SET FORTH ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES
ATTACHED HERETO
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO.
11
DATED AS OF APRIL 18,
2007
6.00% SENIOR NOTES DUE
2017
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE NO. 11 , dated as of April 18, 2007 (this
“ Supplemental Indenture ”), among Equity
One, Inc. , a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Maryland (the “ Company ”),
each of the Guarantors set forth on the signature pages
attached hereto (the “ Guarantors ”), and
U.S. Bank National Association (as successor to SunTrust
Bank), a national banking corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the “
Trustee ”).
WHEREAS ,
the Company, as successor by merger to IRT Property Company, and
the Trustee have heretofore entered into an Indenture dated as of
September 9, 1998 (the “ Original Indenture
” and as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified through
the date hereof, the “ Indenture ”), providing
for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities of the
Company;
WHEREAS ,
Section 901(7) of the Indenture permits the Company and the
Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to
establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as provided
by Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture;
WHEREAS ,
the Guarantors will provide the guaranty herein set forth (the
“ Guaranty ”) of the Obligations (as defined
herein);
WHEREAS ,
Sections 901(6) and 901(10) of the Indenture permit the
Company and the Trustee to enter into indentures supplemental
thereto without the consent of any Holder of Securities to evidence
the Guaranty of each Guarantor and to make any change to the
Indenture, provided that such change does not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related
coupons in any material respect;
WHEREAS ,
each Guarantor has determined that its execution, delivery and
performance of this Supplemental Indenture directly benefits, and
are within the purposes and best interests of, such
Guarantor;
WHEREAS ,
the Board of Directors of the Company has duly adopted resolutions
authorizing the Company to execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture and the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body)
of each Guarantor has duly adopted resolutions authorizing such
Guarantor to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
and
WHEREAS ,
all other conditions and requirements necessary to make this
Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid
and binding agreement in accordance with its terms and for the
purposes herein expressed, have been performed and
fulfilled.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in
consideration of the premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Company and each Guarantor agrees as
follows:
Definitions . For all purposes of this Supplemental
Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided for or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture;
(b) all
references herein to Articles and Sections refer to the
corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture;
and
(c) as
used herein the following terms have the following
meanings:
“
Acquired Debt ” means Debt of a Person
(i) existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or
(ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from
such Person, in each case, other than Debt incurred in connection
with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or
such acquisition. Acquired Debt shall be deemed to be incurred on
the date of the related acquisition of assets from any Person or
the date the acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary.
“
Additional Interest ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.13(a) hereof.
“ Annual
Service Charge ” for any period means the maximum amount
which is payable during such period for interest on, and the
amortization during such period of any original issue discount of,
Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the amount of
dividends which are payable during such period in respect of any
Disqualified Stock.
“
Business Day ” means any day, other than a Saturday or
Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York or in the City of Atlanta are
authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to
close.
“ Capital
Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any capital
stock (including preferred stock), shares, interest, participations
or other ownership interest (however designated) of such Person and
any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or
exchangeable for capital stock), warrants or options to purchase
any thereof.
“
Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service ” for
any period means Earnings from Operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus
amounts which have been added, for the following (without
duplication): (a) interest on Debt of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, (b) provision for taxes of the Company and its
Subsidiaries based on income, (c) amortization of debt
discount, (d) provisions for gains and losses on properties
and property depreciation and amortization, (e) the effect of
any noncash charge resulting from a change in accounting principles
in determining Earnings from Operations for such period and (f)
amortization of deferred charges.
“
Debt ” of the Company or any Subsidiary means any
indebtedness (without duplication) of the Company or any
Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (i) money
borrowed
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or evidenced by
bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments,
(ii) indebtedness for borrowed money secured by any mortgage,
lien, charge, pledge, or security interest of any kind existing on
property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary (each securing such
debt, an “ Encumbrance ”), (iii) the
reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection
with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an
accrued expense or trade payable, or all conditional obligations or
obligations under any title retention agreement, (iv) the
principal amount of all obligations of the Company or any
Subsidiary with respect to redemption, repayment or other
repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or (v) any lease of
property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee which is
reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a
capitalized lease in accordance with GAAP, to the extent, in the
case of items of indebtedness under (i) through
(iii) above, that any such items (other than letters of
credit) would appear as a liability on the Company’s
consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also
includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligations by
the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as
obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of
collection in the ordinary course of business), Debt of another
Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) (it being
understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company
or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall
create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect
thereof).
