Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
SENIOR SECURED NOTES
INDENTURE
Dated as of July 9,
2009
Among
UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS
INC.
The GUARANTORS party
hereto
and
WILMINGTON TRUST FSB,
as Trustee
12% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE
2014
CROSS-REFERENCE
TABLE
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Trust Indenture Act Section
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Indenture Section
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310(a)(1)
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7.10
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(a)(2)
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7.10
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(a)(3)
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N.A.
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(a)(4)
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N.A.
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(a)(5)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.10
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(c)
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N.A.
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311(a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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312(a)
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2.05
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(b)
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13.03
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(c)
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13.03
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313(a)
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7.06
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(b)(1)
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N.A.
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(b)(2)
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7.06;
7.07
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(c)
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7.06;
13.02
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(d)
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7.06
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314(a)
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4.03; 13.05
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)(1)
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13.04
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(c)(2)
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13.04
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(c)(3)
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N.A.
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(d)
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N.A.
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(e)
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13.05
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(f)
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N.A.
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315(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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7.05;
13.02
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(c)
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7.01
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(d)
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7.01
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(e)
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6.14
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316(a) (last sentence)
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2.09
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.05
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.04
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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6.07
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(c)
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2.12;
9.04
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317(a)(1)
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6.08
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(a)(2)
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6.12
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(b)
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2.04
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318(a)
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13.01
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)
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13.01
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N.A. means not applicable.
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This
Cross-Reference Table is not part of this Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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SECTION
1.01.
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Definitions
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1
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SECTION
1.02.
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Other
Definitions
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31
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SECTION
1.03.
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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32
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SECTION
1.04.
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Rules of
Construction
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32
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SECTION 1.05.
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Acts of
Holders
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33
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ARTICLE II
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THE NOTES
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SECTION
2.01.
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Form and
Dating; Terms
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34
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SECTION
2.02.
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Execution and
Authentication
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36
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SECTION
2.03.
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Registrar and
Paying Agent
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36
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SECTION
2.04.
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Paying Agent to
Hold Money in Trust
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36
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SECTION
2.05.
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Holder
Lists
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37
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SECTION
2.06.
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Transfer and
Exchange
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37
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SECTION
2.07.
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Replacement
Notes
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47
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SECTION
2.08.
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Outstanding
Notes
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48
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SECTION
2.09.
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Treasury
Notes
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48
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SECTION
2.10.
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Temporary
Notes
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48
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SECTION
2.11.
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Cancellation
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48
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SECTION
2.12.
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Defaulted
Interest
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49
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SECTION
2.13.
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CUSIP/ISIN
Numbers
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49
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SECTION 2.14.
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Calculation of
Principal Amount of Securities
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49
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ARTICLE III
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REDEMPTION
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SECTION
3.01.
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Notices to
Trustee
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50
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SECTION
3.02.
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Selection of
Notes to Be Redeemed
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50
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SECTION
3.03.
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Notice of
Redemption
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50
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SECTION
3.04.
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Effect of
Notice of Redemption
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51
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SECTION
3.05.
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Deposit of
Redemption Price
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51
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SECTION
3.06.
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Notes Redeemed
in Part
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52
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SECTION
3.07.
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Optional
Redemption
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52
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SECTION
3.08.
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Mandatory
Redemption
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53
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SECTION 3.09.
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Collateral
Asset Sale and Asset Sale Offers to Purchase
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53
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ARTICLE IV
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COVENANTS
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SECTION
4.01.
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Payment of
Notes
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55
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SECTION
4.02.
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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55
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SECTION
4.03.
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Reports and
Other Information
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56
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SECTION
4.04.
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Compliance
Certificate
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58
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SECTION
4.05.
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Taxes
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58
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SECTION
4.06.
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Stay, Extension
and Usury Laws
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59
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SECTION
4.07.
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Limitation on
Restricted Payments
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59
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SECTION
4.08.
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Dividend and
Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries
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66
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SECTION
4.09.
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Limitation on
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and
Preferred Stock
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67
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SECTION
4.10.
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Asset
Sales
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73
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SECTION
4.11.
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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76
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SECTION
4.12.
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Liens
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77
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SECTION
4.13.
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Corporate
Existence
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78
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SECTION
4.14.
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Offer to
Repurchase Upon Change of Control
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78
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SECTION
4.15.
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Limitation on
Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries
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80
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SECTION
4.16.
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Suspension of
Covenants
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80
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SECTION
4.17.
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Further
Assurances and After-Acquired Property
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81
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SECTION
4.18.
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Insurance
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82
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ARTICLE V
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SUCCESSORS
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SECTION
5.01.
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Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets
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82
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SECTION
5.02.
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Successor
Corporation Substituted
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83
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ARTICLE VI
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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SECTION
6.01.
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Events of
Default
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84
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SECTION
6.02.
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Acceleration
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86
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SECTION
6.03.
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Other
Remedies
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86
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SECTION
6.04.
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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86
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SECTION
6.05.
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Control by
Majority
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87
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SECTION
6.06.
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Limitation on
Suits
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87
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SECTION
6.07.
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Rights of
Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
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87
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SECTION
6.08.
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Collection Suit
by Trustee
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87
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SECTION
6.09.
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Restoration of
Rights and Remedies
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87
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SECTION
6.10.
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Rights and
Remedies Cumulative
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88
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SECTION
6.11.
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Delay or
Omission Not Waiver
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88
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SECTION
6.12.
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim
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88
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SECTION
6.13.
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Priorities
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88
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SECTION
6.14.
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Undertaking for
Costs
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89
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ARTICLE VII
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TRUSTEE
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SECTION
7.01.
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Duties of
Trustee
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89
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SECTION
7.02.
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Rights of
Trustee
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90
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SECTION
7.03.
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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91
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SECTION
7.04.
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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91
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SECTION
7.05.
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Notice of
Defaults
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91
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SECTION
7.06.
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Reports by
Trustee to Holders of the Notes
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91
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SECTION
7.07.
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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92
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SECTION
7.08.
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Replacement of
Trustee
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92
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SECTION
7.09.
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Successor
Trustee by Merger, etc.
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93
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SECTION
7.10.
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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93
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SECTION
7.11.
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Issuer
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93
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ARTICLE VIII
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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SECTION
8.01.
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Option to
Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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94
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SECTION
8.02.
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Legal
Defeasance and Discharge
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94
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SECTION
8.03.
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Covenant
Defeasance
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94
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SECTION
8.04.
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Conditions to
Legal or Covenant Defeasance
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95
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SECTION
8.05.
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Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be
Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
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96
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SECTION
8.06.
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Repayment to
Issuer
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96
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SECTION
8.07.
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Reinstatement
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97
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ARTICLE IX
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND
WAIVER
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SECTION
9.01.
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Without Consent
of Holders of Notes
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97
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SECTION
9.02.
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With Consent of
Holders of Notes
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98
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SECTION
9.03.
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Compliance with
Trust Indenture Act
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100
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SECTION
9.04.
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Revocation and
Effect of Consents
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100
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SECTION
9.05.
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Notation on or
Exchange of Notes
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100
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SECTION
9.06.
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Trustee to Sign
Amendments, etc.
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100
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SECTION
9.07.
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Payment for
Consent
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101
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ARTICLE X
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GUARANTEES
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SECTION
10.01.
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Guarantee
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101
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SECTION
10.02.
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Limitation on
Guarantor Liability
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102
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SECTION
10.03.
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Execution and
Delivery
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102
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SECTION
10.04.
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Subrogation
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103
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SECTION
10.05.
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Benefits
Acknowledged
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103
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SECTION
10.06.
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Release of
Guarantees
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103
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ARTICLE XI
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SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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SECTION
11.01.
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Satisfaction
and Discharge
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104
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SECTION
11.02.
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Application of
Trust Money
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104
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ARTICLE XII
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SECURITY
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SECTION
12.01.
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Security
Documents
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105
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SECTION
12.02.
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Collateral
Agent
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105
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SECTION
12.03.
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Authorization
of Actions to Be Taken
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106
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SECTION
12.04.
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Release of
Collateral
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106
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SECTION
12.05.
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Powers
Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee
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107
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SECTION
12.06.
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No Fiduciary
Duties; Collateral
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108
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SECTION
12.07.
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Intercreditor
Agreement Controls
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108
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ARTICLE XIII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION
13.01.
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Trust Indenture
Act Controls
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108
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SECTION
13.02.
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Notices
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108
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SECTION
13.03.
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Communication
by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
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109
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SECTION
13.04.
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Certificate and
Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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109
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SECTION
13.05.
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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110
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SECTION
13.06.
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Rules by
Trustee and Agents
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110
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SECTION
13.07.
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No Personal
Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
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110
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SECTION
13.08.
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Governing
Law
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110
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SECTION
13.09.
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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110
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SECTION
13.10.
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Force
Majeure
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110
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SECTION
13.11.
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No Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements
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111
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SECTION
13.12.
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Successors
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111
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SECTION
13.13.
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Severability
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111
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SECTION
13.14.
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Counterpart
Originals
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111
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SECTION
13.15.
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Table of
Contents, Headings, etc.
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111
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Form of
Note
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Exhibit
B
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Form of
Certificate of Transfer
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Exhibit
C
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Form of
Certificate of Exchange
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Exhibit
D
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Form of
Supplemental Indenture to Be Delivered by Subsequent
Guarantors
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-iv-
SENIOR SECURED NOTES INDENTURE,
dated as of July 9, 2009, among Univision Communications Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, the Guarantors (as defined herein) listed
on the signature pages hereto and Wilmington Trust FSB, as
trustee.
W I T N E S
S E T H
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly
authorized the creation of an issue of $545,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 12% Senior Secured Notes due 2014 (the “
Initial Notes ”); and
WHEREAS, the Issuer and each of the
Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each
other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Notes.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions
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“ 144A Global Note
” means a Global Note substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend and
the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of,
and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that
will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
“ 2011 Notes ”
means $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of the
Issuer’s 7.85% Senior Notes due 2011 issued July 18,
2001.
