Senior Notes Issuable in
Series
$25,000,000 aggregate principal
amount
5.41% Senior Notes, Series 2008-A-1, due July 31,
2013
$75,000,000 aggregate principal
amount
6.03% Senior Notes, Series 2008-A-2, due July 31,
2018
Dated as of July 31,
2008
(Not a part of the
Agreement)
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Authorization of
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Series 2008-A
Notes
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Subsequent
Series
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Sale and Purchase of
Notes; Subsequent Sales
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Closing
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Conditions to
Closing
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Representations
and Warranties
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Performance; No
Default
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Compliance
Certificates
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Opinions of
Counsel
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Purchase
Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc.
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Sale of Other
Notes
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Payment of
Special Counsel Fees
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Private
Placement Number
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Changes in
Corporate Structure
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Proceedings and
Documents
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Representations and
Warranties of the Company
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Organization;
Power and Authority
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Authorization,
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Disclosure
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Organization
and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates
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Financial
Statements
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Compliance with
Laws, Other Instruments, Etc.
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Governmental
Authorizations, Etc.
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Litigation;
Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders
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Taxes
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Title to
Property; Leases
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Licenses,
Permits, Etc.
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Compliance with
ERISA
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Private
Offering by the Company
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Use of
Proceeds; Margin Regulations
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Existing
Indebtedness; Future Liens
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Foreign Assets
Control Regulations, Etc.
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Status under
Certain Statutes
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Environmental
Matters
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Representations of the
Purchasers
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Purchase for
Investment
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Source of
Funds
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Status as a
Qualified Institutional Buyer
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Information as to the
Company
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Financial and
Business Information
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Officer’s
Certificate
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Visitation
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Prepayment of the
Notes
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Required
Prepayments
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Optional
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Allocation of
Partial Prepayments
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Maturity;
Surrender, Etc.
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Purchase of
Notes
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Make-Whole
Amount
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Change in
Control
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Affirmative
Covenants
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Compliance with
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Insurance
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Maintenance of
Properties
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Payment of
Taxes and Claims
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Legal
Existence, Etc.
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Negative
Covenants
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Indebtedness
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Liens
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Sale of
Assets
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Mergers,
Consolidations, Etc.
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Disposition of
Stock of Subsidiaries
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Nature of
Business
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Transactions
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Events of
Default
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Remedies on Default,
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Acceleration
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Other
Remedies
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Rescission
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No Waivers or
Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc.
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Registration; Exchange;
Substitution of Notes
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Registration of
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Transfer and
Exchange of Notes
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Section
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Heading
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Replacement of
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Payments on
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Place of
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Home Office
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Expenses,
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Transaction
Expenses
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Survival
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Survival of
Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement
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Amendment and
Waiver
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Requirements
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Solicitation of
Holders of Notes
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Binding Effect,
Etc.
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Notes Held by
Company, Etc.
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Notices
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Reproduction of
Documents
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Confidential
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Substitution of
Purchaser
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Miscellaneous
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Successors and
Assigns
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Payments Due on
Non-Business Days
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Severability
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Construction,
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Counterparts
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Governing
Law
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Jurisdiction
and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial
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Information Relating to
Purchasers
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Defined
Terms
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Investments
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Changes in
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Disclosure
Materials
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Subsidiaries of
the Company and Ownership of Subsidiary Stock
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Financial
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Certain
Litigation
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Licenses,
Permits, Etc.
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Use of
Proceeds
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Indebtedness
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Form of 5.41%
Senior Note, Series 2008-A-1, due July 31,
2013
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F orm of 6.03% Senior Note, Series 2008-A-2,
due July 31, 2018
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Form of
Supplemental Note Purchase Agreement
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Form of
Supplemental Note
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Form of Opinion
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Form of Opinion
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AptarGroup, Inc.
475 West Terra Cotta Avenue, Suite E
Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014
(815) 477-0424 Fax:
(815) 477-0481
Senior Notes Issuable in
Series
$25,000,000 aggregate principal
amount
5.41% Senior Notes, Series 2008-A-1, due July 31,
2013
$75,000,000 aggregate principal
amount
6.03% Senior Notes, Series 2008-A-2, due July 31,
2018
Dated as of July 31,
2008
To Each of the
Purchasers Listed in
Schedule A
Hereto:
AptarGroup, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Company” ), agrees
with each of the purchasers whose names appear at the end hereof
(each, a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the
“Purchasers” ) as follows:
Section 1.
