Porex
Holding Corporation
$10,000,000 8.75% Senior Secured
Notes due October 19, 2010
$10,000,000 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due October 19,
2011
$10,000,000 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due October 19,
2012
$37,500,000 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due October 19,
2013
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Section 1.
Authorization of Notes
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Section 2.
Sale and Purchase of
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Section 3.
Closing
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Section 4.
Conditions to Closing
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Section 4.1. Representations
and Warranties
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Section 4.2. Performance; No
Default
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Section 4.4. Opinions of
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Section 4.5. No Violation of
Law, Etc.
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Section 4.6. Stock
Purchase
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Section 4.9. Changes in
Corporate Structure
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Section 4.12. Security
Documents
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Section 4.13. Pledged
Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes
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Section 4.14. Filings,
Registrations and Recordings
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Section 4.16. Mortgages,
etc.
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Section 4.17.
Certain Post-Closing Matters
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Section 5.
Representations and Warranties of the
Obligors
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Section 5.1. Existence;
Compliance with Law
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Section 5.2. Corporate Power;
Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
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Section 5.3. No Legal
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Section 5.4. No Material
Litigation
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Section 5.6. Ownership of
Property; Liens
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Section 5.7. Investment Company
Act
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Section 5.8. Subsidiaries
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Section 5.9. Accuracy of
Information, Etc.
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Section 5.10. Security
Documents
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Section 5.11. Stock
Purchase
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Section 5.12. Operations of the
Company
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Section 5.13. Private Offering by the
Obligors
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Section 5.14. Existing
Indebtedness
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Section 6.
Representations of the
Purchaser
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Section 6.1. Purchase for
Investment
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Section 7.
Tax Indemnification
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Section 8.
Payment of Prepayment of the
Notes
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Section 8.1. Required Repayments
and Prepayments
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Section 8.2. Optional
Prepayments
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Section 8.3. Allocation of
Partial Repayments and Prepayments
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Section 8.4. Maturity;
Surrender, Etc.
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Section 8.5. Purchase of
Notes
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Section 9.
Affirmative Covenants
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Section 9.1. Financial
Statements
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Section 9.2. Certificates; Other
Information
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Section 9.3. Payment of
Obligations
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Section 9.4. Conduct of Business
and Maintenance of Existence, etc; Compliance
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Section 9.5. Maintenance of
Property; Insurance
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Section 9.6. Inspection of
Property; Books and Records
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Section 9.8. Additional
Collateral
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Section 9.9. Further
Assurances
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Section 10.
Negative Covenants
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Section 10.1. Amendments of Certain
Documents
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Section 10.2. Indebtedness
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Section 10.4. Fundamental
Changes
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Section 10.5. Dispositions of
Property
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Section 10.6. Restricted
Payments
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Section 10.7. Investments
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Section 10.8. Optional
Payments
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Section 10.9. Transactions with
Affiliates
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Section 10.10. Sales and
Leasebacks
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Section 10.11. Negative Pledge
Clauses
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Section 10.12. Clauses Restricting
Subsidiary Distributions
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Section 10.13. Limitation on Hedge
Agreements
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Section 10.14. Limitation on Cash-Pay
Preferred Stock
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Section 10.15. Limitation on
Activities of the Company
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Section 10.14. Lines of
Business
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Section 11.
Events of Default
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Section 12.
Remedies on Default,
Etc.
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Section 12.1. Acceleration
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Section 12.2. Other
Remedies
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Section 12.4. No
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Section 13.
Registration; Exchange;
Substitution of Notes
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Section 13.1. Registration
of Notes
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Section 13.2. Transfer
and Exchange of Notes
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Section 13.3. Replacement
of Notes
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Section 14.
Payments on
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Section 14.1.
Place of Payment
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Section 14.2. Home
Office Payment
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Section 15.
Expenses,
Etc.
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Section 15.1. Transaction
Expenses
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Section 16.
Survival of Representations
and Warranties; Entire Agreement
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Section 17.
Amendment and
Waiver
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Section 17.1. Requirements
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Section 17.2. Solicitation
of Holders of Notes
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Section 17.3. Binding
Effect, etc.
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Section 17.4. Notes
Held by Company, etc.