“ 2015 Notes ”
means $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s
9.75% /10.50% Senior Notes due 2015 issued March 29, 2007,
including any additional 2015 Notes issued in connection with any
payment of interest on the 2015 Notes made by increasing the
outstanding principal amount of the 2015 Notes.
“ Acquired Indebtedness
” means, with respect to any specified Person,
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person
existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or
became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including
Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of,
such other Person merging with or into or becoming a Restricted
Subsidiary of such specified Person, and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien
encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
“ Additional Notes
” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes)
issued from time to time under this Indenture in accordance with
Section 2.01(e) hereof.
“ Affiliate ” of
any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, “control” (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled
by” and “under common control with”), as used
with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise.
“ Agent ” means
any Registrar or Paying Agent.
“ Applicable Premium
” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the
greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of
such Note on such Redemption Date; and
(2) the excess, if any, of
(i) the present value at such Redemption Date of (A) the
redemption price of such Note at July 1, 2011 (such redemption
price being set forth in the table in Section 3.07(b)), plus
(B) all required interest payments due on such Note through
July 1, 2011 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the
Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the
Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over
(ii) the principal amount of such Note on such Redemption
Date.
“ Applicable Procedures
” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for
beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures
of the Depositary that apply to such transfer, redemption or
exchange.
“ Asset Sale ”
means:
(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer
or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series
of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of
a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as a
“disposition”); or
(2) the issuance or sale of Equity
Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions;
in each case, other than:
(a) any disposition of Cash
Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete or worn out
equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of
inventory or goods (or other assets) held for sale in the ordinary
course of business;
(b) the disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in a manner permitted pursuant to the provisions
described in Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition that
constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this
Indenture;
(c) the making of any Restricted
Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and
is made, under Section 4.07 hereof;
(d) any disposition of assets or
issuance or sale of Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary in
any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate
fair market value of less than $50.0 million;
(e) any disposition of property or
assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Issuer to the Issuer or by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Issuer to another Restricted Subsidiary of the
Issuer;
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(f) to the extent allowable under
Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any
exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a
Similar Business;
(g) the sale, lease, assignment or
sub-lease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course
of business;
(h) any issuance or sale of Equity
Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an
Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(i) foreclosures on
assets;
(j) sales of accounts receivable, or
participations therein, in connection with any Receivables
Facility;
(k) any financing transaction with
respect to property built or acquired by the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including Sale and
Lease-Back Transactions and asset securitizations permitted by this
Indenture;
(l) sales of accounts receivable, or
participations therein, in connection with the collection or
compromise thereof;
(m) transfers of property subject to
casualty or condemnation proceedings (including in lieu thereof)
upon the receipt of the net cash proceeds thereof; provided
such net cash proceeds are deemed to be Net Proceeds and are
applied in accordance with Section 4.10(b) hereof;
(n) the abandonment of intellectual
property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the
reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary are not material to the conduct of the business of the
Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(o) voluntary terminations of
Hedging Obligations; and
(p) any disposition of Specified
Assets.
“ Bankruptcy Law
” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state
law for the relief of debtors.
“ Business Day ”
means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
“ Capital Stock ”
means:
(1) in the case of a corporation,
corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or
business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations,
rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate
stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or
limited liability company, partnership or membership interests
(whether general or limited); and
(4) 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.
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“ Capitalized Lease
Obligation ” means, at the time any determination thereof
is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital
lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and
reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the
footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.
“ Capitalized Software
Expenditures ” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate
of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as
liabilities) by a Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during
such period in respect of purchased software or internally
developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity
with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs
on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
“ Cash Equivalents
” means:
(1) United States
dollars;
(2) (a) euro or any national
currency of any participating member state of the EMU;
or
(b) in the case of the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by them from time
to time in the ordinary course of business;
(3) securities issued or directly
and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S.
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities
of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less
from the date of acquisition;
(4) certificates of deposit, time
deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year
or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances
with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits,
in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of
not less than $500.0 million in the case of U.S. banks and $100.0
million (or the U.S. Dollar Equivalent as of the date of
determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;
(5) repurchase obligations for
underlying securities of the types described in clauses
(3) and (4) entered into with any financial institution
meeting the qualifications specified in clause
(4) above;
(6) commercial paper rated at least
P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by S&P and in each case
maturing within 24 months after the date of creation
thereof;
(7) marketable short-term money
market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or
A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at
any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such
obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency), and
in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation
thereof;
(8) investment funds investing 95%
of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses
(1) through (7) above;
(9) readily marketable direct
obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the
United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof, in each case, having an Investment Grade Rating from
either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or
less from the date of acquisition;
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(10) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock
issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from
S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s with
maturities of 24 months or less from the date of
acquisition;
(11) Investments with average
maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in
money market funds rated AAA-(or the equivalent thereof) or better
by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by
Moody’s; and
(12) solely for purposes of
calculating the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated
First Lien Secured Debt Ratio, the equity interests in Entravision
Communications Corporation held by the Issuer on the Issue Date;
provided that such common stock shall be valued at 90% of
the average closing price over the last 30 trading days preceding
on date of determination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash
Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other
than those set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above,
provided that such amounts are converted into any currency
listed in clauses (1) and (2) as promptly as practicable
and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of
such amounts.
“ Change of Control
” means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in
one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, to any Person other than a Permitted Holder;
or
(2) the Issuer becomes aware of (by
way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the
acquisition by any Person or group acting for the purpose of
acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning
of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than the
Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series
of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business
combination or purchase of “beneficial ownership”
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any
successor provision) of more than 50% of the total voting power of
the Voting Stock of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect
parent companies provided that for purposes of calculating the
“beneficial ownership” of any group, any Voting Stock
of which any Permitted Holder is the “beneficial owner”
shall not be included in determining the amount of Voting Stock
“beneficially owned” by such group and, provided
, further , that notwithstanding the foregoing no Person or
group shall be deemed to “beneficially own” any
security it has a right to acquire to the extent the exercise of
such right is prohibited by law or the rules and regulations of the
Federal Communications Commission or is subject to the Federal
Communications Commission’s approval.
“ Clearstream ”
means Clearstream Banking, Société
Anonyme.
“ Collateral ”
means all assets and property in which a security interest is
granted to secure the Notes Obligations.
“ Collateral Agent
” means Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, in its capacity as
collateral agent under the Security Documents, together with its
successors and permitted assigns in such capacity under the
Intercreditor Agreement.
“ Consolidated Depreciation
and Amortization Expense ” means, with respect to any
Person, for any period, the total amount of depreciation and
amortization expense, including the amortization
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of deferred financing fees and Capitalized
Software Expenditures and amortization of unrecognized prior
service costs and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions
and other post-employment benefits, of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and
otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated First Lien
Secured Debt Ratio ” means, as of the date of
determination, the ratio of (a) the Consolidated Indebtedness
of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date
constituting First-Lien Obligations less the amount of cash and
Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash that would be
stated on the balance sheet of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries and held by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
as of such date of determination, as determined in accordance with
GAAP, to (b) EBITDA of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters
ending immediately prior to such date for which internal financial
statements are available.
In the event that the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary (i) incurs, assumes, guarantees,
redeems, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness or
(ii) issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock
subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt Ratio is being calculated but
prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation
of the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt Ratio is made (the
“ Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt Ratio Calculation
Date ”), then the Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt
Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such
incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, retirement or
extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred
at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of making the
computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions,
dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and
discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in
each case with respect to an operating unit of a business made (or
committed to be made pursuant to a definitive agreement) during the
four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference
period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Consolidated
First Lien Secured Debt Ratio Calculation Date, and other
operational changes that the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries has determined to make and/or made during the
four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference
period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Consolidated
First Lien Secured Debt Ratio Calculation Date shall be calculated
on a pro forma basis in accordance with GAAP assuming that all such
Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations,
consolidations, discontinued operations and other operational
changes had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference
period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that
subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or
into the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the
beginning of such period shall have made any Investment,
acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation,
discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with
respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have
required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt Ratio shall be calculated
giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such
Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation,
discontinued operation or operational change had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition,
whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Investment,
acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation,
discontinued operation or operational change, the pro forma
calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial
or accounting officer of the Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation
may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable
determination of the Issuer as set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and
other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to
result from any acquisition, amalgamation, merger or operational
change; and (2) all adjustments of the nature used
in
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connection with the calculation of
“Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (1) to
the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial
Data” under “Offering Circular Summary” in the
offering circular with respect to the Issuer’s 2015 Notes
dated March 1, 2007 to the extent such adjustments, without
duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period;
provided that (x) such operating expense reductions and
other operating improvements or synergies are reasonably
identifiable and factually supportable, (y) with respect to
operational changes, such actions are taken no later than 48 months
after the Issue Date and (z) the aggregate amount of projected
operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies
in respect of operational changes (not resulting from an
acquisition) included in any pro forma calculation shall not exceed
$80.0 million for any four consecutive quarter period.
For the purposes of this definition,
any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted
to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such
currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior
to the date of determination determined in a manner consistent with
that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable
period.
“ Consolidated
Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination,
the sum, without duplication, of (1) the total amount of
Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus
(2) the greater of the aggregate liquidation value and maximum
fixed repurchase price without regard to any change of control or
redemption premiums of all Disqualified Stock of the Issuer and the
Restricted Guarantors and all Preferred Stock of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, in each case, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Interest
Expense ” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, without duplication, the sum of:
(1) consolidated interest expense of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the
extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing
Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of
original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness
at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other
fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers
acceptances, (c) non-cash interest expense (but excluding any
non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark
to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative
instruments pursuant to GAAP), (d) the interest component of
Capitalized Lease Obligations and (e) net payments, if any,
pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to
Indebtedness, and excluding (x) amortization of deferred
financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and
expenses, (y) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other
financing fees and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other
fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any
Receivables Facility); plus
(2) consolidated capitalized
interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, whether paid or accrued; less
(3) interest income of such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.
