning specified in
Section 201.
“Restricted Period”
means the period of 41 consecutive days beginning on and
including the later of (i) the day on which Securities are
first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in
Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the day on
which the closing of the offering of Securities pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement occurs.
“Restricted Securities”
means all Securities required pursuant to
Section 306(c) to bear a Restricted Securities
Legend. Such term includes the Restricted Global
Security.
“Restricted Securities
Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form
set forth in Annex B.
“Restricted Securities
Legend” has the meaning specified in
Section 202.
“Restricted Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary of the Company that is a Material Subsidiary
and a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Rule 144” means
Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
“Rule 144A” means
Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor
provision), as it may be amended from time to time.
“Rule 144A
Securities” means the Securities purchased by the Initial
Purchasers from the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement,
other than the Initial Regulation S Securities.
“Sale and Leaseback
Transaction” means an arrangement with any lender or
investor, or to which any lender or investor is a party, providing
for the leasing by a Person of any Principal Property of such
Person which has been or is being sold or transferred by such
Person to such lender or investor or to any person to whom funds
have been or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the
security of such Principal Property, other than such arrangements
involving any Principal Property within 180 days after the purchase
or completion of construction of such Principal Property. The
stated maturity of such arrangement shall be the date of the last
payment of rent or any other amount due under such arrangement
prior to the first date on which such arrangement may be terminated
by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
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“Securities” has the
meaning specified in the first paragraph of the recitals to this
instrument, and includes both Original Securities and Additional
Securities.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933 (or any successor statute), as it may be
amended from time to time.
“Securities Act Legend”
means a Restricted Securities Legend or a Regulation S
Legend.
“Security Register” and
“Security Registrar” have the respective meanings
specified in Section 306.
“Special Record Date”
for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 308.
“Stated Maturity”, when
used with respect to any Security or any installment of interest
thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed
date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of
interest, as the case may be, is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” of any
Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of whose stock
of any class or classes having by the terms of such stock ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such
corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of
any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have
voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at
the time owned by such Person and/or by one or more Subsidiaries of
such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person and (ii) any partnership, association, limited
liability company, joint venture or other entity in which such
Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or such
Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person has more than a
50% equity interest at the time.
“Subsidiary Guarantee”
means the unconditional guarantee by the Subsidiary Guarantor of
the due and punctual payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest on the Securities, executed in the form established
pursuant to Annex D hereof.
“Subsidiary Guarantor”
means at any time each Subsidiary that has become a Subsidiary
Guarantor pursuant to Section 1302 of this Indenture, in each
case so long as it remains a Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Treasury Rate” means,
with respect to any Redemption Date for the Securities,
(i) the yield, under the heading which represents the average
for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently
published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or
any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes
yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury
Constant Maturities”, for the maturity corresponding to the
Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months
before or after the maturity date for the Securities, yields for
the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the
Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate
shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a
straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if
such release (or any successor release) is not published during the
week
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preceding the calculation date or does not
contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual
equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue,
calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The
Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Independent Investment
Banker on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption
Date.
“Trust Indenture Act”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed; provided ,
however , that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act”
means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“Trustee” means the
Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor
Trustee.
“Unrestricted Securities
Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form
set forth in Annex C.
“U.S. GAAP” means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America.
“U.S. Government
Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of
which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations
of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America where the timely
payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a
full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America
and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or
redeemable except at the option of the holders thereof, and shall
also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company
as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or
specific payment of interest on or principal of other amount with
respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such
custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt,
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is
not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the
holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the
specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount
with respect to the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such
depository receipt.
“Vice President”, when
used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice
president of such Person, whether or not designated by a number or
a word or words added before or after the title “vice
president”.
“Voting Stock” of any
person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such person that
is ordinarily entitled to vote in the election of the Board of
Directors of such person.
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SECTION 102.
Compliance Certificates and
Opinions .
Upon any application or request by
the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision
of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such
certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act (as if such Act applied) or this Indenture.
Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an
Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the
Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and
shall comply with any requirement set forth in this
Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in
this Indenture shall include
(1)
a statement that each individual
signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2)
a brief statement as to the nature
and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the
statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based;
(3)
a statement that, in the opinion
of each such individual, he has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed
opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(4)
a statement as to whether, in the
opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has
been complied with.
SECTION 103.
Form of Documents Delivered
to Trustee .
In any case where several matters
are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any
specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person,
or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but
one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some
matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and
any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters
in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an
officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by,
counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such
certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating
that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person is required to
make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents,
certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
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SECTION 104.
Acts of Holders; Record
Dates .
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this
Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor
signed by such Holders in person or by an agent of such Holders
duly appointed in writing and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument
or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where hereby
expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby)
are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any
such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this
Section.
The fact and date of the execution
by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by
the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of
a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution
thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a
capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the
same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee
deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be
proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of
any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security
and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation
of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may set any day as a
record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities entitled to give, make or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or
taken by Holders of Securities; provided that the Company
may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any
notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next
paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record
date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant
action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such
record date; provided that no such action shall be effective
hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration
Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record
date for any action for which a record date has previously been set
pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously
set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be
cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities on the date
such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall
cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders
and the
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applicable Expiration Date to be given to the
Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner
set forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a
record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities entitled to join in the giving or making of
(i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any
request to institute proceedings referred to in
Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 512. If any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities on such record
date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such
notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that
no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or
prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record
date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent
the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which
a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and
nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective
any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of
such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each
Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in
Section 106.
With respect to any record date set
pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record
date may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and
from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day; provided that no such change shall be effective
unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the
other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities in
the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the
existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not
designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this
Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be
deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record
date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its
right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this
paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date
shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record
date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a
Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard
to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part
of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal
amount.
SECTION 105.
Notices, Etc., to Trustee,
Company and Subsidiary Guarantors . Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,
(1)
the Trustee by any Holder or by
the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Holders or
the
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Company by the Trustee, or, with
respect to notices by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor,
transmitted by facsimile transmission (confirmed by guaranteed
overnight courier) to the following facsimile numbers: (404)
898-2467 or to any other facsimile number previously furnished
in writing to the Company by the Trustee, or
(2)
the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
it addressed to it at the address of the Company’s principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument,
Attention: General Counsel and Secretary, or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company or, with respect to notices by the Trustee, transmitted by
facsimile transmission (confirmed by guaranteed overnight courier)
to the following facsimile number: (201) 703-4231 or to any other
facsimile number previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by
the Company.
SECTION 106.
Notice to Holders;
Waiver . Where this
Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in
the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and
not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the
giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any
manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled
to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension
of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall
be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder.
SECTION 107.
Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents . The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.
SECTION 108.
Successors and Assigns
. All covenants and agreements
in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109.
Separability Clause
. In case any provision in
this Indenture or in the Securities or any Subsidiary Guarantee
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way
be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 110.
Benefits of Indenture
. Nothing in this Indenture or
in the Securities or any Subsidiary Guarantee, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto
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and their successors hereunder and
the Holders of Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111.
Governing Law
. THIS INDENTURE AND THE
SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 112.
Legal Holidays
. In any case where any
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any
Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities or any
Subsidiary Guarantee) payment of interest or principal (and
premium, if any) need not be made on such date, but may be made on
the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as
if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or at the
Stated Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue on
the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may
be, to such Business Day if such payment is made or duly provided
for on such Business Day.
SECTION 113.
Confidentiality
.
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth herein or in any other written or oral
understanding or agreement among the parties, the parties (and each
employee, representative, or other agent of the parties) may
disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind,
the tax treatment and any facts that may be relevant to the tax
structure of the transactions (and any related transactions or
arrangement) contemplated hereby, provided, however, that no party
(and no employee, representative, or other agent thereof) shall
disclose any other information that is not relevant to
understanding the tax treatment and tax structure of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the identity of any
party and any information that could lead another to determine the
identity of any party), or any other information to the extent that
such disclosure could reasonably result in a violation of any
federal or state securities law.