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Section 18.
Notices
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Section 20.
Confidential
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Section 21.
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Section 22.
Miscellaneous
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Section 22.1. Successors
and Assigns
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Section 22.2. Payments
Due on Non-Business Days
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Section 22.3. Accounting
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Section 22.4. Severability
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Section 22.5. Construction,
etc.
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Section 22.6. Counterparts
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Section 22.7. Governing
Law
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Section 22.8. Jurisdiction
and Process
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Section 22.9. No
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Section 22.10. Governing
Release of Collateral and Note Guarantees
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Section 23.
Collateral Agent and Related
Matters
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Section 23.1. Appointment
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Section 23.2. Delegation
of Duties
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Section 23.4. Reliance
by the Collateral Agent
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Section 23.5. Notice
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Section 23.6. Non-Reliance
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Section 23.7. Indemnification
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Section 23.8. Collateral
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Section 23.9. Successor
Agents
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Section 23.10. Authorization
to Release Liens and Guarantees
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Section 24.
Waiver of Jury Trial
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Information Relating to
the Purchaser
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Initial
Guarantors
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Defined Terms
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Form of
Opinion
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Subordination
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Form of 8.75% Senior
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Form of Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement
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Porex Holding Corporation
c/o Aurora Capital Group
10877 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2100
Los Angeles, California 90024
$10,000,000 8.75% Senior Secured
Notes due October 19, 2010
$10,000,000 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due October 19,
2011
$10,000,000 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due October 19,
2012
$37,500,000 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due October 19,
2013
Porex Holding
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company” ), and the Subsidiaries of the Company
listed on Schedule B (collectively, the “ Initial
Guarantors ”) each agrees jointly and severally, with
SNTC Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (in its individual
capacity as the “Purchaser” and also in its
capacity as the Collateral Agent) as follows:
Section 1.
Authorization of Notes
.
The Company has
authorized the issue and sale of (i) $10,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due
October 19, 2010 (the “ 2010 Notes ”), (ii)
$10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.75% Senior Secured
Notes due October 19, 2011 (the “ 2011 Notes
”), (iii) $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.75%
Senior Secured Notes due October 19, 2012 (the “ 2012
Notes ”) and (iv) $37,500,000 aggregate principal amount
of its 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due October 19, 2013 (the
“ 2013 Notes ” and, together with the 2010
Notes, the 2011 Notes and the 2012 Notes, the “ Notes
”, each such term to include any such notes issued in
substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13, and each series
of 2010 Notes, 2011 Notes, 2012 Notes and 2013 Notes being a
“ Series ” of Notes). The Notes of each Series
shall be substantially in the form set out in Exhibit 1.
Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are
defined in Schedule C; and references to a
“Schedule” or an “Exhibit” are, unless
otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this
Agreement.
Section 2.
Sale and Purchase of Notes
.
Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and
sell to the Purchaser and the Purchaser will purchase from the
Company, at the Closing provided for in Section 3,
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2010 Notes in
the principal amount of $10,000,000, 2011 Notes in the principal
amount of $10,000,000, 2012 Notes in the principal amount of
$10,000,000 and 2013 Notes in the principal amount of $37,500,000
as the non-cash portion of the purchase price for the
“Shares” (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement)
in accordance with the Stock Purchase Agreement.
The sale and
purchase of the Notes to be purchased by the Purchaser shall occur
at the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599 Lexington
Avenue, New York, NY 10022, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, at a
closing (the “Closing” ) occurring
contemporaneously with the “Closing” (as such term is
defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement). At the Closing the
Company will deliver the Notes to the Purchaser in the form of a
single Note for each Series dated the date of the Closing and
registered in the Purchaser’s name, against delivery by the
Purchaser to the Company of the “Shares” (as defined in
the Stock Purchase Agreement). If at the Closing the Company shall
fail to tender such Notes to the Purchaser as provided above in
this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in
Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to the
Purchaser’s satisfaction, the Purchaser shall, at its
election, be relieved of all further obligations under this
Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights the Purchaser may
have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment.
Section 4.
Conditions to Closing
.
The
Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to
be sold to the Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the
fulfillment to the 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 Obligors in this Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects at the time of
the Closing.