For purposes of this definition,
interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to
accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to
be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease
Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Leverage
Ratio ” means, as of the date of determination, the ratio
of (a) the Consolidated Indebtedness of the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries on such date less the amount of cash and
Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash that would be
stated on the balance sheet of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries and held by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
as of such
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date of determination, as determined in
accordance with GAAP, to (b) EBITDA of the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four fiscal
quarters ending immediately prior to such date for which internal
financial statements are available.
In the event that the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary (i) incurs, redeems, retires or
extinguishes any Indebtedness or (ii) issues or redeems
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the
commencement of the period for which the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the
event for which the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
is made (the “ Consolidated Leverage Ratio Calculation
Date ”), then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be
calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, redemption,
retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or
redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same
had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
period.
For purposes of making the
computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions,
dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and
discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in
each case with respect to an operating unit of a business made (or
committed to be made pursuant to a definitive agreement) during the
four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference
period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio Calculation Date, and other operational changes that
the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has determined to
make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or
subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or
simultaneously with the Consolidated Leverage Ratio Calculation
Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with
GAAP assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions,
dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued
operations and other operational changes had occurred on the first
day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of
such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted
Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall
have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger,
amalgamation, consolidation, discontinued operation or operational
change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a
business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this
definition, then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be
calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if
such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation,
discontinued operation or operational change had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition,
whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Investment,
acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation,
discontinued operation or operational change, the pro forma
calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial
or accounting officer of the Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation
may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable
determination of the Issuer as set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate, to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and
other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to
result from any acquisition, amalgamation, merger or operational
change and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in
connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as
set forth in footnote (1) to the “Summary Historical and
Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data” under “Offering
Circular Summary” in the offering circular with respect to
the Issuer’s 2015 Notes dated March 1, 2007 to the
extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be
applicable to such four-quarter period; provided that
(x) such operating expense reductions and other operating
improvements or synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually
supportable, (y) with respect to operational changes, such
actions are taken no later than 48 months after the Issue Date and
(z) the aggregate amount of projected operating expense
reductions, operating improvements and synergies in respect of
operational changes (not resulting from an acquisition) included in
any pro forma calculation shall not exceed $80.0 million for any
four consecutive quarter period.
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For the purposes of this definition,
any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted
to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such
currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior
to the date of determination determined in a manner consistent with
that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable
period.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis,
and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided ,
however , that, without duplication,
(1) any after-tax effect of
extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all
fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses, severance,
relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and
post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be
excluded,
(2) the Net Income for such period
shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles during such period,
(3) any after-tax effect of income
(loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any net
after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned or
discontinued operations shall be excluded,
(4) any after-tax effect of gains or
losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable
to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of
business, as determined in good faith by the Issuer, shall be
excluded,
(5) the Net Income for such period
of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of
accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated
Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of
dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid
in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to such Person or a
Subsidiary thereof that is the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in
respect of such period,
(6) solely for the purpose of
determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under
clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof, the Net Income for
such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor)
shall be excluded if the declaration or payment of dividends or
similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net
Income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without
any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or,
directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its
charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order,
statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that
Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction
with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions
has been legally waived, provided that Consolidated Net
Income of the Issuer will be increased by the amount of dividends
or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or
to the extent converted into cash) to the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not
already included therein,
(7) effects of purchase accounting
adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down
to such Person and such Subsidiaries) in component amounts required
or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of purchase
accounting in relation to any consummated acquisition (including
prior to the Issue Date) or the amortization or write-off of any
amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
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(8) any after-tax effect of income
(loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging
Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be
excluded,
(9) any impairment charge or asset
write-off, in each case, pursuant to GAAP and the amortization of
intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,
(10) any non-cash compensation
expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar
rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights shall be
excluded, and
(11) any fees and expenses incurred
during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in
connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, issuance
or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests,
refinancing transaction (including the refinancing contemplated by
the Issuer’s cash tender offer to purchase up to $500,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the 2011 Notes commenced on
June 10, 2009) or amendment or modification of any debt
instrument (in each case, including any such transaction
consummated prior to the Issue Date and any such transaction
undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring
merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such
transaction shall be excluded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for
the purpose of Section 4.07 hereof only (other than clause
(a)(3)(D) thereof), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net
Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of
Restricted Investments made by the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted
Investments from the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any
repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted
Investments by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any
distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each
case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of
Restricted Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to
clause (a)(3)(D) thereof.
“ Contingent
Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person, any
obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or
other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“
primary obligations ”) of any other Person (the
“ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any
obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent,
(1) to purchase any such primary
obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security
therefor,
(2) to advance or supply
funds
(a) for the purchase or payment of
any such primary obligation, or
(b) to maintain working capital or
equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the
net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or
(3) to purchase property, securities
or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any
such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to
make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect
thereof.
“ Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee ” shall be at the address of the Trustee
specified in Section 13.02 hereof or such other address as to
which the Trustee may give notice to the Holders and the
Issuer.
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“ Credit Facilities
” means, with respect to the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities, including the Senior
Credit Facilities, or other financing arrangements (including,
without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures)
providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit
or other long-term indebtedness, including any notes, mortgages,
guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements,
modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings
thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper
facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans,
notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including
any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or
indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed
thereunder or alters the maturity thereof ( provided that
such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09
hereof) or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or
guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent,
lender or group of lenders.
“ Custodian ”
means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes, each in
global form, or any successor entity thereto.
“ Default ” means
any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of
notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
“ Definitive Note
” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the
Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06(c)
or (e) hereof, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear
the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached
thereto.
“ Depositary ”
means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in
part in global form, any Person specified in Section 2.03
hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all
successors thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having
become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this
Indenture.
“ Designated Non-cash
Consideration ” means the fair market value of non-cash
consideration received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in
connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated
Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate,
setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by the
principal financial officer of the Issuer, less the amount of cash
or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale
of or collection on such Designated Non-cash
Consideration.
“ Designated Preferred
Stock ” means Preferred Stock of the Issuer, a Restricted
Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent corporation thereof (in
each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash
(other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee
stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or its
Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock,
pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate executed by the
principal financial officer of the Issuer, on the issuance date
thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the
calculation set forth in clause (3) of
Section 4.07(a).
“ Disqualified Stock
” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of
such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security
into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or
exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is
mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change
of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof
(other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset
sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days
after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the
Notes are no longer outstanding; provided , however ,
that if such Capital Stock
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is issued to any plan for the benefit of
employees of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to
such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be
repurchased in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory
obligations.
“ EBITDA ” means,
with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net
Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period
(1) increased (without duplication)
by:
(a) provision for taxes based on
income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, state,
franchise and similar taxes, foreign withholding taxes and foreign
unreimbursed value added taxes of such Person and such Subsidiaries
paid or accrued during such period deducted (and not added back) in
computing Consolidated Net Income; provided that the
aggregate amount of unreimbursed value added taxes to be added back
for any four consecutive quarter period shall not exceed $2.0
million; plus
(b) Fixed Charges of such Person and
such Subsidiaries for such period (including (x) net losses on
Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into
for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, (y) fees
payable in respect of letters of credit and (z) costs of
surety bonds in connection with financing activities, in each case,
to the extent included in Fixed Charges) to the extent the same was
deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net
Income; plus
(c) Consolidated Depreciation and
Amortization Expense of such Person and such Subsidiaries for such
period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in
computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(d) any expenses or charges (other
than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity
Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition,
recapitalization or the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing
thereof) (whether or not successful), including (i) such fees,
expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes,
(ii) any amendment or other modification of the Senior Credit
Facilities, the Existing Senior Notes and the Notes and
(iii) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges
(including any interest expense) related to any Receivables
Facility, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in
computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(e) other than for the purpose of
determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under
clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof, the amount of any
business optimization expense and restructuring charge or reserve
deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing
Consolidated Net Income, including any restructuring costs incurred
in connection with acquisitions after March 29, 2007, costs
related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities,
retention charges, systems establishment costs, conversion costs
and excess pension charges and consulting fees incurred in
connection with any of the foregoing; plus
(f) any other non-cash charges,
including any write offs or write downs, reducing Consolidated Net
Income for such period ( provided that if any such non-cash
charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in
any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such
future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA in such future period
to the extent paid, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash
item that was paid in a prior period); plus
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(g) the amount of any minority
interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to
minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned
Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in
calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus
(h) other than for the purpose of
determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under
clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof, the amount of
management, monitoring, consulting, transaction and advisory fees
and related expenses paid in such period to the Investors to the
extent otherwise permitted under Section 4.11 hereof deducted
(and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(i) the amount of loss on sale of
receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in
connection with a Receivables Facility deducted (and not added
back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(j) any costs or expense deducted
(and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income by such
Person or any such Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity
plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee
benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder
agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with
cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Issuer or net cash
proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of the Issuer (other
than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash
proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause
(3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof; plus
(k) (i) other than for the
purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments
under clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof, any costs or
expense (other than those described in clause (ii) of this
paragraph (k)) deducted (and not added back) in computing
Consolidated Net Income by such Person or any such Subsidiary
relating to the defense of the pending litigation proceedings with
Televisa, S.A. de C.V. and any future claims related thereto and
(ii) any program license fee overcharges and any program
license fee payments under protest in connection with such
litigation, in each case deducted (and not added back) in computing
Consolidated Net Income; provided that, with respect to
clause (ii) only, if either (1) a final decision shall
have been determined and such decision either is not subject to
appeal or an appeal of such decision is not filed by such Person
with 30 days of such decision or (2) such litigation has been
settled by the parties, then EBITDA shall be increased by the
amount of such program license fee overcharges and such program
license payments under protest less the amount, if any, of any of
such payments which are retained by Televisa, S.A. De C.V. or its
Affiliates pursuant to the decision or settlement;
(2) decreased by (without
duplication) (a) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net
Income of such Person and such Subsidiaries for such period,
excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the
reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that
reduced EBITDA in any prior period and (b) the minority
interest income consisting of subsidiary losses attributable to
minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned
Subsidiary to the extent such minority interest income is included
in Consolidated Net Income; and
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(3) increased or decreased by
(without duplication):
(a) any net gain or loss resulting
in such period from Hedging Obligations and the application of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and
International Accounting Standards No. 39 and their respective
related pronouncements and interpretations; plus or minus, as
applicable,
(b) any net gain or loss resulting
in such period from currency translation gains or losses related to
currency remeasurements of indebtedness (including any net loss or
gain resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange
risk).