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
SECTION 201.
Forms Generally; Initial Forms of
Rule 144A and Regulation S . The Securities and the Trustee’s
certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the forms
set forth in this Article, with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of
any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced
by their execution thereof.
Any Subsidiary Guarantees shall be
in substantially the form set forth in Annex D hereto.
The definitive Securities shall be
typed, printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods or may be produced in any other
manner
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permitted by the rules of any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed and (with respect to
Global Securities) the rules of the Depositary, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities as evidenced
by their execution thereof.
Upon their original issuance,
Rule 144A Securities shall be issued in the form of one or
more Global Securities registered in the name of DTC, as
Depositary, or its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, as
custodian for DTC, for credit by DTC to the respective accounts of
beneficial owners of the Securities represented thereby (or such
other accounts as they may direct). Such Global Securities,
together with their successor securities which are Global
Securities other than the Regulation S Global Security, are
collectively herein called the “Restricted Global
Security”.
Upon their original issuance,
Initial Regulation S Securities shall be issued in the form of one
or more Global Securities registered in the name of DTC, as
Depositary, or its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, as
custodian for DTC, for credit by DTC to the respective accounts of
beneficial owners of the Securities represented thereby (or such
other accounts as they may direct); provided that upon such
deposit all such Securities shall be credited to or through
accounts maintained at DTC by or on behalf of Euroclear or
Clearstream. Such Global Securities, together with their
successor securities which are Global Securities other than the
Restricted Global Security, are collectively herein called the
“Regulation S Global Security”.
SECTION 202.
Form of Face of
Security .
Except as permitted by this
Indenture, each Global Security and each Non-Global Security (and
all Securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof)
shall bear the legend (the “Restricted Securities
Legend”) in substantially the following form:
“THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
‘‘SECURITIES ACT’’), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT
FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS
ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT
IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN
RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (‘‘RULE
144A’’)), OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, (2) AGREES TO
OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE PRIOR TO THE
DATE WHICH IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUE HEREOF ONLY
(A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE
PURSUANT TO RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
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INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE
IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A,
(D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO
NON-U.S. PERSONS IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION PURSUANT TO REGULATION
S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
(E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE
COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH
OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE
DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. IN THE CASE OF A
GLOBAL NOTE, THE BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THIS GLOBAL NOTE
CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED TO OR HELD BY AN AFFILIATE OF THE
COMPANY.”
If the Security is a
Regulation S Security, then insert —
“THIS NOTE (OR ITS
PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR
BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE
MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT.”
If the Security is a Global
Security, then insert —
“UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO
THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH
OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE
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THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL
BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF
CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH
SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL
NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 306 OF THE
INDENTURE.”
Each Security issued hereunder that
has more than a de minimis amount of original issue discount for
U.S. Federal Income Tax purposes shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
“THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ.
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. A HOLDER MAY OBTAIN THE
ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND
YIELD TO MATURITY FOR SUCH NOTES BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST
FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE COMPANY AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
SEALED AIR CORPORATION, 200 RIVERFRONT BOULEVARD, ELMWOOD PARK, NEW
JERSEY 07407-1033 ATTENTION: GENERAL
COUNSEL.”
SEALED AIR CORPORATION
7 7 / 8
% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2017
[If Restricted Global Security -
CUSIP Number: 81211K AN0
[If Regulation S Global Security -
CUSIP Number: U81193 AF8
SEALED AIR CORPORATION, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware
(herein called the “Company”, which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to
,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
Dollars [if the Security is a Global Security, then insert
— (which principal amount may from time to time be increased
or decreased to such other principal amounts (which, when taken
together with the principal amounts of all other Outstanding
Securities, may be unlimited) by adjustments made on the records of
the Trustee hereinafter referred to in accordance with the
Indenture) ] on June 15, 2017 and to pay interest
thereon from June 18, 2009 or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semiannually on June 15 and December 15, in each year,
commencing December 15, 2009, at the rate of 7
7
/
8
% per annum, until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided that
any amount of interest on this Security which is overdue shall bear
interest (to the extent that payment thereof shall be legally
enforceable) at the rate per annum then borne by this Security from
the date such
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amount is due to the day it is paid or made
available for payment, and such overdue interest shall be payable
on demand.