Section 4.2. Performance; No Default . The Obligors
shall have performed and complied with all agreements and
conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or
complied with by them prior to or at the Closing, and after giving
effect to the issue and sale of the Notes and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Stock
Purchase Agreement, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing (other than as a result of the
inaccuracy of any information included in the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement that was provided to the Company by the
Purchaser for inclusion therein that relates to the
Collateral).
Section 4.3. Compliance Certificates .
(a)
Officer’s Certificate . The Company shall have
delivered to the 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 the Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or
Assistant Secretary, dated the date of Closing, certifying as to
the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings
relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes
and this Agreement.
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Section 4.4. Opinions of Counsel . The Purchaser shall
have received opinions in form and substance satisfactory to the
Purchaser, dated the date of the Closing from external counsel for
the Obligors, covering matters described in Schedule 4.4 in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Purchaser.
Section 4.5. No Violation of Law, Etc . On the date of
the Closing the Purchaser’s purchase of Notes shall
(a) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including,
without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board) and
(b) not subject the 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 of the Stock Purchase
Agreement.
Section 4.6. Stock Purchase . Contemporaneously with
the Closing the Company shall consummate the acquisition of the
“Shares” (as defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement)
in accordance with the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “
Stock Purchase ”).
Section 4.7. [Reserved] .
Section 4.8. [Reserved] .
Section 4.9. Changes in Corporate Structure . The
Company shall not have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization, as applicable, or been a party to any merger or
consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part of the
liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of
the Stock Purchase Agreement.
Section 4.10. [Reserved] .
Section 4.11. [Reserved] .
Section 4.12. Note Documents . The Purchaser shall have
received copies of each of the Note Documents, executed and
delivered by the Obligors party thereto.
Section 4.13. Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged
Notes . The Collateral Agent shall have received (i) the
certificates representing the shares, if any, of Capital Stock of
each of the Company’s Domestic Subsidiaries pledged to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such
certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the
pledgor thereof and (ii) each promissory note (if any)
required to be pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in
blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the
pledgor thereof.
Section 4.14. Filings, Registrations and Recordings .
Each document (including, without limitation, any Uniform
Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Security
Documents to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, a first priority perfected Lien on the Collateral
described therein, shall have been delivered to the Collateral
Agent in proper form for filing, registration or
recordation.
Section 4.15. [Reserved] .
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Section 4.16. Mortgages, etc . The Purchaser shall have
received the Mortgages for the properties listed on
Schedule 4.16, each duly executed and delivered by the parties
thereto, and such other documentation relating to each such
Mortgage or the real property subject thereto as may reasonably be
required by the Purchaser (or arrangements satisfactory to the
Purchaser for delivery thereof shall have been made).
Section 4.17. Certain Post-Closing Matters .
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent any
security interest in the Collateral or any deliverable related to
the perfection of security interests in or Liens upon the
Collateral or the properties listed in Schedule 4.16 (other
than any (x) the Capital Stock in each of the Company’s
Domestic Subsidiaries to be pledged, (y) such property the
security interest in or Lien upon which may be perfected by the
filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement and
(z) such property in which perfection of security interests is
not required under the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement) is not
provided on the Closing after the Company’s use of
commercially reasonable efforts to do so, the provision of any such
security interest(s) or Liens(s) or deliverable shall not
constitute a condition precedent to the issuance of the Notes under
this Section 4 on the Closing but shall be required to be
delivered after the Closing pursuant to arrangements to be
satisfactory to the Purchaser. Notwithstanding any contrary
provision of the Note Documents, the Purchaser and the Obligors
hereby agree that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall deliver
certificates representing sixty-five percent (65%) of the Voting
Stock of each of Porex Technologies LTD and Porex Technologies SDN,
BHD to the Purchaser, together with an undated stock power for each
such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of
the pledgor thereof, in each case as promptly as reasonably
practicable following the Closing and in no event later than 30
days following the Closing; provided that nothing in this sentence
shall be deemed to alter the requirements of Section 9.8(d)
hereof.
Section 5.
Representations and Warranties of the
Obligors .