“ EMU ” means
economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on
European Union.
“ Equity Interests
” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other
rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security
that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital
Stock.
“ Equity Offering
” means any public or private sale of common stock or
Preferred Stock of the Issuer or of a direct or indirect parent of
the Issuer (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than:
(1) public offerings with respect to
any such Person’s common stock registered on
Form S-8;
(2) issuances to the Issuer or any
Subsidiary of the Issuer; and
(3) any such public or private sale
that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.
“ euro ” means
the single currency of participating member states of the
EMU.
“ Euroclear ”
means Euroclear S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear
system.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“ Excluded Contribution
” means net cash proceeds, marketable securities or Qualified
Proceeds received by or contributed to the Issuer from,
(1) contributions to its common
equity capital, and
(2) the sale (other than to the
Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to any management equity
plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee
benefit plan or agreement of the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the
Issuer) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and
Designated Preferred Stock) of the Issuer,
in each case designated as Excluded
Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate on the
date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity
Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the
calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a)
hereof.
“ Existing Senior Notes
” means the Issuer’s outstanding 2011 Notes and
outstanding 2015 Notes.
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“ First-Lien
Obligations ” means, collectively,
(a) “First-Lien Obligations” (as such term is
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) and (b) Obligations in
respect of the 2011 Notes (so long as the Obligations thereunder
are equally and ratably secured with the Senior Credit Facilities
Obligations).
“ Fixed Charges ”
means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without
duplication, of:
(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period;
plus
(2) all cash dividends or other
distributions paid to any Person other than such Person or any such
Subsidiary (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any
series of Preferred Stock of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
during such period; plus
(3) all cash dividends or other
distributions paid to any Person other than such Person or any such
Subsidiary (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any
series of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary during such period.
“ Foreign Subsidiary
” means any Subsidiary that is not organized or existing
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the
District of Columbia, or any territory thereof, and any Restricted
Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.
“ Foreign Subsidiary Total
Assets ” means the total assets of Foreign Subsidiaries
of the Issuer, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP, as of the most recent balance sheet date of the
Issuer.
“ GAAP ” means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States which
are in effect on the Issue Date.
“ Global Note Legend
” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(ii)
hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued
under this Indenture.
“ Global Notes ”
means, individually and collectively, each of the Global Notes,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, issued
in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b) or 2.06(d)
hereof.
“ Government Securities
” means securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith
and credit is pledged; or
(2) obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America,
which, in either case, are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and
shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as
custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a
specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government
Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of
such depository receipt; provided that (except as required
by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from
the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from
any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government
Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on
the Government Securities evidenced by such depository
receipt.
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“ guarantee ”
means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business),
direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of
any Indebtedness or other obligations.
“ Guarantee ”
means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Issuer’s
Obligations under this Indenture.
“ Guarantor ”
means, each Person that Guarantees the Notes in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture.
“ Hedging Obligations
” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such
Person under any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap
agreement, interest rate collar agreement, commodity swap
agreement, commodity cap agreement, commodity collar agreement,
foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or similar
agreement providing for the transfer or mitigation of interest rate
or currency risks either generally or under specific
contingencies.
“ Holder ” means
the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the
Registrar’s books.
“ Indebtedness ”
means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:
(1) any indebtedness (including
principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not
contingent:
(a) in respect of borrowed
money;
(b) evidenced by bonds, notes,
debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or
bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement
agreements in respect thereof);
(c) representing the balance
deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property
(including Capitalized Lease Obligations), except (i) any such
balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a
trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of
business and (ii) liabilities accrued in the ordinary course
of business; or
(d) representing any Hedging
Obligations;
if and to the extent that any of the
foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging
Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet
(excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in
accordance with GAAP;
(2) to the extent not otherwise
included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to
pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the
type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person (whether or
not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor
or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments
for collection in the ordinary course of business; and
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(3) to the extent not otherwise
included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause
(1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by
such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by
such first Person;
provided , however , that notwithstanding the
foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include
(a) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business and (b) obligations under or in respect of
Receivables Facilities.
“ Indenture ”
means this Senior Secured Notes Indenture, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“ Independent Financial
Advisor ” means an accounting, appraisal, investment
banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses
of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith
judgment of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it
has been engaged.
“ Indirect Participant
” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global
Note through a Participant.
“ Initial Purchasers
” means Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Banc of America
Securities LLC, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC and Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
“ Intercreditor
Agreement ” means the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as
of the Issue Date, among the Issuer, Univision of Puerto Rico Inc.,
the other grantors party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch,
as collateral agent for the first-lien secured parties and as
authorized representative for the credit agreement secured parties,
the Trustee, as the initial additional authorized representative,
and each additional authorized representative from time to time
party thereto, as the same may be amended, amended and restated,
modified, renewed or replaced from time to time.
“ Interest Payment Date
” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 1 of each
Note.
“ Investment Grade
Rating ” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or
the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB-(or the equivalent) by
S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating
Agency.
“ Investment Grade
Securities ” means:
(1) securities issued or directly
and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or
any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash
Equivalents);
(2) debt securities or debt
instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt
securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the
Issuer and the Subsidiaries of the Issuer;
(3) investments in any fund that
invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses
(1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts
of cash pending investment or distribution; and
(4) corresponding instruments in
countries other than the United States customarily utilized for
high quality investments.
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“ Investments ”
means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person
in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans
(including guarantees), advances or capital contributions
(excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to
customers, commission, travel and similar advances to directors,
officers, employees and consultants, in each case made in the
ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for
consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities
issued by any other Person and investments that are required by
GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the
footnotes) of such Person in the same manner as the other
investments included in this definition to the extent such
transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For
purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”
and Section 4.07 hereof:
(1) “ Investments
” shall include the portion (proportionate to the
Issuer’s direct or indirect equity interest in such
Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a
Subsidiary of the Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary is
designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided ,
however , that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer or applicable Restricted
Subsidiary shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent
“Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount
(if positive) equal to:
(a) the Issuer’s direct or
indirect “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of
such redesignation; less
(b) the portion (proportionate to
the Issuer’s direct or indirect equity interest in such
Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such
Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(2) any property transferred to or
from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market
value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in
good faith by the Issuer.
“ Investors ”
means (i) Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, Providence Equity
Partners Inc., Saban Capital Group, Texas Pacific Group and Thomas
H. Lee Partners and each of their respective Affiliates but not
including, however, any operating portfolio companies of any of the
foregoing, and (ii) any Person that acquires Capital Stock of
Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. or Broadcast Media Partners
Holdings, Inc. on or prior to the Issue Date and any Affiliate of
such Person.
“ Issue Date ”
means July 9, 2009.
“ Issuer ” means
Univision Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any of
its successors.
“ Issuer Order ”
means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Issuer by
an Officer of the Issuer, who must be the principal executive
officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the
principal accounting officer of the Issuer, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“ Legal Holiday ”
means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking
institutions are not required to be open in the State of New
York.
“ Lien ” means,
with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien (statutory or
otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest,
preference, priority or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under
applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or
other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any
filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the
Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating
lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
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“ Moody’s ”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to
its rating agency business.
“ Net Income ”
means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such
Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries,
determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in
respect of Preferred Stock dividends.
“ Net Proceeds ”
means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including
any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any
Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net
of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or
disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, including
legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and
sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result
thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking
into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax
sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the
repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Senior
Indebtedness required (other than required by clause (b)(1) of
Section 4.10) to be paid as a result of such transaction (or
in the case of Asset Sales of Collateral, which Senior Indebtedness
shall be secured by a Lien on such Collateral that has priority
over the Lien securing the Notes Obligations) and any deduction of
appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP
against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in
such transaction and retained by the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition
thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit
liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or
against any indemnification obligations associated with such
transaction.
“ Non-U.S. Person
” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
“ Notes ” means
the Initial Notes authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
and any Additional Notes subsequently issued under this
Indenture.
“ Notes Obligations
” means Obligations in respect of this Indenture and the
Notes, including for the avoidance of doubt, Obligations in respect
of guarantees thereof.
“ Obligations ”
means any principal (including any accretion), interest (including
any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in
bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate
provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or
not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state,
federal or foreign law), penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to
letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and
other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal
(including any accretion), interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities,
payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
“ Offering Memorandum
” means the confidential offering memorandum, dated
June 25, 2009, relating to the sale of the Initial
Notes.
“ Officer ” means
the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or
Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the
Issuer.
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“ Officer’s
Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the
Issuer by an Officer of the Issuer, who must be the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer
or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer, that meets the
requirements set forth in this Indenture.
“ OIBDA ” means
the non-GAAP financial measure calculated in substantially the same
manner calculated in the Offering Memorandum under the caption
“Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Data” (with
such adjustments or changes to such presentation as deemed
appropriate by the Issuer).
“ Opinion of Counsel
” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Issuer or the Trustee.
“ Participant ”
means, with respect to the Depositary a Person who has an account
with the Depositary (and, with respect to DTC, shall include
Euroclear and Clearstream).
“ Permitted Asset Swap
” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of
Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets
and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided , that
any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance
with Section 4.10 hereof.
“ Permitted Holders
” means (i) each of the Investors and (ii) and any
direct or indirect parent of the Issuer on the Issue Date or any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person.