Authorization of
Notes.
Section 1.1.
Series 2008-A Notes . (a) The Company is
contemplating the issue and sale of up to $300,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its senior notes issuable in series (the
“Notes” , such term to include any such Notes
issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13
of this Agreement). The Notes may be issued in one or more series
as provided in Section 1.2 . Certain capitalized and
other terms used in this Agreement are defined in
Schedule B , and references to a “
Schedule ” or an “ Exhibit ” are,
unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to
this Agreement.
(b) The
Company has authorized, as the initial series of Notes hereunder,
the issue and sale of (i) $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Notes to be designated as its 5.41% Senior Notes,
Series 2008-A-1, due July 31, 2013 (the
“Series 2008-A-1 Notes” ) and (ii)
$75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes to be designated as
its 6.03% Senior Notes, Series 2008-A-2, due July 31,
2018 (the “Series 2008-A-2 Notes” , and
together with the Series 2008-A-1 Notes, the
“Series 2008-A Notes” , such term to
include any such Notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to
Section 13 ). The Series 2008-A-1 Notes and the
Series-A-2 Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in
Exhibit 1.1(a) and Exhibit 1.1( b) , respectively, with
such changes therefrom, if any, as may be approved by the
Purchasers and the Company.
Section 1.2.
Subsequent Series . Each series of Notes, other than the
Series 2008-A Notes, will be issued pursuant to an agreement
substantially in the form of the Supplemental
Note Purchase
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 1.2(A) (a
“Supplemental Note Purchase Agreement” ) and
will be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) the
designation of each series of Notes shall distinguish the Notes of
one series from the Notes of all other series and may consist of
more than one different and separate tranches, but all such
different and separate tranches of the same series shall constitute
one series;
(b) Notes of each
series shall rank pari passu with each other series of the
Notes and with the Company’s other outstanding senior
unsecured Indebtedness;
(c) each series of
Notes shall be dated the date of issue, bear interest at such rate
or rates, mature on such date or dates, be subject to such
prepayments on the dates and with the premiums, if any, as are
provided herein and in the Supplemental Note Purchase Agreement
under which such Notes are issued, and shall have such additional
or different conditions precedent to closing and such additional or
different representations and warranties or, subject to
Section 1.2(d) , other terms and provisions as shall be
specified in such Supplemental Note Purchase Agreement;
(d) any additional
covenants, Defaults, Events of Default, rights or similar
provisions that are added by a Supplemental Note Purchase Agreement
for the benefit of the series of Notes to be issued pursuant to
such Supplemental Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to all
outstanding Notes, whether or not the Supplemental Note Purchase
Agreement so provides; and
(e) except to the
extent provided in foregoing clause (c), all of the provisions of
this Agreement shall apply to the Notes of each series.
Each series of
Notes, other than the Series 2008-A Notes, shall be
substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 1.2(B) ,
with such changes therefrom, if any, as may be approved by the
purchasers of such Notes and the Company. The Purchasers of the
Series 2008-A Notes need not purchase subsequent series of
Notes.
Section 2.
Sale and Purchase of Notes; Subsequent
Sales.
Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and
sell to each Purchaser and each Purchaser will purchase from the
Company, at the Closing provided for in Section 3 ,
Series 2008-A Notes in the principal amount and of the tranche
specified opposite such Purchaser’s name in
Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of the
principal amount thereof. Each Purchaser’s obligations
hereunder are several and not joint obligations and no Purchaser
shall have any liability to any Person for the performance or
non-performance of any obligation by any other Purchaser
hereunder.
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The sale and
purchase of the Series 2008-A Notes to be purchased by the
Purchasers shall occur at the offices of Chapman and Cutler LLP,
111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603, at 10:00 a.m
., Chicago time, at
a closing (the “Closing” ) on July 31,
2008. At the Closing, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser
the 2008-A Notes of the tranche to be purchased by such Purchaser
in the form of a single Series 2008-A Note (or such greater
number of Series 2008-A Notes in denominations of at least
$500,000 as such Purchaser may request), dated the date of the
Closing and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the
name of its nominee), against delivery by such Purchaser to the
Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount
of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately
available funds for the account of the Company to account number
8188-9-00150 at Bank of America, 231 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,
IL 60697, ABA #026009593. If at the Closing the Company shall fail
to tender such Series 2008-A Notes to any Purchaser as
provided above in this Section 3 , or any of the
conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been
fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser
shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations
under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such
Purchaser may have by reason of such failure or such
nonfulfillment.