“
Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any
Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which by the terms of such
Capital Stock (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), upon
the happening of any event or otherwise (i) matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in
exchange for common stock), (ii) is convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for Debt or Disqualified Stock or
(iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in
whole or in part (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable
solely in exchange for common stock), in each case on or prior to
the Stated Maturity of the Notes.
“
Earnings from Operations ” for any period means net
income excluding gains and losses on sales of investments,
extraordinary items, and net property valuation losses, as
reflected in the financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
“
Encumbrance ” has the meaning specified in the
definition of “Debt” set forth in this
Section 1.1.
“
Exchange Notes ” means any Securities issued by the
Company (pursuant to the Exchange Offer or otherwise) to be offered
to Holders of Initial Notes in exchange for such Initial Notes
pursuant to the Exchange Offer and containing terms identical in
all material respects to the Initial Notes for which they are
exchanged except that (i) interest thereon shall accrue from
the last date on which interest was paid on the Initial Notes or,
if no such interest has been paid, from the date of issuance of the
Initial Notes, (ii) the Exchange Notes will not contain the
legend appearing on the face of the Initial Notes in the form
recited in this Supplemental Indenture and will not contain terms
with respect to transfer restrictions and (iii) the
Exchange
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Notes will not
contain terms with respect to the payment of Additional Interest
for failure to comply with the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“
Exchange Offer ” shall mean the exchange offer by the
Company of the Exchange Notes for Initial Notes pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Financial Statements ” has the meaning specified in
Section 1009 of the Indenture.
“
Guaranteed Securities ” means the Notes issued
pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.
“ Initial
Notes ” means the Notes issued under this Supplemental
Indenture which are not Exchange Notes.
“
Make-Whole Amount ” means, in connection with any
optional redemption or accelerated payment of any Notes, the
excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate present value as of the
date of such redemption or accelerated payment of each Dollar of
principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest
(exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption or
accelerated payment) that would have been payable in respect of
each such Dollar if such redemption or accelerated payment had not
been made, determined by discounting, on a semi-annual basis (on
the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months),
such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on
the third Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption
is given or declaration of acceleration is made) from the
respective dates on which such principal and interest would have
been payable if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been
made to the date of redemption or accelerated payment, over
(ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being
redeemed or paid.
“
Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1
hereof.
“
Obligations ” means (x) all payment and
performance obligations of the Company (i) under the Indenture with
respect to the Guaranteed Securities, (ii) under the
Guaranteed Securities and (iii) as a result of the issuance of
the Guaranteed Securities and (y) the obligation to pay an
amount equal to the amount of any and all damages which the Trustee
and the Holders, or any of them, may suffer by reason of a breach
by either the Company or any other obligor of any obligation,
covenant or undertaking under (i) the Indenture with respect
to the Guaranteed Securities or (ii) the Guaranteed
Securities.
“
Redemption Price ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.5 hereof.
“
Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of the April 18, 2007 among the
Company, the Guarantors and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and
Deutsche Bank of Securities Inc. as representative of the several
initial purchasers of the Notes, as the same may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time.
“
Regulation S ” means Regulation S under the
Securities Act.
“
Reinvestment Rate ” means .20% (one fifth of one
percent) plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the heading
“Week Ending” published in the most recent Statistical
Release under the caption “Treasury Constant
Maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the nearest
month)
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corresponding
to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date of the
principal being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly
corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published
maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be
calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the
Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such
yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant
periods to the nearest month. For the purposes of calculating the
Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published
prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall
be used.
“
Restricted Legend ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.2 hereof.
“
Restricted Security ” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.2 hereof.
“
Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the
Securities Act.
“
Securities Act ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2 hereof.
“ Shelf
Effectiveness Period ” shall have the meaning set forth
in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“ Shelf
Registration Additional Interest ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.13(b) hereof.
“ Shelf
Registration Statement ” shall have the meaning set forth
in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Statistical Release ” means the statistical release
designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication
which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System and which reports yields on actively traded United
States government securities adjusted to constant maturities, or,
if such statistical release is not published at the time of any
determination hereunder, then such other reasonably comparable
index which shall be designated by the Company.
“
Subsidiary ” means (i) a corporation,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other
Person the majority of the shares, if any, of the nonvoting capital
stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except
directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or
indirectly owned by the Company and/or any other Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries, and the majority of the shares of the voting capital
stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except
directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or
indirectly owned by the Company and/or any other Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries and (ii) any Person the accounts of which are
consolidated with the Company’s accounts.