“ Permitted Investments
” means:
(1) any Investment in the Issuer or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) any Investment in cash and Cash
Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;
(3) any Investment by the Issuer or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person that is engaged in a
Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary; or
(b) such Person, in one transaction
or a series of related transactions, is merged or consolidated with
or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets
to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person;
provided , that such Investment was not acquired by such
Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation
or transfer;
(4) any Investment in securities or
other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment
Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made
pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof or any other
disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(5) any Investment existing on the
Issue Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the
Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension,
modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue
Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be
increased (x) as required by the terms of such Investment as
in existence on the Issue Date or (y) as otherwise permitted
under this Indenture;
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(6) any Investment acquired by the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:
(a) in exchange for any other
Investment or accounts receivable held by the Issuer or any such
Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a
bankruptcy workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the
issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable;
or
(b) as a result of a foreclosure by
the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to
any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to
any secured Investment in default;
(7) Hedging Obligations permitted
under clause (b)(9) of Section 4.09 hereof;
(8) any Investment in a Similar
Business having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with
all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (8) that
are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $300.0
million and 2.0% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment
(with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at
the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in
value);
(9) Investments the payment for
which consists of Equity Interests (exclusive of Disqualified
Stock) of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent
companies; provided , however , that such Equity
Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted
Payments under clause (3) of Section 4.07(a)
hereof;
(10) Indebtedness permitted under
Section 4.09 hereof;
(11) any transaction to the extent
it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11(b) hereof
(except transactions described in clauses (2), (5) and
(8) of Section 4.11(b) hereof);
(12) Investments consisting of
purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or
equipment;
(13) additional Investments having
an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) that are at that
time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do
not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the
greater of $300.0 million and 2.0% of Total Assets at the time of
such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment
being measured at the time made and without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value);
(14) Investments relating to a
Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the
Issuer, are necessary or advisable to effect any Receivables
Facility;
(15) advances to, or guarantees of
Indebtedness of, directors, employees, officers and consultants not
in excess of $20.0 million outstanding at any one time, in the
aggregate;
(16) loans and advances to officers,
directors and employees for moving expenses and other similar
expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business
or to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the
Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company thereof;
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(17) Investments in the ordinary
course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or
deposit;
(18) Investments by the Issuer or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any other Person pursuant to
a “local marketing agreement” or similar arrangement
relating to a station owned or licensed by such Person;
and
(19) Investments in joint ventures
in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25.0 million outstanding at
any one time, in the aggregate.
“ Permitted Liens
” means, with respect to any Person:
(1) pledges or deposits by such
Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment
insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in
connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the
payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party,
or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such
Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure
surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits
as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment
of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(2) Liens imposed by law, such as
carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens,
in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30
days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or
other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person
with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an
appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with
respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in
accordance with GAAP;
(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or
other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more
than 30 days or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained
on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
(4) Liens in favor of the issuer of
stay, customs, appeal, performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or
with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit
issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such
Person in the ordinary course of its business;
(5) minor survey exceptions, minor
encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others
for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and
telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other
restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental
to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership
of its properties which were not incurred in connection with
Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely
affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use
in the operation of the business of such Person;
(6) Liens securing Obligations under
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (2), (4),
(11)(b), (17) or (18) under Section 4.09(b);
provided that Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred pursuant to clause (17) extend only to the assets of
Foreign Subsidiaries and Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to
be incurred pursuant to clauses (4) and (18) are solely
on the assets financed, purchased, constructed, improved, acquired
or assets of the acquired entity, as the case may be;
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(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date
(other than Liens securing the 2011 Notes and the Credit
Facilities);
(8) Liens securing the 2011 Notes
pursuant to the equal and ratable provisions of the indenture
governing the 2011 Notes;
(9) Liens on property or shares of
stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary;
provided , however , such Liens are not created or
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other
Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided , further
, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property
owned by the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(10) Liens on property at the time
the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property,
including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation
with or into the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided , however , that such Liens are not created
or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such
acquisition; provided , further , however ,
that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(11) Liens securing Indebtedness or
other obligations of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary owing to
the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be
incurred in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof;
(12) Liens securing Hedging
Obligations so long as, in the case of Hedging Obligations related
to interest, the related Indebtedness is, and is permitted to be
under this Indenture, secured by a Lien on the same property
securing such Hedging Obligations;
(13) Liens on specific items of
inventory of other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such
Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances
issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the
purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other
goods;
(14) leases, subleases, licenses or
sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business
which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the
business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and do
not secure any Indebtedness;
(15) Liens arising from Uniform
Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating
leases entered into by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business;
(16) Liens in favor of the Issuer or
any Restricted Guarantor;
(17) Liens on equipment of the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the
ordinary course of business to the Issuer’s or such
Restricted Subsidiary’s client at which equipment is
located;
(18) Liens on accounts receivable
and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables
Facility;
(19) Liens to secure any
refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or
successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or
replacements) as a whole, or in part, of
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any Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 secured by any Lien referred
to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10);
provided , however , that (a) such new Lien
shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured
the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and
(b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not
increased to any amount greater than the sum of (i) the
outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of
the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8),
(9) and (10) at the time the original Lien became a
Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (ii) an amount
necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related
to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or
replacement;
(20) deposits made in the ordinary
course of business to secure liability to insurance
carriers;
(21) other Liens securing
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business which
obligations do not exceed $75.0 million at any one time
outstanding;
(22) Liens securing judgments for
the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under
clause (5) of Section 6.01 hereof so long as such Liens
are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that
may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have
not been finally terminated or the period within which such
proceedings may be initiated has not expired;
(23) Liens in favor of customs and
revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of
customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the
ordinary course of business;
(24) Liens (i) of a collection
bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial
Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to
commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts
incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) in
favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law
encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and
which are within the general parameters customary in the banking
industry;
(25) Liens deemed to exist in
connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted
under Section 4.09 hereof; provided that such Liens do
not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of
such repurchase agreement;
(26) Liens encumbering reasonable
customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens
attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts
incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative
purposes; and
(27) Liens that are contractual
rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of
depository relations with banks not given in connection with the
issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or
sweep accounts of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred
in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other
agreements entered into with customers of the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business.
For purposes of this definition, the
term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest
on and the costs in respect of such Indebtedness.
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“ Person ” means
any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“ Preferred Stock
” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of
payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding
up.
“ Private Placement
Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Section 2.06(f)(i) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued
under this Indenture, except where otherwise permitted by the
provisions of this Indenture.
“ QIB ” means a
“qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule
144A.
“ Qualified Proceeds
” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock
of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that
the fair market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be
determined by the Issuer in good faith.
“ Rating Agencies
” means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or
S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly
available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or
agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Issuer which shall be
substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may
be.
“ Receivables Facility
” means any of one or more receivables financing facilities
as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or
refunded from time to time, the Obligations of which are
non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties,
covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities)
to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a
Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries sells their accounts receivable to either
(a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a
Receivables Subsidiary that in turn sells its accounts receivable
to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.
“ Receivables Fees
” means distributions or payments made directly or by means
of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or
participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with,
and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary
in connection with, any Receivables Facility.
“ Receivables
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary formed for the purpose
of, and that solely engages only in one or more Receivables
Facilities and other activities reasonably related
thereto.
“ Record Date ”
for the interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date
means with respect to the Notes, December 15 or June 15
(whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest
Payment Date.
“ Regulation S
” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities
Act.
“ Regulation S-X
” means Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities
Act.
“ Regulation S Global
Note ” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or
Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as applicable.
“ Regulation S
Permanent Global Note ” means a permanent Global Note in
the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note
Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited
with
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or on behalf of and registered in the name of
the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to
the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note of the applicable series upon expiration of the
Restricted Period.
“ Regulation S
Temporary Global Note ” means a temporary Global Note in
the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note
Legend, the Private Placement Legend and the Regulation S
Temporary Global Note Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in
a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the
Notes of the applicable series initially sold in reliance on Rule
903.
“ Regulation S
Temporary Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth
in Section 2.06(f)(iii) hereof.
“ Related Business
Assets ” means assets (other than cash or Cash
Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business, provided
that any assets received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary
in exchange for assets transferred by the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if
they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the
securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted
Subsidiary.
“ Responsible Officer
” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer
within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any
vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary,
assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the
Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those
performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for
the administration of this Indenture.
“ Restricted Cash
” means cash and Cash Equivalents held by the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries that is contractually restricted from being
distributed to the Issuer, except for such restrictions that are
contained in agreements governing Indebtedness permitted under this
Indenture and that is secured by such cash or Cash Equivalents, or
are classified as “restricted cash” on the consolidated
balance sheet of the Issuer prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Restricted Definitive
Note ” means a Definitive Note bearing, or that is
required to bear, the Private Placement Legend.
“ Restricted Global
Note ” means a Global Note bearing, or that is required
to bear, the Private Placement Legend.
“ Restricted Guarantor
” means a Guarantor that is a Restricted
Subsidiary.
“ Restricted Investment
” means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
“ Restricted Period
” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined
in Regulation S.
“ Restricted Subsidiary
” means, at any time, each direct and indirect Subsidiary of
the Issuer (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an
Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that
upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the
definition of “Restricted Subsidiary”.
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“ Rule 144 ”
means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“ Rule 144A ”
means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
“ Rule 903 ”
means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“ Rule 904 ”
means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“ S&P ” means
Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency
business.
“ Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction ” means any arrangement providing for the
leasing by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any
real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is
to be sold or transferred by the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary to a third Person in contemplation of such
leasing.
“ SEC ” means the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Secured Indebtedness
” means any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“ Security Agreement
” means the Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date,
by and among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent,
as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated,
renewed, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“ Security Documents
” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the
Intercreditor Agreement, other security agreements relating to the
Collateral and the mortgages and instruments filed and recorded in
appropriate jurisdictions to preserve and protect the Liens on the
Collateral (including, without limitation, financing statements
under the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant states)
applicable to the Collateral, each as in effect on the Issue Date
and as amended, amended and restated, modified, renewed or replaced
from time to time.
“ Senior Credit
Facilities ” means the Credit Facility under the Credit
Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2007, by and among the
Issuer, the Guarantors, the lenders party thereto in their
capacities as lenders thereunder and Deutsche Bank AG New York
Branch, as administrative agent, including any guarantees,
collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in
connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements,
modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or
refinancings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or
commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional
lenders or investors that replace, refund or refinance any part of
the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments
thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or
refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount
borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (
provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under
Section 4.09 hereof).