Section 4.
Conditions to Closing.
Each
Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the
Series 2008-A Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at the
Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such Purchaser’s
satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following
conditions:
Section 4.1.
Representations and Warranties . The representations and
warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be correct when
made and at the time of the Closing.
Section 4.2.
Performance; No Default . The Company shall have performed and
complied with all agreements and conditions contained in this
Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it prior to
or at the Closing, and after giving effect to the issue and sale of
the Series 2008-A Notes (and the application of the proceeds
thereof as contemplated by Schedule 5.14 ), no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have entered into any
transaction since March 31, 2008 that would have been
prohibited by Sections 10.1 through 10.7 had
such Sections applied since such date.
Section 4.3.
Compliance Certificates .
(a)
Officer’s Certificate . The Company shall have
delivered to such Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated
the date of the Closing, certifying that the conditions specified
in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.9 have been
fulfilled.
(b)
Secretary’s Certificate . The Company shall have
delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or
Assistant Secretary, dated as of the date of the Closing,
certifying as
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to the
resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings
relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the
Series 2008-A Notes and this Agreement.
Section 4.4. Opinions
of Counsel . Such Purchaser shall have received opinions in
form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated the date
of the Closing (a) from Sidley Austin LLP, special counsel for
the Company, covering the matters set forth in
Exhibit 4.4(a) and covering such other matters incident
to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Purchaser or its
counsel may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs
its special counsel to deliver such opinion to the Purchasers) and
(b) from Chapman and Cutler LLP, the Purchasers’ special
counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the
form set forth in Exhibit 4.4(b) and covering such
other matters incident to such transactions as such Purchaser may
reasonably request.
Section 4.5. Purchase
Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc . On the date of the Closing
such Purchaser’s purchase of Series 2008-A Notes shall
(a) be permitted by the laws and regulations of each
jurisdiction to which such Purchaser is subject, without recourse
to provisions (including, without limitation,
Section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting
limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as
to the character of the particular investment, (b) not violate
any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation,
Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System) and (c) not subject such Purchaser to any tax,
penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or
regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on the date
hereof. If requested by such Purchaser, such Purchaser shall have
received an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to such
matters of fact as such Purchaser may reasonably specify to enable
such Purchaser to determine whether such purchase is so
permitted.
Section 4.6. Sale of
Other Notes . Contemporaneously with the Closing, the Company
shall sell to each other Purchaser, and each other Purchaser shall
purchase, the Series 2008-A Notes to be purchased by it at the
Closing as specified in Schedule A hereto.
Section 4.7. Payment
of Special Counsel Fees . Without limiting the provisions of
Section 15.1 , the Company shall have paid on or before
the Closing the fees, charges and disbursements of the
Purchasers’ special counsel referred to in
Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in a statement of
such counsel rendered to the Company at least one Business Day
prior to the Closing.
Section 4.8. Private
Placement Number . A Private Placement Number issued by
Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation
with the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners) shall have been obtained for each tranche
of the Series 2008-A Notes by Chapman and Cutler
LLP.
Section 4.9. Changes
in Corporate Structure . Except as specified in
Schedule 4.9 , the Company shall not have changed its
jurisdiction of incorporation or been a party to any merger or
consolidation and shall not have succeeded to all or any
substantial part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any
time following the date of the most recent financial statements
referred to in Schedule 5.5 .
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Section 4.10.
Proceedings and Documents . All corporate and other proceedings
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions
shall be satisfactory to such Purchaser and its special counsel,
and such Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all
such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such
documents as such Purchaser or such special counsel may reasonably
request.
Section 5
. Representations and Warranties of the
Company.
The Company
represents and warrants to each Purchaser that:
Section 5.1.
Organization; Power and Authority . The Company is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other
than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified
or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
Company has the corporate power and authority to own or hold under
lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to
transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the Series 2008-A Notes
and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.
Section 5.2.