The interest so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose
name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest, which shall be the June 1 or December 1
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding
such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date and may
either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said
Indenture. Interest on this Security shall be computed on the
basis set forth in the Indenture.
Payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made at the
office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, New York, maintained for such purpose and at any
other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose,
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts; provided , however , that at the option of the
Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear
in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the
further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of
authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not
be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has
caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate
seal.
Dated:
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SECTION 203.
Form of Reverse of
Security .
This Security is one of a duly
authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as its
7 7 / 8
% Senior Notes Due 2017 (herein
called the “Securities”) issued under an Indenture,
dated as of June 18, 2009 (herein called the
“Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned
to it in such instrument), between the Company and the Trustee, as
Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture). The
aggregate principal amount of the Securities is unlimited.
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the
terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated
and delivered.
The Securities are subject to
redemption at the election of the Company in whole or in part, at
any time and from time to time prior to June 15, 2013, upon
not less than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’
notice by first-class mail, at a Redemption Price equal to the
greater of (i) 101% of the principal amount of such Securities
and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest on such Securities
from the Redemption Date to the applicable maturity date
discounted, in either case, to the Redemption Date on a semiannual
basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Treasury Rate (as such term is defined in the Indenture)
plus 50 basis points, plus, in either (i) or (ii), any
interest accrued but not paid to the date of redemption. For
the avoidance of doubt, any calculation of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal and interest pursuant to clause (ii) of
the preceding sentence shall not include interest accrued as of the
applicable Redemption Date.
In addition, at any time prior to
June 15, 2012, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the
principal amount of the Securities originally issued (including any
Additional Securities originally issued after the Closing Date)
with the net cash proceeds of one or more sales of the
Company’s Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) at a
Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of
107.875%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date
(subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular
Record Date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date to receive
interest due on an Interest Payment Date); provided that at
least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities
originally issued (including any Additional Securities originally
issued after the Closing Date) remains outstanding after each such
redemption and notice of any such redemption is mailed within 60
days of each such sale of Capital Stock.
The Securities may be redeemed at
the election of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time and
from time to time on or after June 15, 2013 and prior to
maturity, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior
notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s last
address as it appears in the Security Register, at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed in percentages of their principal
amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the
relevant Regular Record Date
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that is on or prior to the Redemption Date to
receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date) if redeemed
during the 12-month period commencing on June 15 of the years
set forth below:
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In the event of redemption of this
Security in part only, a new Security or Securities for the
unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
If a Change of Control occurs, each
Holder of the Securities shall have the right to require the
Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $1,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that
Holder’s Securities pursuant to an offer described below (a
“Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (a
“Change of Control Payment”) equal to not less than
101.000% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to the date of repurchase,
subject to the right of the Holders of the Securities of record on
the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant
Interest Payment Date (the “Change of Control Payment
Date,” which date will be no earlier than the date of such
Change of Control). The Change of Control Offer will be made
in accordance with Section 1012 of the Indenture.
If an Event of Default shall occur
and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided
in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions
for defeasance at any time of (i) the entire indebtedness of
this Security or (ii) certain restrictive covenants and Events
of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon
compliance with certain conditions set forth therein.
The Original Securities (as defined
in the Indenture) and the Additional Securities (as defined in the
Indenture), if any, shall constitute one series for all purposes
under the Indenture, including without limitation, amendments,
waivers and redemptions.
As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the obligations
of the Company under the Indenture and this Security are, under
certain circumstances provided in the Indenture, required to be
guaranteed pursuant to Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the
payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the
Securities. Each Holder, by holding this Security, agrees to
all of the terms and provisions of any such Subsidiary
Guarantees. Each Subsidiary Guarantee issued pursuant to the
terms of the Indenture shall provide that the Subsidiary Guarantor
party thereto shall be released from its obligations under such
Subsidiary Guarantee if it is no longer a subsidiary guarantor
under, and as such term is defined in, the Credit Agreements and
upon delivery to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate
certifying to that effect. On the date of original issuance
of the Securities, no Subsidiaries of the Company shall be required
to provide Subsidiary Guarantees.