“ Senior Credit Facilities
Obligations ” means Obligations in respect of the Senior
Credit Facilities, including, for the avoidance of doubt,
Obligations in respect of guarantees thereof and Hedging
Obligations subject to guarantee and security agreements entered
into in connection with the Senior Credit Facilities.
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“ Senior Indebtedness
” means:
(1) all Indebtedness of the Issuer
or any Guarantor outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities,
Existing Senior Notes or Notes and related Guarantees (including
interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the
Issuer or any Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the
documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a
claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)),
and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations,
indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether
existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and
all obligations of the Issuer or any Guarantor to reimburse any
bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of
credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;
(2) all Hedging Obligations (and
guarantees thereof) owing to a Lender (as defined in the Senior
Credit Facilities) or any Affiliate of such Lender (or any Person
that was a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender at the time the
applicable agreement giving rise to such Hedging Obligation was
entered into), provided that such Hedging Obligations are
permitted to be incurred under the terms of this
Indenture;
(3) any other Indebtedness of the
Issuer or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of
this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness
is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes or any related Guarantee; and
(4) all Obligations with respect to
the items listed in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and
(3);
provided , however , that Senior Indebtedness
shall not include:
(a) any obligation of such Person to
the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;
(b) any liability for federal,
state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such
Person;
(c) any accounts payable or other
liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of
business; provided that obligations incurred pursuant to the
Credit Facilities shall not be excluded pursuant to this clause
(c);
(d) any Indebtedness or other
Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in any
respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such
Person; or
(e) that portion of any Indebtedness
which at the time of incurrence is incurred in violation of this
Indenture.
“ Series ” has
the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“ Significant Party
” means any Guarantor or Restricted Subsidiary that would be,
or any group of Guarantors or Restricted Subsidiaries that taken
together would constitute, a “significant subsidiary”
as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is
in effect on the Issue Date.
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“ Similar Business
” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by
the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business
that is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary
thereto.
“ Specified Assets
” means all of the shares of capital stock of Entravision
Communications Corporation owned by the Issuer or its Affiliates on
the Issue Date.
“ Sponsor Management
Agreement ” means the management agreement between
certain management companies associated with the Investors and the
Issuer and any direct or indirect parent company, as in effect on
the Issue Date.
“ Subordinated
Indebtedness ” means:
(1) any Indebtedness of the Issuer
which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes; and
(2) any Indebtedness of any
Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to
the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.
“ Subsidiary ”
means, with respect to any Person:
(1) any corporation, association, or
other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50%
of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled
(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in
the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the
time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person or a combination thereof; and
(2) any partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company or similar entity of which
(x) more than 50% of the capital
accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or
general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned
or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or
more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination
thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or
limited partnership or otherwise, and
(y) such Person or any Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or
otherwise controls such entity.
“ Total Assets ”
means total assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis prepared in accordance with GAAP, shown on the
most recent balance sheet of the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as may be expressly stated.
“ Treasury Rate ”
means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such
Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a
constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent
Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become
publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the
Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer
published, any publicly available source of similar market data))
most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to
July 1, 2011; provided , however , that if the
period from the Redemption Date to July 1, 2011 is less than
one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States
Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year
will be used.
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“ Trust Indenture Act
” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15
U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb).
“ Trustee ” means
Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee, until a successor replaces it in
accordance with Section 7.08 or Section 7.09 and
thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
“ Uniform Commercial
Code ” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect from time to time.
“ Unrestricted Definitive
Notes ” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not
and are not required to bear the Private Placement
Legend.
“ Unrestricted Global
Note ” means a permanent Global Note, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, that bears the Global
Note Legend and that is deposited with or on behalf of and
registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes that
do not bear the Private Placement Legend.
“ Unrestricted
Subsidiary ” means:
(1) any Subsidiary of the Issuer
which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary
(as designated by the Issuer, as provided below); and
(2) any Subsidiary of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Issuer may designate any
Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any existing Subsidiary and any
newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns
any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien
on, any property of, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Issuer (other than solely any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the
Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that
(1) any Unrestricted Subsidiary must
be an entity of which the Equity Interests entitled to cast at
least a majority of the votes that may be cast by all Equity
Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or Persons performing a similar function are owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Issuer;
(2) such designation complies with
Section 4.07 hereof; and
(3) each of:
(a) the Subsidiary to be so
designated; and
(b) its Subsidiaries
has not at the time of designation,
and does not thereafter, incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which
the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary.
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The Issuer may designate any
Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that, immediately after giving effect to such
designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
either:
(1) the Issuer could incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio test described in Section 4.09(a) hereof;
or
(2) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be less than
such ratio immediately prior to such designation,
in each case on a pro forma basis
taking into account such designation.
Any such designation by the Issuer
shall be notified by the Issuer to the Trustee by promptly filing
with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the board of directors
of the Issuer or any committee thereof giving effect to such
designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such
designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
“ U.S. Dollar
Equivalent ” means, with respect to any monetary amount
in a currency other than U.S. dollars, at any time for the
determination thereof, the amount of U.S. dollars obtained by
converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into
U.S. dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of U.S. dollars with
the applicable foreign currency as quoted by Reuters at
approximately 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on such date of
determination (or if no such quote is available on such date, on
the immediately preceding Business Day for which such a quote is
available).
“ U.S. Person ”
means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities
Act.
“ Voting Stock ”
of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person
that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board
of directors of such Person.
“ Weighted Average Life to
Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any
date, the quotient obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products of the
number of years from the date of determination to the date of each
successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or
redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified
Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment;
by
(2) the sum of all such
payments.
“ Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary ” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such
Person, 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other
than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned
by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person.
SECTION 1.02. Other
Definitions
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“Authentication Order”
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Offer”
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4.14
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“Change of Control
Payment”
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4.14
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Date”
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Proceeds”
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8.03
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“Covenant Suspension
Event”
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4.16
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“DTC”
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2.03
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“Event of Default”
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6.01
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“Excess Proceeds”
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4.10
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“incur” and
“incurrence”
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4.09
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“Legal Defeasance”
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8.02
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“Note Register”
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2.03
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“Offer Amount”
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3.09
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“Offer Period”
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3.09
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“Pari Passu
Indebtedness”
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4.10
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“Paying Agent”
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2.03
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“Permitted Parties”
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4.03
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“Purchase Date”
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3.09
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“Redemption Date”
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3.07
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“Refinancing
Indebtedness”
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4.09
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“Refunding Capital
Stock”
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4.07
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“Registrar”
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2.03
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“Restricted Payments”
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4.07
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“Reversion Date”
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4.16
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“Second Commitment”
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4.10
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“Successor Company”
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5.01
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“Successor Person”
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5.01
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“Suspended Covenants”
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4.16
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“Suspension Date”
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4.16
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“Suspension Period”
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4.16
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“Treasury Capital Stock”
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4.07
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SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by
Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever this Indenture
refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture.
“ obligor ” on
the Notes and the Guarantees means the Issuer and the Guarantors,
respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the
Guarantees, respectively. All other terms used in this Indenture
that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust
Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule
under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings so assigned to
them.
SECTION 1.04. Rules of
Construction . Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned
to it;
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(b) an accounting term not otherwise
defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with
GAAP;
(c) “or” is not
exclusive;
(d) “including” means
including without limitation;
(e) words in the singular include
the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(f) “will” shall be
interpreted to express a command;
(g) provisions apply to successive
events and transactions;
(h) references to sections of, or
rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to include
substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by
the SEC from time to time;
(i) unless the context otherwise
requires, any reference to an “Article,”
“Section” or “clause” refers to an Article,
Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
and
(j) the words “herein,”
“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not any
particular Article, Section, clause or other
subdivision.
SECTION 1.05. Acts of
Holders
(a) 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 duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the
Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Note,
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject
to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this
Section 1.05.
(b) 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 the
certificate of any 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 or on behalf of any
legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of the
Person executing the same. 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 that the
Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be
proved by the Note Register.
(d) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
by the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the
same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration
of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or
the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Note.
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(e) The Issuer may, at its option in
the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set a
record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders
entitled to give any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to vote or
consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to
be given or taken by Holders, but the Issuer shall have no
obligation to do so.
(f) Without limiting the foregoing,
a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard to any
particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the
principal amount of such Note 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. Any notice
given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to
different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this paragraph
shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders
of each such different part.
(g) Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, a Holder, including the Depositary, may make,
give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or
taken by Holders, and the Depositary may provide its proxy to the
beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such
depositary’s standing instructions and customary
practices.
(h) The Issuer may fix a record date
for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial
owners of interests in any Global Note held by DTC entitled under
the procedures of such depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy
or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders.
If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or
their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall
be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date.
No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action shall be valid or effective if made, given
or taken more than 90 days after such record date.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating;
Terms .
(a) General . The Notes and
the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The
Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law,
stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of
its authentication. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of
$1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof.
(b) Global Notes . Notes
issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend
thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive
form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the
“Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note”
attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the
outstanding Notes as shall be specified on the face of such Global
Note, as increased or decreased in the “Schedule of Exchanges
of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto and each
shall provide that it shall represent
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up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes
from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to
time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect exchanges
and redemptions by increasing the aggregate principal amount of
such Global Note. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the
amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by
the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in
accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as
required by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Temporary Global Notes .
Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be
issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers
of the Notes represented thereby with the Custodian and registered
in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for
the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or
Clearstream, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the
Trustee as hereinafter provided. The Restricted Period shall be
terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of:
(i) a written certificate from the
Depositary, together with copies of certificates from Euroclear and
Clearstream certifying that they have received certification of
non-United States beneficial ownership of 100% of the aggregate
principal amount of each Regulation S Temporary Global Note
(except to the extent of any beneficial owners thereof who acquired
an interest therein during the Restricted Period pursuant to
another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and
who shall take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a
144A Global Note bearing a Private Placement Legend, all as
contemplated by Section 2.06(b) hereof); and
(ii) an Officer’s Certificate
from the Issuer.