Authorization, Etc . This Agreement and the Series 2008-A
Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Company, and this Agreement constitutes, and
upon execution and delivery thereof each Series 2008-A Note
will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
(a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and (b) general principles
of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law).
Section 5.3.
Disclosure . The Company, through its agent, Banc of America
Securities Inc., has delivered to each Purchaser a copy of a
Confidential Offering Memorandum dated June 2008 (the
“Memorandum" ), relating to the transactions
contemplated hereby. The Memorandum fairly describes, in all
material respects, the general nature of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in
Schedule 5.3 of this Agreement, this Agreement, the
Memorandum, including the exhibits to the Memorandum, and the
documents delivered to each Purchaser by the Company at the Closing
and the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5 ,
taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances
under which they were made. Except as disclosed in the Memorandum
or as expressly described in Schedule 5.3 , or in one
of the documents identified therein, or in the financial statements
listed in Schedule 5.5 , since December 31, 2007,
there has been no change in the financial condition, operations,
business or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary except
changes that individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no fact
known to the Company that would reasonably be
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expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein
or in the Memorandum or in the other documents delivered to the
Purchasers by the Company specifically for use in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 5.4.
Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries;
Affiliates . (a) Schedule 5.4 contains (except as
noted therein) complete and correct lists (i) of the
Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the
correct name thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the
percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar
equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other
Subsidiary, (ii) of the Company’s Affiliates, other than
Subsidiaries, and (iii) of the Company’s directors and
executive officers.
(b) All of
the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests
of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned
by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are
fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or
another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (except as otherwise
permitted by Section 10.2 ).
(c) Each
Subsidiary identified in Schedule 5.4 is a corporation
or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and
is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as
to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the
corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under lease
the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to
transact the business it transacts and proposes to
transact.
(d) No
Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to, any legal
restriction or any agreement (other than this Agreement, the
agreements listed on Schedule 5.3 and customary
limitations imposed by corporate law statutes) restricting the
ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make
any other similar distributions of profits to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of capital stock or
similar equity interests of such Subsidiary.
Section 5.5.
Financial Statements . The Company has delivered to each
Purchaser or made available on “EDGAR” copies of the
financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries listed on
Schedule 5.5 . All of said financial statements
(including in each case the related schedules and notes) fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial
condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective
dates specified in such financial statements and the consolidated
results of their operations and cash flows for the respective
periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set
forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim
financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments).
Section 5.6.
Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc . The execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
Series 2008-A Notes will not (a) contravene, result in
any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation of
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any Lien in
respect of any property of the Company or any Subsidiary under, any
Material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or
credit agreement, lease, corporate charter or by-laws, or any other
Material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is bound or by which any of their respective properties
may be bound or affected, (b) violate or result in a breach of
any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment,
decree, or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental
Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or
(c) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or
regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Company
or any Subsidiary, other than violations that would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.7.
Governmental Authorizations, Etc . No consent, approval or
authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any
Governmental Authority is required in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement
or the Series 2008-A Notes.
Section 5.8. Litigation;
Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders. (a) Except
as disclosed in Schedule 5.8 , there are no actions,
suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary or
any property of the Company or any Subsidiary in any court or
before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental
Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default under any term of any
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is
bound, or any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of any
applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation (including, without
limitation, Environmental Laws or the USA Patriot Act) of any
Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or
in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
Section 5.9.
Taxes . The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all
Material required income tax returns, including all federal income
tax returns, and all other Material tax returns that are required
to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes
shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and
assessments levied upon them or their properties, assets, income or
franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become
due and payable and before they have become delinquent, except for
any taxes and assessments (a) the amount of which is not
individually or in the aggregate Material or (b) the amount,
applicability or validity of which is currently being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the
Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. The Company knows of no
basis for any other tax or assessment that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals
and reserves on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in
respect of federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal periods are
adequate under GAAP. The federal income tax liabilities of the
Company and its Subsidiaries have been determined by the Internal
Revenue Service for all fiscal years up to and including the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2002.
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Section 5.10. Title
to Property; Leases . The Company and its Subsidiaries have
good and sufficient title to the properties that they own or
purport to own and that individually or in the aggregate are
Material, including all such properties reflected in the most
recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5
or purported to have been acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary
after said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the
ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens
prohibited by this Agreement. All leases that individually or in
the aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full
force and effect in all material respects.