“ Total
Assets ” as of any date means the sum of (i) the
Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of
the Company and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP
(but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).
“ Total
Unencumbered Assets ” means the sum of (i) those
Undepreciated Real Estate Assets not subject to an Encumbrance for
borrowed money and (ii) all other assets of the
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Company and its
Subsidiaries not subject to an Encumbrance for borrowed money
determined in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts
receivable and intangibles).
“
Undepreciated Real Estate Assets ” as of any date
means the cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of real
estate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date,
before depreciation and amortization determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
“
Unsecured Debt ” means Debt which is not secured by
any Encumbrance upon any of the properties of the Company or any
Subsidiary
ARTICLE TWO
THE SERIES OF NOTES
SECTION 2.1.
Title of the Securities.
There shall be a
series of Securities designated the 6.00% Senior Notes due 2017
(the “ Notes ”). For all purposes of this
Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture, the term “
Notes ” shall include the Initial Notes and any
Exchange Notes to be issued and exchanged for any Initial Notes
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement and this Supplemental
Indenture. For purposes of the Indenture, as amended by this
Supplemental Indenture, all Initial Notes and Exchange Notes shall
vote and consent together as one series of Securities and shall not
have the right to vote and consent as a series separate from one
another on any matter under the Indenture, as so amended by this
Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2.2.
Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount.
The aggregate
principal amount of the Notes shall be limited to $150,000,000 (the
“ Initial Original Principal Amount ”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, without the consent of
any Holders of Securities or coupons, by Board Resolutions or
indentures supplemental to the Indenture from time to time may
reopen such series of Notes and issue additional Notes in an
aggregate principal amount as set forth in any such Board
Resolution or indenture supplemental to the Indenture which
additional Notes shall be fungible with any previously issued Notes
to the extent set forth in such Board Resolutions or indenture
supplemental to the Indenture. Except as provided in this Section,
any such Board Resolutions or indentures supplemental to the
Indenture and in Section 306 of the Indenture, the Company
shall not execute and the Trustee shall not authenticate or deliver
Notes in excess of the Initial Original Principal
Amount.
Nothing contained
in this Section 2.2 or elsewhere in this Supplemental
Indenture, or in the Notes, is intended to or shall limit execution
by the Company or authentication or delivery by the Trustee of the
Notes under the circumstances contemplated in Sections 303,
304, 306, 906 and 1305 of the Indenture.
SECTION 2.3.
Interest and Interest Rates; Maturity Date of
Notes.
The Notes will
bear interest at a rate of 6.00% per annum from April 18, 2007
or from the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided
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for, payable
semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of
each year, commencing September 15, 2007 (each, an “
Interest Payment Date ”), to the Person in whose name
such Note is registered at the close of business on March 1 or
September 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be,
next preceding such Interest Payment Date (each, a “
Regular Record Date ”). Interest will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. The
interest so payable on any Note which is not punctually paid or
duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such Note is
registered on the relevant Regular Record Date, and such Defaulted
Interest shall instead be payable to the Person in whose name such
Note is registered on the Special Record Date or other specified
date determined in accordance with the Indenture.
If any Interest
Payment Date or Maturity falls on a day that is not a Business Day,
the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day as if
it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall
accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be.
The Notes will
mature on September 15, 2017.
SECTION 2.4.
Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.
(a) The
Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any
Debt if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such
additional Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (without
duplication) (i) the Total Assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of the latest calendar quarter covered
in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with
the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the
Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such
additional Debt and (ii) the purchase price of any real estate
assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any
securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds
were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable
or used to reduce Debt), by the Company or any Subsidiary since the
end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in
connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.
(b) In
addition to the limitation set forth in subsection (a) of this
Section 2.4 the Company will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if the ratio of Consolidated Income
Available for Debt Service to the Annual Service Charge for the
four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the
date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have
been less than 1.5:1, on a pro forma basis after giving effect
thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and
calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt and any other
Debt incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the first
day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds
therefrom, including to refinance other Debt, had occurred at the
beginning of such period; (ii) the repayment or retirement of
any other Debt by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the first
day of such four-quarter period had been repaid or retired at the
beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation,
the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be
computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during
such period); (iii) in the case of Acquired Debt or
Debt
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incurred in
connection with any acquisition since the first day of such
four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the
first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with
respect to such acquisition being included in such pro forma
calculation; and (iv) in the case of any acquisition or disposition
by the Company or its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets
since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger,
stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition
or disposition or any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of
the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with
respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such
pro forma calculation.