Within a reasonable period after
expiration or termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial
interests in each Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be
exchanged for beneficial interests in a Regulation S Permanent
Global Note upon delivery to DTC of the certification of compliance
and the transfer of applicable Notes pursuant to the Applicable
Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of the
corresponding Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee
shall cancel the corresponding Regulation S Temporary Global
Note. The aggregate principal amount of a Regulation S
Temporary Global Note and a Regulation S Permanent Global Note
may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made
on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as
the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as
hereinafter provided.
(d) Terms . The aggregate
principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture is unlimited.
The terms and provisions contained
in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a
part of this Indenture and the Issuer, the Guarantors and the
Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture,
expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts
with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of
this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
The Notes shall be subject to
repurchase by the Issuer pursuant to a Collateral Asset Sale Offer
or an Asset Sale Offer as provided in Section 4.10 hereof or a
Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.14 hereof.
The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in
Article III hereof.
(e) Issuance of Additional
Notes . Additional Notes ranking pari passu with
the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time by
the Issuer without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be
consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes
and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise
as the Initial Notes; provided that the Issuer’s
ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the
Issuer’s compliance with Sections 4.09 and 4.12
hereof.
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SECTION 2.02. Execution and
Authentication . At least one Officer of the Issuer shall
execute the Notes on behalf of the Issuer by manual, facsimile or
electronic (e.g. .pdf) signature.
If an Officer of the Issuer whose
signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the
Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall nevertheless be
valid.
A Note shall not be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose until authenticated substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto, as the case may be, by the
manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive
evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
On the Issue Date, the Trustee
shall, upon receipt of an Issuer Order (an “
Authentication Order ”), which order shall set forth
the number of separate Note certificates, the principal amount of
each of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the Notes
are to be authenticated, the registered holder of each Note and
delivery instructions, authenticate and deliver the Initial Notes.
In addition, at any time, from time to time, the Trustee shall upon
an Authentication Order authenticate and deliver any Additional
Notes.
The Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate
Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to
deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Issuer.
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and
Paying Agent . The Issuer shall maintain (i) an office or
agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or
for exchange (“ Registrar ”) and (ii) an
office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“
Paying Agent ”). The Registrar shall keep a register
of the Notes (“ Note Register ”) reflecting the
ownership of the Notes outstanding from time to time and of their
transfer. The Registrar shall also facilitate the transfer of the
Notes on behalf of the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.06
hereof. The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or
more additional paying agents. The term “ Registrar
” includes any co-registrar, and the term “ Paying
Agent ” includes any additional paying agents. The Issuer
initially appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent. The Issuer may
change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any
Holder. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name
and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the
Issuer fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or
Paying Agent, the Trustee shall, to the extent that it is capable,
act as such. The Issuer or any of its domestic Subsidiaries may act
as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Issuer initially appoints The
Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) to act as
Depositary with respect to the Global Notes representing the
Notes.
The Issuer initially appoints the
Trustee to act as the Registrar for the Notes and the Trustee
agrees to initially so act.
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent to
Hold Money in Trust . The Issuer shall require each Paying
Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying
Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee
all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal,
premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the
Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment.
While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying
Agent to pay all
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money held by it to the Trustee. The Issuer at
any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to
the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if
other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary) shall have no further
liability for such funds. If the Issuer or a Subsidiary acts as
Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund
for the benefit of the Holders all funds held by it as Paying
Agent. Upon any Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(6)
or (7), the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the
Notes.
SECTION 2.05. Holder Lists .
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with Trust
Indenture Act Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at least five
Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other
times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form
and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the
names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Issuer shall
otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act
Section 312(a).
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and
Exchange .
(a) Transfer and Exchange of
Global Notes . Except as otherwise set forth in this
Section 2.06, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and
not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a
successor thereto or a nominee of such successor thereto. A
beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a
Definitive Note of the same series unless (A) the Depositary
(x) notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (y) has ceased
to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in
either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer
within 120 days or (B) there shall have occurred and be
continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes. Upon the
occurrence of any of the preceding events in (A) above,
Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note of the
same series or beneficial interests therein will be registered in
the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by
or on behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its customary
procedures). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in
whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof.
Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu
of, a Global Note of the same series or any portion thereof,
pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10
hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and
shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued
subsequent to any of the preceding events in (A) or
(B) above and pursuant to Section 2.06(c) hereof. A
Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as
provided in this Section 2.06(a); and beneficial interests in
a Global Note may not be transferred and exchanged other than as
provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of
Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes . The transfer and
exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be
effected through the Depositary in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to
restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to
the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with
either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as
well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as
applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial
Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any
Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same
Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions
set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided , that
prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note
may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a
U.S. Person other than to a “distributor”
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(as defined in Rule 902(d) of
Regulation S) and other than pursuant to Rule 144A. No written
orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the
Registrar to effect the transfers described in this
Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and
Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . In
connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests
that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) hereof, the
transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a
Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary
to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another
Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information
regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase
or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an
Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be
issued a Definitive Note of the same series in an amount equal to
the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and
(2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar
containing information regarding the Person in whose name such
Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or
exchange referred to in (B)(1) above; provided that in no
event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or
exchange of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Temporary
Global Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted
Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any
certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B). Upon
satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of
beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture
and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the
Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global
Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof.
(iii) Transfer of Beneficial
Interests in a Restricted Global Note to Another Restricted Global
Note . A beneficial interest in any Global Note may be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the
transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii)
hereof and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take
delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a 144A Global
Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(1) thereof or, if permitted by the Applicable Procedures,
item 3 thereof; or
(B) if the transferee will take
delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a
Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (2) thereof.
(iv) Transfer or Exchange of
Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial
Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note . A Holder of a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such
beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Note only if the exchange or transfer
complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above
and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the Holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of
Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(a) thereof; or
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(B) if the Holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and,
in each such case, if the Registrar so requests or if the
Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such
exchange or transfer complies with the Securities Act and that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected at
a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued,
the Issuer shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee
shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of beneficial interests transferred.
(v) Transfer or Exchange of
Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note for Beneficial
Interests in a Restricted Global Note Prohibited . Beneficial
interests in an Unrestricted Global Note may not be exchanged for,
or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of,
beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of
Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes
.
(i) Beneficial Interests in
Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes . If any
holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted
Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive
Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in subsection
(A) of Section 2.06(a) hereof and receipt by the
Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate
from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item
(2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is
being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item
(1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is
being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction
in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is
being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item
(3)(a) thereof;
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(E) if such beneficial interest is
being transferred to the Issuer or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(3)(b) thereof; or
(F) if such beneficial interest is
being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form
of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be
reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and
the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
mail to the Person designated by the Holder of such beneficial
interest in the instructions delivered to the Registrar by the
Depositary and the applicable Participant or Indirect Participant
on behalf of such Holder a Restricted Definitive Note in the
applicable principal amount. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued
in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Global Note pursuant to
this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall be registered in such name or
names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the
holder of such beneficial interest shall designate in such
instructions. The Trustee shall mail such Restricted Definitive
Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and
shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained
therein.
(ii) Beneficial Interests in
Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes .
Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C) hereof, a
beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note
may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note
prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and
(B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required
pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) of the Securities Act, except in
the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903
or Rule 904.
(iii) Beneficial Interests in
Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes .
Subject to Section 2.06(a) hereof, a Holder of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial
interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if the Registrar
receives the following:
(A) if the Holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof;
or
(B) if the Holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in
the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case, if the
Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require,
an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer complies
with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer
contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.
Upon satisfaction of any of the
conditions of any of the clauses of this Section 2.06(c)(iii),
the Issuer shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order in accordance with Section 2.02
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hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount to the Person designated by the Holder of such
beneficial interest in instructions delivered to the Registrar by
the Depositary and the applicable Participant or Indirect
Participant on behalf of such Holder, and the Trustee shall reduce
or cause to be reduced in a corresponding amount pursuant to
Section 2.06(g), the aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Restricted Global Note.
(iv) Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes .
Subject to Section 2.06(a) hereof, if any Holder of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
then, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall reduce or cause
to be reduced in a corresponding amount pursuant to
Section 2.06(g) hereof, the aggregate principal amount of the
applicable Unrestricted Global Note, and the Issuer shall execute,
and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount to the Person designated by the Holder of such
beneficial interest in instructions delivered to the Registrar by
the Depositary and the applicable Participant or Indirect
Participant on behalf of such Holder. Any Unrestricted Definitive
Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names
and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder
of such beneficial interest shall designate in such instructions.
The Trustee shall deliver such Unrestricted Definitive Notes to the
Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any
Unrestricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear
the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of
Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes
.
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes
to Beneficial Interest in Restricted Global Notes . If any
Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such
Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to
transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the
following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Definitive
Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a
Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications
in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Definitive Note is being
transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Definitive Note is being
transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in
accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially
in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Definitive Note is being
transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
or
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(E) if such Definitive Note is being
transferred to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item
(3)(b) thereof,
the Trustee shall cancel the
Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased in a
corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof the
aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause
(A) above, the applicable Restricted Global Note, in the case
of clause (B) above, the applicable 144A Global Note, and in
the case of clause (C) above, the applicable Regulation S
Global Note.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes
to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder
of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Restricted
Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Restricted Definitive
Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof;
or
(B) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Note proposes to transfer such Restricted Definitive
Note to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate
from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case, if the
Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require,
an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the
Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer shall be
effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the
restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private
Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions
of any of the clauses in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee
shall cancel such Restricted Definitive Note and increase or cause
to be increased in a corresponding amount pursuant to
Section 2.06(g) hereof, the aggregate principal amount of the
Unrestricted Global Note.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive
Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A
Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such
Unrestricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive
Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time.
Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the
Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note
and increase or cause to be increased in a corresponding amount
pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof the aggregate principal
amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
(iv) Unrestricted Definitive
Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
Prohibited . An Unrestricted Definitive Note may not be
exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof
in the form of, beneficial interests in a Restricted Global
Note.