Section 5.11.
Licenses, Permits, Etc. Except as disclosed in
Schedule 5.11 ,
(a) the
Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits,
franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, proprietary
software, service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights
thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are Material,
without known material conflict with the rights of
others;
(b) to the
knowledge of the Company, no product of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries infringes in any material respect any license, permit,
franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, proprietary software,
service mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any
other Person; and
(c) to the
knowledge of the Company, there is no Material violation by any
Person of any right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
respect to any patent, copyright, proprietary software, service
mark, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 5.12.
Compliance with ERISA . (a) The Company and each ERISA
Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in compliance
with all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance
as have not resulted in and would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or
IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code
relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3 of
ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or
exists that would reasonably be expected to result in the
incurrence of any such liability by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights,
properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, in
either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to such penalty
or excise tax provisions or to Code sections 401(a)(29) or 412
(replaced by Code sections 436 and 430, respectively, effective
January 1, 2008), other than such liabilities or Liens as
would not be individually or in the aggregate Material.
(b) The
present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of
the Plans (other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the
end of such Plan’s most recently ended plan year on the basis
of the actuarial assumptions used to determine the actuarial
accrued liability on an ongoing funding basis in such Plan’s
most recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the
aggregate current value of the assets of such Plan allocable to
such benefit liabilities. The term
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“benefit
liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 4001
of ERISA and the terms “current value” and
“present value” have the meaning specified in
Section 3 of ERISA.
(c) The
Company and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred withdrawal
liabilities (and are not subject to contingent withdrawal
liabilities) under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of
Multiemployer Plans that have not been paid, or if contingent, that
individually or in the aggregate are Material.
(d) The
expected post retirement benefit obligation (determined as of the
last day of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal year in
accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement
No. 106, as amended by Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement No. 132, as revised, without regard to liabilities
attributable to continuation coverage mandated by
Section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries
is not Material.
(e) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale
of the Series 2008-A Notes hereunder will not involve any
transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of Section 406
of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed
pursuant to Section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The
representation by the Company in the first sentence of this
Section 5.12(e) is made in reliance upon and subject to
the accuracy of each Purchaser’s representation in
Section 6.2 as to the sources of the funds used to pay
the purchase price of the Series 2008-A Notes to be purchased
by such Purchaser.
Section 5.13. Private
Offering by the Company . Neither the Company nor anyone acting
on its behalf has offered the Series 2008-A Notes or any
similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any
of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect
thereof with, any Person other than the Purchasers and not more
than 40 other Institutional Investors, each of which has been
offered the Series 2008-A Notes at a private sale for
investment. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has
taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or
sale of the Series 2008-A Notes to the registration
requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act.
Section 5.14. Use of
Proceeds; Margin Regulations . The Company will apply the
proceeds of the sale of the Series 2008-A Notes to refinance
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries and for general
corporate purposes as set forth in Schedule 5.14 . No
part of the proceeds from the sale of the Series 2008-A Notes
hereunder will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of
buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or
trading in any securities under such circumstances as to involve
the Company in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12
CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of
Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does not
constitute more than 1.0% of the value of the consolidated assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company does not have
any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than
1.0% of the value of such assets. As used in this Section, the
terms “margin stock” and “purpose of buying or
carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said
Regulation U. For purposes of the foregoing, margin stock
shall not include common stock of the Company held in its
treasury.
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Section 5.15.
Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens . (a) Except as
described therein, Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete
and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2008, since which date there
has been no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking
funds, installment payments or maturities of the Indebtedness of
the Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in default and no waiver of default is currently in
effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any
Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary that is outstanding
in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $2,000,000 and no
event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness of the
Company or any Subsidiary that is outstanding in an aggregate
principal amount in excess of $2,000,000 and that would permit (or
that with notice or the lapse of time, or both, would permit) one
or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and
payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly
scheduled dates of payment.
(b) Except as
disclosed in Schedule 5.15 , neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the
future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of
its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be
subject to a Lien not permitted by Section 10.2
.
Section 5.16. Foreign
Assets Control Regulations, Etc . (a) Neither the sale of
the Series 2008-A Notes by the Company hereunder nor its use
of the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy
Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations
of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B,
Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or
executive order relating thereto.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is a Person described or designated
in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of
the Office of Foreign Assets Control or in Section 1 of the
Anti-Terrorism Order. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in
compliance, in all material respects, with the USA Patriot
Act.