(c) In
addition to the limitations set forth in subsections (a) and
(b) of this Section 2.4, the Company will not, and will
not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt secured by any
Encumbrance, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence
of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds
thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of
the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis which is
secured by any Encumbrance is greater than 40% of the sum of
(without duplication) (i) the Total Assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as of the end of the latest calendar quarter
covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently
filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted
under the Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence
of such additional Debt and (ii) the purchase price of any
real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount
of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent that
such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or
mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the Company or any
Subsidiary since the end of such calendar quarter, including those
proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such
additional Debt.
(d) The
Company and its Subsidiaries may not at any time own Total
Unencumbered Assets equal to less than 150% of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
(e) For
purposes of this Section 2.4, Debt shall be deemed to be
“ incurred ” by the Company or a Subsidiary
whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.
SECTION 2.5.
Optional Redemption.
(a) Subject
to this Section 2.5, the Notes may be redeemed at any time at
the option and in the sole discretion of the Company, in whole or
from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum
of (i) the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus
accrued interest thereon to the redemption date and (ii) the
Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such Notes (the “
Redemption Price ”). If (i) notice has been given
as provided in Sections 2.5(b) and (c) and
(ii) funds for the redemption of any Notes called for
redemption shall have been made available as provided in the
Indenture on the redemption date referred to in such notice, such
Notes will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for such
redemption specified in such notice, and the only right of the
Holders of the Notes will be to receive payment of the Redemption
Price upon surrender of the Notes in accordance with such
notice.
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(b) Notice
of any optional redemption of any Notes will be given to Holders at
their addresses, as shown in the Security Register, not more than
60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption. The notice of redemption will specify, in addition to
the items required by the Indenture, the Redemption Price and the
principal amount of the Notes held by each Holder to be
redeemed.
(c) If
less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at the option and in the
sole discretion of the Company, the Company will notify the Trustee
in writing at least 45 days prior to giving the notice of
redemption required by Section 2.5(b) (or such shorter period
as is satisfactory to the Trustee) of the aggregate principal
amount of Notes to be redeemed and their redemption date. The
Trustee shall select not more than 60 days prior to the
redemption date, in such manner as it shall deem fair and
appropriate, in its sole discretion, Notes to be redeemed in whole
or in part.
SECTION 2.6.
Places of Payment.
The Places of
Payment where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for
payment, where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to and upon the
Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served
shall be in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New
York, and the office or agency for such purpose shall initially be
U. S. Bank Corporate Trust Services, 100 Wall Street,
Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005.
SECTION 2.7.
Method of Payment.
Payment of the
principal of and interest on the Notes will be made at the office
or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York (which shall initially be an
office or agency of the Trustee), in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at
the option of the Company, payments of principal and interest on
the Notes may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account
maintained by the Person entitled thereto located inside the United
States.
Principal and
interest on the Notes shall be payable in Dollars.
SECTION 2.9.
Registered Securities; Global Form.
The Notes shall be
issuable and transferable in fully registered form as Registered
Securities, without coupons. The Notes shall be issued in the form
of one or more permanent global Securities. The depositary for the
Notes shall be DTC. The Notes shall not be issuable in definitive
form except as provided in Section 305 of the
Indenture.
SECTION 2.10.
Form of Notes.
The Notes shall be
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A
hereto.
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SECTION 2.11.
Security Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Trustee shall
initially serve as Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the
Notes.
SECTION 2.12.
Defeasance.
The provisions of
Sections 1402 and 1403 of the Indenture, together with the
other provisions of Article XIV of the Indenture, shall be
applicable to the Notes. The provisions of Section 1403 of the
Indenture shall apply to the covenants set forth in
Section 2.4 of this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2.13.
Registration Default.
(a) In
the event that either the Exchange Offer is not completed or the
Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the Registration
Rights Agreement, is not declared effective on or prior to
January 13, 2008, the interest rate on the Notes will be
increased by 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period
thereafter, and the amount of such additional interest will
increase by an additional 0.25% per annum for each subsequent
90-day period, up to a maximum of 1.0% per annum over the original
interest rate on the Notes (“ Additional Interest
”). At the time the Exchange Offer is consummated, the Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC or the
Securities become freely tradable under the Securities Act, the
interest rate on the Notes shall revert to the original interest
rate on the date of this Supplemental Indenture and the Company and
the Guarantors shall no longer be required to pay Additional
Interest.