To induce the
Purchaser to enter into this Agreement and to acquire the Notes,
the Obligors hereby jointly represent and warrant to the Purchaser,
which representations and warranties shall be deemed made at the
Closing (immediately before and immediately after giving effect to
the Stock Purchase), that:
Section 5.1. Existence; Compliance with Law . The
Company (a) (i) is duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
(ii) has the corporate power to own and operate its Property,
to lease the Property it operates as lessee and to conduct the
business in which it is currently engaged except, in each case, to
the extent that any such failure to have such power could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and
(iii) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good
standing (where such concept is relevant) under the laws of each
jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of Property or
the conduct of its business requires such qualification except, in
each case, to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or in
good standing (where such concept is relevant) could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) is in
compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that
any such failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.2. Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable
Obligations . Each Obligor has the corporate or organizational
power to make, deliver and perform the Note Documents to which it
is a party and, in the case of the Company, to issue the Notes
hereunder. Each Obligor has taken all necessary corporate or other
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the
Note Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the
Company, to authorize the issuance of the Notes on the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. Each Obligor has duly executed and
delivered each Note Document to which it is a party. Except as
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
no consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act
by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority is required in
connection with the issuance of the Notes hereunder or the
execution, delivery,
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performance,
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other
Note Documents, except the filings referred to in Section 5.7.
This Agreement and each other Note Document constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of each Obligor that is a party
thereto, enforceable against each such Obligor in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by
proceedings in equity or at law) and the implied covenants of good
faith and fair dealing.
Section 5.3. No Legal Bar . The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the other Note Documents, the
issuance of the Notes hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof
will not (a) violate the organizational or governing documents
of any of the Obligors, (b) violate any Requirement of Law or
any Contractual Obligation of the Company (other than any violation
which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect) or (c) result in, or require, the creation or
imposition of any Lien on any of the properties or revenues of any
Obligor (other than the Liens permitted by
Section 10.2).
Section 5.4. No Material Litigation . No litigation,
proceeding or investigation of or before any arbitrator or
Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or against any of its
Properties (other than the “Shares” as defined under
the Stock Purchase Agreement and other than any such litigation,
proceeding or investigation against HLTH Corporation, SNTC Holding,
Inc. and Porex and any of its Subsidiaries in respect of their
obligations under the Stock Purchase Agreement) or revenues which,
taken as a whole, (a) involve any of the Note Documents or
(b) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 5.5. No Default . No Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 5.6. Ownership of Property; Liens . The Company
has good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in or right to
use, all its Property (other than the “Shares” as
defined under the Stock Purchase Agreement), in each case, except
where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect, and none of such Property (other than
the “Shares” as defined under the Stock Purchase
Agreement) is subject to any Lien except as permitted by the Note
Documents. The Company does not own or lease any real property as
of the Closing Date.
Section 5.7. Investment Company Act . The Company is
not an “investment company”, or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company”,
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
Section 5.8. Subsidiaries . The Company shall have no
Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Closing.
Section 5.9. Accuracy of Information, Etc . No
statement or information contained in any certificate furnished to
the Purchaser, by or on behalf of the Company for use in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other
Note Documents when taken as a whole, contained as of the date such
statement, information, or certificate was so furnished, any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or
therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances in
which they were made.
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Section 5.10. Security Documents . (a) The
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor
of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a
legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral
described therein (including any proceeds of any item of
Collateral) to the extent required by the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement. In the case of (i) the Pledged Securities described
in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when any stock
certificates or notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged
Securities are delivered to the Collateral Agent and (ii) the
other Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, when financing statements in appropriate form are filed
with the Delaware Secretary of State (which financing statements
have been duly completed and delivered to the Collateral Agent) and
a short form of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is filed
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United
States Copyright Office (which short form has been duly completed
and executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent), the Collateral
Agent shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest
in, all right, title and interest of the Obligors in such
Collateral (including any proceeds of any item of Collateral) (to
the extent a security interest in such Collateral can be perfected
through the filing of financing statements with the Delaware
Secretary of State and the filing of such short form with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States
Copyright Office, and through the delivery of the Pledged
Securities required to be delivered on the Closing Date), as
security for the Obligations, in each case prior and superior in
right to any other Person (except Liens permitted by
Section 10.3) to the extent required by the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement.