(c) To the
knowledge of the Company, no part of the proceeds from the sale of
the Series 2008-A Notes hereunder will be used, directly or
indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or
employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate
for political office, or anyone else acting in an official
capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain
any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, assuming in all cases
that such Act applies to the Company.
Section 5.17. Status
under Certain Statutes . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended, or the
Federal Power Act, as amended.
Section 5.18.
Environmental Matters . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has knowledge of any Material claim or has received any notice of
any Material claim, and no proceeding has been instituted asserting
any Material claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective real properties now owned, leased or
operated by any of them or other assets nor, to the knowledge of
the Company or any Subsidiary, has any such proceeding been
instituted against any of their respective real properties formerly
owned, leased
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or operated
thereby, respectively, for damage to the environment or violation
of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as otherwise disclosed to each Purchaser in
writing;
(a) neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which
would give rise to any claim for violation of Environmental Laws or
damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any
way related to real properties now or, to the Company’s or
such Subsidiary’s knowledge, formerly owned, leased or
operated by any of them or other assets or their use, except, in
each case, such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect;
(b) neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has stored any Hazardous Materials
on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any
of them or has disposed of any Hazardous Materials in a manner
contrary to any Environmental Laws in each case in any manner that
would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect; and
(c) all
buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by
the Company or any Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable
Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 6.
Representations of the
Purchasers.
Section 6.1. Purchase
for Investment . Each Purchaser severally represents that it is
purchasing the Series 2008-A Notes to be purchased by it for
its own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by
such Purchaser or for the account of one or more pension or trust
funds and not with a view to the distribution thereof;
provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s or
their property shall at all times be within such Purchaser’s
or their control. Each Purchaser understands that the
Series 2008-A Notes to be purchased by it have not been
registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only if
registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if
an exemption from registration is available, except under
circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption
is required by law, and that the Company is not required to
register the Series 2008-A Notes.
Section 6.2. Source
of Funds . Each Purchaser severally represents that at least
one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to
each source of funds (a “Source” ) to be used by
such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be
purchased by such Purchaser hereunder:
(a) the Source is
an “insurance company general account” as such term is
defined in the Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption 95-60 (issued July 12, 1995) (
“PTE 95-60” ) and there is no “employee
benefit plan” with respect to which the aggregate amount of
such general account’s reserves and liabilities for the
contracts held by or on behalf of such employee benefit plan and
all other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer
(and affiliates thereof as defined in Section V(a)(1) of PTE
95-60) or by the same employee organization (in each case
determined in accordance with the provisions of PTE 95-60) exceeds
10% of the
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total reserves
and liabilities of such general account (as determined under PTE
95-60) (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as
set forth in the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Annual Statement filed with the state of domicile of such
Purchaser; or
(b) if such
Purchaser is an insurance company, the Source does not include
assets allocated to any separate account maintained by such
Purchaser in which any employee benefit plan (or its related trust)
has any interest, other than a separate account that is maintained
solely in connection with such Purchaser’s fixed contractual
obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to such
plan and to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including
any annuitant) are not affected in any manner by the investment
performance of the separate account; or
(c) the Source is
either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account,
within the meaning of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (
“PTE” ) 90-1 (issued January 29, 1990), or
(ii) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the
PTE 91-38 (issued July 12, 1991) and, except as such Purchaser
has disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this
Section 6.2(c) , no employee benefit plan or group of
plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization
beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such
pooled separate account or collective investment fund;
or
(d) the Source
constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the
meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption) managed by a
“qualified professional asset manager” or
“QPAM” (within the meaning of Part V of the QPAM
Exemption), no employee benefit plan’s assets that are
included in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of
all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the
same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of
Section V(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by
the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, exceed
(i) 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, or
(ii) 10% of the assets of the investment fund, the conditions
of Parts I(c), (d), (f) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are
satisfied, as of the last day of its most recent calendar quarter,
the QPAM does not own a 10% or more interest in the Company and no
Person controlling or controlled by the QPAM (applying the
definition of “control” in Section V(e) of the
QPAM Exemption) owns a 20% or more interest in the Company (or less
than 20% but greater than 10%, if such person exercises control
over the management or policies of the Company by reason of its
ownership interest) and (x) the identity of such QPAM and
(y) the names of all employee benefit plans whose assets are
included in such investment fund have been disclosed to the Company
in writing pursuant to this Section 6.2(d) ;
or
(e) the Source is
a governmental plan; or
(f) the Source is
one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust
fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which
has been identified to the Company in writing pursuant to this
Section 6.2(f) ; or
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(g) the Source
does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a
plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA.