(b) If
a Shelf Registration Statement required by the Registration Rights
Agreement, has been declared effective and thereafter either ceases
to be effective or the prospectus contained therein ceases to be
usable at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such
failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than
60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period,
then the interest rate on the Notes will be increased by 0.25% per
annum for the first 90-day period thereafter, and the amount of
such additional interest will increase by an additional 0.25% per
annum for each subsequent 90-day period, up to a maximum of 1.0%
per annum over the original interest rate on the Notes (“
Shelf Registration Additional Interest ”). At the time
that the Shelf Registration has again been declared effective or
the prospectus contained therein again becomes useable, the
interest rate on the Securities shall revert to the original
interest rate on the date of this Supplemental Indenture and the
Company and the Guarantors shall no longer be required to pay Shelf
Registration Additional Interest.
SECTION 3.1.
Guaranty . Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees
to the Trustee and the Holders full and prompt payment and
performance when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, of all Obligations. Each Obligation shall rank pari
passu with each other Obligation.
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SECTION 3.2.
Obligations Several . Regardless of whether any proposed
Guarantor or any other Person or Persons is, are or shall become in
any other way responsible to the Trustee and the Holders, or any of
them, for or in respect of the Obligations or any part thereof, and
regardless of whether or not any Person or Persons now or hereafter
responsible to the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, for the
Obligations or any part thereof, whether under the Guaranty or
otherwise, shall cease to be so liable, each Guarantor hereby
declares and agrees that the Guaranty provided thereby is and shall
continue to be a several obligation (as well as a joint one), shall
be a continuing guaranty and shall be operative and binding on such
Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that it will not exercise
any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation under the
Guaranty, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, unless and
until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full. If any
amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such
subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall
not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for
the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders and shall forthwith be
paid to the Trustee to be credited and applied upon the
Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture, but subject to the provisions of
Section 3.7 hereof.
SECTION 3.3.
Guaranty Final . Upon the execution and delivery of this
Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto, this Supplemental
Indenture shall be deemed to be finally executed and delivered by
the parties hereto and shall not be subject to or affected by any
promise or condition affecting or limiting any Guarantor’s
liability, and no statement, representation, agreement or promise
on the part of the Trustee, the Holders, the Company, or any of
them, or any officer, employee or agent thereof, unless contained
herein forms any part of this Supplemental Indenture or has induced
the making hereof or shall be deemed in any way to affect any
Guarantor’s liability hereunder. The Guarantors’
obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect until
all Obligations shall have been paid in full.
SECTION 3.4.
Dealings With the Company . The Company, the Trustee and the
Holders, or any of them, may, from time to time, without
exonerating or releasing any Guarantor in any way under the
Guaranty, (i) take such further or other security or
securities for the Obligations or any part thereof as the Trustee
and the Holders, or any of them, may deem proper, consistent with
the Indenture, (ii) release, discharge, abandon or otherwise
deal with or fail to deal with any Guarantor of the Obligations or
any security or securities therefor or any part thereof now or
hereafter held by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, as
the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may deem proper,
consistent with the Indenture, or (iii) consistent with the
Indenture, amend, modify, extend, accelerate or waive in any manner
any of the provisions, terms, or conditions of the Indenture and
the Guaranteed Securities, all as the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders, or any of them, may consider expedient or appropriate in
their sole discretion. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, or of Section 3.5 hereof, it is understood that the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may, without
exonerating or releasing any Guarantor, give up, or modify or
abstain from perfecting or taking advantage of any security for the
Obligations and accept or make any compositions or arrangements,
and realize upon any security for the Obligations when, and in such
manner, as the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may deem
expedient, consistent with the Indenture, all without notice to any
Guarantor.
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SECTION 3.5.
Guaranty Unconditional . Each Guarantor acknowledges and
agrees that no change in the nature or terms of the Obligations,
the Indenture or the Guaranteed Securities, or other agreements,
instruments or contracts evidencing, related to or attendant with
the Obligations (including any novation), nor any determination of
lack of enforceability thereof, shall discharge all or any part of
the liabilities and obligations of such Guarantor pursuant to the
Guaranty; it being the purpose and intent of the Guarantors, the
Company, the Trustee and
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