(v) Issuance of Unrestricted
Global Notes . If any such exchange or transfer of a Definitive
Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is
effected pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) above at a time
when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the
Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in
accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall
authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes
so transferred.
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(e) Transfer and Exchange of
Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes .
(i) Upon request by a Holder of
Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the
provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall
register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to
such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder
shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes
duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder.
In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional
certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required
pursuant to the following provisions of this
Section 2.06(e):
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes
to Restricted Definitive Notes . Any Restricted Definitive Note
may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who
take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note
if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made
pursuant to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made
pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (2) thereof; or
(C) if the transfer will be made
pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications required by item (3) thereof, if
applicable.
(iii) Transfer or Exchange of
Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes .
Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder
thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a
Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note only if the Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Restricted Definitive
Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(B) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Restricted Definitive
Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case, if the
Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably
acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or
transfer complies with the Securities Act and that the restrictions
on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend
are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions
of any of the clauses of this Section 2.06(e)(iii), the
Trustee shall cancel the prior Restricted Definitive Note and the
Issuer shall execute, and upon receipt of an Authentication Order
in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver
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an Unrestricted Definitive Note in the
appropriate aggregate principal amount to the Person designated by
the Holder of such prior Restricted Definitive Note in instructions
delivered to the Registrar by such Holder.
(iv) Transfer of Unrestricted
Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . A Holder of
Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Unrestricted
Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to
register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the
Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the
Holder thereof.
(f) Legends . The following
legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive
Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated
otherwise in the applicable provisions of this
Indenture:
(i) Private Placement Legend
.
(A) Except as permitted by clause
(B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all
Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall
bear the legend in substantially the following form:
“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”) AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED
SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR
TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT AS SET
FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A
BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER:
(1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A
“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE “SECURITIES ACT”) (A “QIB”)
OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY
FOR THE ACCOUNT OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFF-SHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE
WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT, WITHIN
[IN THE CASE OF THE RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE: THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED
TO UNDER RULE 144(d)(1) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AS IN EFFECT ON
THE DATE OF TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY] / [IN THE CASE OF THE
REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE: 40 DAYS AFTER THE ISSUE DATE] RESELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR
ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A PERSON WHOM THE HOLDER
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB OR AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR PURCHASING
FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB OR AN ACCREDITED
INVESTOR, RESPECTIVELY, IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE
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WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED
BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE AND PROVIDED
THAT PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, THE TRUSTEE IS FURNISHED WITH AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN
EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS,
AND
(3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO
EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS
TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
(2)(D) OR (E) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT
OF THIS LEGEND.
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF
THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD
REFERRED TO ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX SET
FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER
AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE TRUSTEE. AS USED HEREIN THE
TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED
STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN
TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to clauses
(b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(i)(B), (d)(i)(C), (e)(iii) or
(e)(iv) to this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange
therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private
Placement Legend.
(ii) Global Note Legend .
Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form (with appropriate changes in the last sentence if DTC is not
the Depositary):
“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY
THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR
ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS
HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH
NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(g) OF
THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT
NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III)
THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE
MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE ISSUER. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR
IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY A
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NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55
WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“ DTC ”) TO
THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS
AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
(iii) Regulation S Temporary
Global Note Legend . The Regulation S Temporary Global
Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
“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.”
(g) Cancellation and/or
Adjustment of Global Notes . At such time as all beneficial
interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for
Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed,
repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global
Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee
in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to
such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is
exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note
or for Definitive Notes, the aggregate principal amount of Notes
represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an
endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by
the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global
Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be
made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the
direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating
to Transfers and Exchanges .
(i) To permit registrations of
transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt
of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02
hereof or at the Registrar’s request.
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(ii) No service charge shall be made
to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a
Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in
connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to
Sections 2.07, 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.14 and 9.05
hereof).
(iii) All Global Notes and
Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or
Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
(iv) Neither the Registrar nor the
Issuer shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the
transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of
Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at
the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register
the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption
in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note
being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or
to exchange a Note between a Record Date with respect to such Note
and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date with respect to such
Note.
(v) Prior to due presentment for the
registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and
the Issuer may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is
registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the
Trustee, any Agent or the Issuer shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
(vi) Upon surrender for registration
of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer
designated pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, in the name
of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations
of a like aggregate principal amount.
(vii) At the option of the Holder,
Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized
denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount
upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so
surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and mail, the replacement Global Notes and
Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled
to in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02
hereof.
(viii) All certifications,
certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to
the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a
registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile
(with originals to follow promptly thereafter).
(ix) The Trustee is hereby
authorized and directed to enter into a letter of representation
with the Depositary in the form provided by the Issuer and to act
in accordance with such letter.
SECTION 2.07. Replacement
Notes . If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee,
the Registrar or the Issuer and the Trustee receives evidence to
its satisfaction of the ownership and destruction, loss or theft of
any Note, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of
an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if
the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the
Trustee or the Issuer, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the
Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the
Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, any Agent and any
authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a
Note is replaced. The Issuer and the Trustee may charge the Holder
for their expenses in replacing a Note.
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Every replacement Note issued in
accordance with this Section 2.07 is a contractual obligation
of the Issuer and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly
issued hereunder.
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding
Notes . The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those
delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest
in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions hereof and those described in this Section 2.08 as
not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a
Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer, a
Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Issuer or a Guarantor holds the
Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to
Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is
held by a protected purchaser (as defined in Section 8-303 of
the Uniform Commercial Code).
If the principal amount of any Note
is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be
outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the
Issuer, a Guarantor or an Affiliate of the Issuer or a Guarantor)
holds, on a Redemption Date or maturity date, money sufficient to
pay Notes (or portions thereof) payable on that date, then on and
after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) shall be deemed to
be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue
interest.
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Notes
. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent,
Notes owned by the Issuer, a Guarantor or by any Affiliate of the
Issuer or a Guarantor, shall be considered as though not
outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction,
waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned
which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right to deliver any such direction, waiver or
consent with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the
Issuer, a Guarantor or any obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate
of the Issuer, a Guarantor or of such other obligor.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Notes
. Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the
Issuer may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary
Notes shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but
may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for
temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and
the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Notes in exchange for
temporary Notes.
Holders and beneficial holders, as
the case may be, of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the
benefits accorded to Holders, or beneficial holders, respectively,
of Notes under this Indenture.
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation .
The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the
Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the direction of the
Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent and no one else shall
cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer,
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exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation
and shall destroy cancelled Notes (subject to the record retention
requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction
of all cancelled Notes shall be delivered to the Issuer. The Issuer
may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.12. Defaulted
Interest . If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on
the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner
plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted
interest, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in
Section 4.01 hereof. The Issuer may pay the defaulted interest
to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date.
The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of
the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall
make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such defaulted interest as provided in this
Section 2.12. The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any
such special record date and payment date; provided that no
such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the
related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days
before any such special record date, the Issuer (or, upon the
written request of the Issuer, the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Issuer) shall mail or cause to be mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder, with a copy to the
Trustee, a notice at his or her address as it appears in the Note
Register that states the special record date, the related payment
date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Subject to the foregoing provisions
of this Section 2.12 and for greater certainty, each Note
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights
to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried
by such other Note.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP/ISIN
Numbers . The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP and
ISIN numbers (in each case, if then generally in use) and, if so,
the Trustee shall use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices of
redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided , that any
such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect
in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will as promptly as
practicable notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the
CUSIP and ISIN numbers.
SECTION 2.14. Calculation of
Principal Amount of Securities . The aggregate principal amount
of the Notes, at any date of determination, shall be the principal
amount of the Notes at such date of determination. With respect to
any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of
the Holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of
all the Notes, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant
date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount,
as of such date of determination, of Notes, the Holders of which
have so consented by (b) the aggregate principal amount, as of
such date of determination, of the Notes then outstanding, in each
case, as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence,
Section 2.08 and Section 2.09 of this Indenture. Any such
calculation made pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be made
by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an
Officer’s Certificate.
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Notices to
Trustee . If the Issuer elects to redeem the Notes pursuant to
Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least
two Business Days (or such shorter period as allowed by the
Trustee) before notice of redemption is required to be mailed or
caused to be mailed to Holders pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof
but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date, an
Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer setting forth
(i) the paragraph or subparagraph of such Note and/or Section
of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur,
(ii) the Redemption Date, (iii) the principal amount of
the Notes, to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption
price.
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes
to Be Redeemed . If less than all of the Notes are to be
redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be
redeemed (a) if the Notes are listed on any national
securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the
principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are
listed or (b) on a pro rata basis to the extent
practicable, or, if the pro rata basis is not
practicable for any reason, by lot or by such other method the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. In the event of partial
redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be
selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from
the outstanding Notes not previously called for
redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Issuer in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in
the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected
shall be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof; no Notes of less than $2,000 can be redeemed in
part, except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be
redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such
Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000 shall be redeemed. Except
as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture
that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of
Notes called for redemption.
SECTION 3.03. Notice of
Redemption . Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, the Issuer
shall mail or cause to be mailed by first-class mail notices of
redemption at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the
Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such
Holder’s registered address appearing in the Note Register or
otherwise in accordance with Applicable Procedures, except that
redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a
Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with Article
VIII or Article XI hereof. Except pursuant to a notice of
redemption delivered in accordance with a redemption pursuant to
Sections 3.07(c) hereof, notices of redemption may not be
conditional.
The notice shall identify the Notes
to be redeemed and shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the appropriate method for
calculation of the redemption price, but need not include the
redemption price itself; the actual redemption price shall be set
forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee no
later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Redemption Date
unless the redemption is pursuant to Section 3.07(a) hereof,
in which case such Officer’s Certificate should be delivered
on the Redemption Date;
(c) if any Note is to be redeemed in
part only, the portion of the principal amount of that Note that is
to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date upon surrender
of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion of the original Note representing the same
indebtedness to the extent not redeemed will be issued in the name
of the Holder of the Notes upon cancellation of the original
Note;
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(d) the name and address of the
Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes called for redemption
must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption
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