As used in this
Section 6.2 , the terms “employee benefit
plan”, “governmental plan”, “party in
interest” and “separate account” shall have the
respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of
ERISA.
Section 6.3. Status
as a Qualified Institutional Buyer . Each Purchaser severally
represents that it is a “qualified institutional buyer”
within the meaning of Rule 144A of the Securities
Act.
Section 7.
Information as to the
Company.
Section 7.1.
Financial and Business Information . The Company shall deliver
to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional
Investor:
(a) Quarterly
Statements — within 60 days after the end of each
quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company (other
than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year),
duplicate copies of:
(i) an unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
at the end of such quarter, and
(ii) unaudited
consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’
equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such
quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the
portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,
setting forth
in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding
periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail,
prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial
statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer
as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the consolidated
financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the
specified dates being reported on and their consolidated results of
operations and cash flows for the respective periods specified,
subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments;
provided that delivery within the time period specified
above of copies of the Company’s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and
filed with the SEC shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of
this Section 7.1(a) ; provided, further, that
the Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form
10-Q if (x) it shall have timely made such Form 10-Q available
on “EDGAR” and via the “Investor Relations”
link on the Company’s home page on the worldwide web (at the
date of this Agreement located at: http//www.aptargroup.com) and
(y) by email to each Purchaser, the Company shall have given
each Purchaser prior notice of such availability on EDGAR and via
the Company’s home page in connection with each delivery
(such availability and notice thereof being referred to as
“Electronic Delivery” );
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(b) Annual
Statements — within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies of,
(i) an audited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as
at the end of such year, and
(ii) audited
consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’
equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such
year,
setting forth
in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous
fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with
GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion thereon of independent public
accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall
state that such financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the specified dates being
reported upon and their consolidated results of operations and cash
flows for the respective periods specified, and have been prepared
in conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such
accountants in connection with such financial statements has been
made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and
that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the
circumstances; provided that the delivery within the time
period specified above of the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for such fiscal year (or the Company’s annual report to
stockholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the
Exchange Act) prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor
and filed with the SEC, together with such accountant’s
opinion, shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this
Section 7.1(b) ; provided, further, that the
Company shall be deemed to have made such delivery of such Form
10-K if it shall have timely made Electronic Delivery
thereof;
(c) SEC and
Other Reports — promptly upon their becoming available,
one copy of each regular or periodic report, each registration
statement (without exhibits except as expressly requested by such
holder), and each prospectus and all amendments thereto containing
information of a financial nature filed by the Company or any
Subsidiary with the SEC and of all press releases and other
statements concerning a Material development made available
generally by the Company or any Subsidiary to the
public;
(d) Notice of
Default or Event of Default — promptly, and in any event
within five Business Days after a Responsible Officer obtains
actual knowledge of the existence of any Default or Event of
Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action
with respect to a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has
given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed
default of the type referred to in Section 11(f) , a
written notice specifying the nature and period of existence
thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto;
(e) ERISA
Matters — promptly, and in any event within five days
after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of any of the following,
a written notice setting
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forth the
nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Company or an ERISA
Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto:
(i) with respect
to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has
not been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the
date hereof; or
(ii) the taking by
the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the PBGC of
the institution of, proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA
for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to
administer, any Plan, or the receipt by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action
has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer Plan;
or
(iii) any event,
transaction or condition that would result in the incurrence of any
liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I
or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code
relating to employee benefit plans, or in the imposition of any
Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such
penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken
together with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing,
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(f) Notices
from Governmental Authority — promptly, and in any event
within 30 days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the
Company or any Subsidiary from any federal or state Governmental
Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or
regulation that would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(g) Requested
Information — with reasonable promptness, such other data
and information relating to the business, operations, affairs,
financial condition, assets or properties of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or relating to the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes as from time
to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of Notes;
and
(h)
Supplemental Note Purchase Agreements — in the event
an additional series of Notes is, or is proposed to be, issued
under this Agreement, promptly, and in any event within 10 Business
Days after execution and delivery thereof, a true copy of the
Supplemental Note Purchase Agreement pursuant to which such Notes
are to be, or were, issued.