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The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the
rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any
time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by
the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any
such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders
of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
As provided in and subject to the
provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not
have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for
any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have
previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event
of Default with respect to the Securities, the Holders of not less
than 25% in principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as
Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee and the Trustee shall not have received from the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities at the time
Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request and shall
have failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after
receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The
foregoing shall not apply to certain suits described in the
Indenture, including any suit instituted by the Holder of this
Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or
any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates
expressed herein (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date).
No reference herein to the Indenture
and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter
or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of
this Security is registrable in the Security Register for the
Securities, upon surrender of this Security for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York (which initially shall be the
office of the Trustee located at U.S. Bank National Association,
100 Wall Street, 16 th
Floor, New York, New York
10005), duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities are issuable only in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are
exchangeable for a like aggregate
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principal amount of Securities of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same.
No service charge shall be made for
any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this
Security for registration of transfer, the Company, any Subsidiary
Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, any Subsidiary
Guarantor or the Trustee, may treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes,
whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security
which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Indenture.
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this
Security purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 1012,
state the amount you elect to have purchased:
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SECTION 204.
Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication .
Dated:
This is one of the Securities described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
SECTION 301.
Title and Terms
. The aggregate principal
amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited. The Trustee shall authenticate
Securities on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount not
to exceed $400,000,000 (“Original Securities”).
In addition, subject to the provisions of Section 102, the
Trustee shall authenticate additional Securities (“Additional
Securities”) upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate
specifying the amount of Securities to be authenticated and the
date on which such Securities are to be authenticated and
certifying that all conditions precedent to the issuance of the
Additional Securities contained herein have been complied with and
that no default or Event of Default would occur as a result of the
issuance of such Additional Securities. The aggregate
principal amount of the Additional Securities, if any, is
unlimited.
The Securities shall be known and
designated as the “7 7 /
8 % Senior Notes Due 2017” of the
Company. Their Stated Maturity shall be June 15, 2017
and they shall bear interest at the rate of 7 7 /
8 % per annum, from June 18, 2009 or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid
or duly provided for, as the case may be, payable semiannually on
June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15,
2009, until the principal thereof is paid or made available for
payment.
The principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on the Securities shall be payable at the office
or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, New York (which initially shall be the office of the
Trustee located at U.S. Bank National Association, 100 Wall Street
Plaza, 16 th
Floor, New York, New York
10005), maintained for such purpose and at any other office or
agency maintained by the Company for such purpose; provided
, however , that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register.
The Securities shall not have the
benefit of any sinking fund obligations.
The Securities shall be subject to
defeasance at the option of the Company as provided in
Article Twelve.
The Original Securities and the
Additional Securities, if any, shall constitute one series for all
purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation,
amendments, waivers and redemptions. The Additional
Securities may have a different date of issue from the Original
Securities and may have a different amount of interest payable on
the first Interest Payment Date after issuance than is payable on
the Original Securities, and with the same CUSIP number as the
Original Securities (unless a temporary CUSIP number is necessary
after issuance of the Original Securities hereby to allow such
Securities to become freely tradeable under the Securities Act or
to otherwise comply with U.S. securities laws).
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The Securities shall be guaranteed
by any Subsidiary Guarantors as provided in Article Thirteen
and any Subsidiary Guarantees, the form of which is set forth in
Annex D hereto.
SECTION 302.
Denominations
.
The Securities shall be issuable
only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations
of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303.
Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating . The Securities shall be executed on
behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief
Executive Officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents,
under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature
of any of these officers or the Company’s seal on the
Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper
officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding
that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities
or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities.
At any time and from time to time
after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may
deliver Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities; and the Trustee in
accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities as in this Indenture provided and not
otherwise.