(b) Upon the
execution and delivery of any Mortgage to be executed and delivered
pursuant to Sections 4.16 (which have been executed and
delivered or for which arrangements satisfactory to the Purchaser
for the execution and delivery thereof have been made) or 9.8(b),
such Mortgage shall be effective to create in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a legal,
valid and enforceable Lien on the mortgaged property described
therein and proceeds thereof; and when such Mortgage is filed in
the recording office designated by the Company, such Mortgage shall
constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all
right, title and interest of the Obligors in such mortgaged
property and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations
(as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and
superior in right to any other Person (other than Liens permitted
by Section 10.3).
Section 5.11. Stock Purchase . The Stock Purchase
Agreement has been assigned to the Company by Aurora Equity
Partners III L.P. and Aurora Overseas Equity Partners III, L.P. in
accordance with Section 11.05 thereof.
Section 5.12. Operations of the Company . The Company
was formed solely for the purpose of consummating the transactions
contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement and this Agreement,
has engaged in no other business activities, has conducted its
operations only as contemplated by such agreements and, immediately
prior to the consummation of such transactions, had no material
assets or liabilities and no outstanding Indebtedness.
Section 5.13. Private Offering by the Obligors .
Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the
Notes or the Note Guarantees by means of any form of general
advertising or general soliciation (as such terms are defined in
Regualtion D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) or has
offered the Notes or the Note Guarantees 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
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person other
than the Purchaser, which has been offered the Notes and the Note
Guarantees at a private sale for investment. Neither the Company
nor anyone acting on its or their behalf has taken any action that
would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes and the Note
Guarantees to the registration requirements of Section 5 of
the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any
securities or blue sky laws of any applicable
jurisdiction.
Section 5.14. Existing Indebtedness . The Company has
no Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to the
Closing.
Section 5.15. Taxes . Immediately prior to the Closing,
the Company (i) has filed or caused to be filed all federal,
state, provincial and other tax returns that are required to be
filed and (ii) has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable
on said returns and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed
on it or any of its Property by any Governmental Authority
responsible for administering taxes.
Section 6.
Representations of the
Purchaser .
Section 6.1. Purchase for Investment . The Purchaser
represents that (i) it is acquiring the Notes and the Note
Guarantees for its own account and not with a view to the
distribution thereof, (ii) it has such knowledge and
experience in financial affairs that it is capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of an investment in the Notes, and
(iii) its financial situation is such that it can afford to
bear the economic risk of holding the Notes for an indefinite
period of time and can afford to suffer the complete loss of its
investment in the Notes. The Purchaser understands that the Notes
and the Note Guarantees 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 Obligors are not required to register the Notes or the
Note Guarantees. The Purchaser understands that, in addition to any
other legends required by applicable state securities laws, a
legend will be placed on any certificate or certificates
representing the Notes substantially to the following
effect:
“THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT
TO, REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
REFERRED TO BELOW.
IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE COMPANY SUCH
OPINION OF COUNSEL AS MAY BE REASONABLY REQUESTED TO CONFIRM THAT
THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS.”
Section 7.
Tax Indemnification
.