Section 7.2.
Officer’s Certificate . Each set of financial statements
delivered to a holder of Notes pursuant to
Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) shall be
accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer setting
forth (which, in the case of Electronic Delivery of such financial
statements, shall be by separate delivery of such certificate to
each holder of Notes):
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(a) Covenant
Compliance — the information (including detailed
calculations) required in order to establish whether the Company
was in compliance with the requirements of Section 10.1
through Section 10.4 , inclusive, during the quarterly
or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished
(including with respect to each such Section, where applicable, the
calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage,
as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Sections,
and the calculation of the amount, ratio or percentage then in
existence); and
(b) Event of
Default — a statement that such Senior Financial Officer
has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to
be made, under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions
and conditions of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the
beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the
statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and
that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such
period of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an
Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or
exists (including, without limitation, any such event or condition
resulting from the failure of the Company or any Subsidiary to
comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the nature and
period of existence thereof and what action the Company shall have
taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 7.3.
Visitation . The Company shall permit the representatives of
each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor:
(a) No
Default — if no Default or Event of Default then exists,
at the expense of such holder and upon reasonable prior notice to
the Company, to visit the principal executive office of the
Company, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the
Company and its Subsidiaries with the Company’s officers and
(with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be
unreasonably withheld) to visit the other offices and properties of
the Company and each Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times
during business hours and as often as may be reasonably requested
in writing; and
(b) Default
— if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the
expense of the Company and upon reasonable prior notice to the
Company, to visit the principal executive office of the Company or
any Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of account,
records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts
therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and
accounts with their respective officers and (with the consent of
the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld)
independent public accountants at the Company’s offices (and
by this provision the Company authorizes such accountants to
discuss with each holder of the Notes or representative thereof the
affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its
Subsidiaries), all at such reasonable times during business hours
and as often as may be reasonably requested in writing.
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Section 8.
Prepayment of the
Notes.
Section 8.1. Required
Prepayments . No prepayment, purchase or redemption of any
tranche of the Series 2008-A Notes shall be made except to the
extent and in the manner expressly provided in this
Section 8 .
Section 8.2. Optional
Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount . The Company may, at its
option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all, or
from time to time any part of, the Notes of any series, including
the Series 2008-A Notes (but if in the case of a partial
prepayment, then against each tranche within a series of Notes in
proportion to the aggregate principal amount outstanding of each
tranche of such series), at 100% of the principal amount so
prepaid, together with interest accrued thereon to the date of such
prepayment, and the Make-Whole Amount determined for the prepayment
date with respect to such principal amount. The Company will give
each holder of Notes of the series to be prepaid written notice of
each optional prepayment under this Section 8.2 not
less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the
date fixed for such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify such
date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes to be prepaid on such date, the principal
amount of each Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined
in accordance with Section 8.3 ), and the interest to
be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal
amount being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of
a Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount
due in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date
of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the
details of such computation. Two Business Days prior to such
prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes of
the series to be prepaid a certificate of a Senior Financial
Officer specifying the calculation of such Make-Whole Amount as of
the specified prepayment date.
Section 8.3.
Allocation of Partial Prepayments . In the case of each partial
prepayment of the Notes of a series pursuant to
Section 8.2 , the principal amount of the Notes to be
prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Notes of such series at
the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to
the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore
called for prepayment. Each such partial prepayment pursuant to
Section 8.2 shall be applied first to the payment due
on such Notes at final maturity and thereafter to any required
prepayments on such Notes, in inverse order of maturity.
Section 8.4.
Maturity; Surrender, Etc . In the case of each prepayment of
Notes pursuant to this Section 8 , the principal amount
of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable
on the date fixed for such prepayment (which shall be a Business
Day), together with interest on such principal amount accrued to
such date and the applicable Make-Whole Amount (which may in no
event be less than zero), if any. From and after such date, unless
the Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and
payable, together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any,
as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to
accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to
the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note
shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any
Note.
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