Each Security shall be dated the
date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein,
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
SECTION 304.
Temporary Securities
. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities, the Company may execute, and upon Company
Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Securities, which Securities are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities, in lieu of which they are issued and with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine,
as evidenced by their execution thereof.
If temporary Securities are issued,
the Company will cause definitive Securities to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities, upon surrender of the temporary Securities
at any office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to
Section 1002, without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in
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exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Until so
exchanged the temporary Securities shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities.
SECTION 305.
Global Securities
.
(a)
Each Global
Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary designated by the Company for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such
Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each
such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all
purposes of this Indenture.
(b)
Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no
transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (i) such
Depositary (A) has notified the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security and
the Company fails to appoint a successor within 90 days or
(B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered as such
under the Exchange Act and the Company fails to appoint a
successor, (ii) upon the request of the Trustee or Holders of
a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
Securities, there shall have occurred and be continuing an
Event of Default with respect to such Global Security,
(iii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate stating that all Global Securities
shall be exchanged in whole for Securities that are not Global
Securities (in which case such exchange shall be effected by the
Trustee), or (iv) under the circumstances set forth in
Section 306(b)(viii).
(c)
If any Global
Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or cancelled in
whole, it shall be surrendered by or on behalf of the Depositary or
its nominee to the Trustee, as Security Registrar, for exchange or
cancellation as provided in this Article Three. If any
Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or
cancelled in part, or if another Security is to be exchanged in
whole or in part for a beneficial interest in any Global Security,
then either (i) such Global Security shall be so surrendered
for exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article Three
or (ii) the principal amount thereof shall be reduced or
increased by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so
exchanged or cancelled, or equal to the principal amount of such
other Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest
therein, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment
made on the records of the Trustee, as Security Registrar,
whereupon the Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its authorized
representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its
records. Upon any such surrender or adjustment of a Global
Security, the Trustee shall, subject to
Section 305(b) and as otherwise provided in this
Article Three, authenticate and deliver any Securities
issuable in exchange for such Global Security (or any portion
thereof) to or upon the order of, and registered in such names as
may be directed by, the Depositary or its authorized
representative. Upon the request of the Trustee in connection
with the occurrence of any of the events specified in the preceding
paragraph, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee
a reasonable supply of Securities that are not in the form of
Global Securities. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon
any order, direction or request of the Depositary or its authorized
representative which is given or made pursuant to this
Article Three if such order, direction or request is given or
made in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.
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(d)
Every Security
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion
thereof, whether pursuant to this Article Three,
Section 905, or Section 1108 or otherwise, shall be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a
Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof.
(e)
The Depositary or
its nominee, as registered owner of a Global Security, shall be the
Holder of such Global Security for all purposes under this
Indenture, the Securities and any Subsidiary Guarantees, and owners
of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall hold such
interests pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Accordingly,
any such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global Security
will be shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be
effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary or its
nominee or its Agent Members.
SECTION 306.
Registration,
Registration of Transfer and Exchange Generally; Certain Transfers
and Exchanges; Securities Act Legends; Applicable Procedures for
Delegending .
(a)
The Company shall
cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a
register (the register maintained in such office and in any
other office or agency designated pursuant to Section 1002
being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the
“Security Register”) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers and
exchanges of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed
“Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfers and exchanges of Securities as herein
provided.
Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Security at an office or agency of the Company
designated pursuant to Section 1002 for such purpose, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or more new Securities of any authorized denominations, of a
like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive
legends as may be required by this Indenture.
At the option of the Holder,
Securities may be exchanged for new Securities of any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing
such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture, upon
surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making
the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantors,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities, surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the
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Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for
any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with
any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 905 or 1108 not
involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required
(i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Security during a period beginning at the opening of business
15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of Securities selected for redemption under
Section 1104 and ending at the close of business on the day of
such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange
any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in
part.
(b)
Certain
Transfers and Exchanges . Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or the Securities, transfers and
exchanges of Securities and beneficial interests in a Global
Security of the kinds specified in this Section&