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All payments
whatsoever under this Agreement and the Notes will be made in
lawful currency of the United States of America free and clear of,
and without liability for withholding or deduction for or on
account of, any present or future taxes of whatever nature imposed
or levied by or on behalf of any jurisdiction (other than Excluded
Taxes), unless the withholding or deduction of such tax is
compelled by law. So long as the holder of a Note delivers to the
Company evidence (including the appropriate IRS forms) that, at the
Closing (or at such later time as such holder first becomes a
holder), it is entitled to receive payments from each Obligor
without any requirement for withholding or deduction of tax imposed
by the United States, then if any deduction or withholding for any
tax shall at any time be required in respect of any amounts to be
paid by an Obligor under this Agreement or the Notes, the Obligor
will pay to the relevant jurisdiction the full amount required to
be withheld, deducted or otherwise paid before penalties attach
thereto or interest accrues thereon, and such holder of a Note will
be entitled to receive such additional amounts as may be necessary
in order that the net amounts paid to such holder pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement or the Notes after such deduction,
withholding or payment (including, without limitation, any required
deduction or withholding of tax on or with respect to such
additional amount), shall be not less than the amounts then due and
payable to such holder under the terms of this Agreement or the
Notes before the assessment of such tax. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no payment of any additional amounts shall be required
to be made for or on account of:
(a) any tax
that would not have been imposed but for the existence of any
present or former connection between a holder of a Note (or a
fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member of, shareholder of, or
possessor of a power over, such holder, if such holder is an
estate, trust, partnership or corporation or any Person other than
the holder to whom the Notes or any amount payable thereon is
attributable for the purposes of such tax) and the relevant
jurisdiction imposing in the tax, other than the mere holding of
the relevant Note and the receipt of payments and enforcement of
rights thereunder or in respect thereof; or
(b) any tax
that would not have been imposed but for the delay or failure by a
holder of a Note (following at least 10 days prior written
request by the Company) in the filing with the relevant
jurisdiction imposing the tax of any forms that are required by
applicable law to be filed by such holder in order to avoid or
reduce such taxes, provided that the filing of such forms would not
(in such holder’s reasonable judgment) impose any
unreasonable burden (in time, resources or otherwise) on such
holder or result in any confidential or proprietary tax return
information being revealed, either directly or indirectly, to any
Person.
The Obligors will
furnish the holders of Notes, promptly and in any event within
60 days after the date of any payment by an Obligor of any tax
in respect of any amounts paid under this Agreement or the Notes,
the original tax receipt issued by the relevant taxation or other
authorities involved for all amounts paid as aforesaid (or if such
original tax receipt is not available or must legally be kept in
the possession of an Obligor, a duly certified copy of the original
tax receipt or any other reasonably satisfactory evidence of
payment), together with such other documentary evidence with
respect to such payments as may be reasonably requested from time
to time by any holder of a Note.
If an Obligor is
required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of the
taxation or other authority of any relevant jurisdiction, to make
any deduction or withholding of any tax in respect of which the
Obligor would be required to pay any additional amount under this
Section 7, but for any reason does not make such deduction or
withholding with the result that a liability in respect of such tax
is assessed directly against such holder of any Note, and such
holder pays such liability, then the Obligor will promptly
reimburse such holder for such payment (including any related
interest or penalties to the
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extent such
interest or penalties arise by virtue of a default or delay by the
Obligor) upon demand by such holder.
The obligations of
the Obligors under this Section 7 shall be joint and several,
and shall survive the payment or transfer of any Note.
Section 8.
Repayment and Prepayment of the
Notes .
Section 8.1. Required Repayments and Prepayments .
(a) The Company shall repay the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the 2010 Notes on the first anniversary of the
Closing; the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2011
Notes on the second anniversary of the Closing; the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the 2012 Notes on the third
anniversary of the Closing; and the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the 2013 Notes on the fourth anniversary of the Closing.
In each case, such amounts shall be reduced as a result of the
application of any prepayments in accordance with
Section 8.1(b) or (c) or 8.2.
(b) Unless
the Required Holders of the relevant Series shall otherwise agree,
if any Funded Debt (excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred in accordance with Section 10.2 or incurred with the
consent of the Required Holders) shall be incurred by the Company
or any Guarantor, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds
thereof shall be applied within two Business Days of the date of
receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds toward the pro rata prepayment of
the Notes of each Series as set forth in
Section 8.1(d).
(c) Unless
the Required Holders of the relevant Series shall otherwise agree,
if on any date any of the Company or any Subsidiary shall for its
own account receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or
Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be
delivered in respect thereof, such Net Cash Proceeds shall be
applied within two Business Days of such date toward the pro rata
prepayment of the Notes of each Series as set forth in
Section 8.1(d); provided that notwithstanding the
foregoing, on the date (the “ Trigger Date ”)
that is 12 months after the applicable Reinvestment Prepayment
Date, the Notes of each Series shall be prepaid on a pro rata basis
as set forth in Section 8.1(d) by an amount equal to the
portion of any Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the
relevant Reinvestment Event not actually expended by such Trigger
Date.
(d) Amounts
to be applied in connection with repayments and prepayments
pursuant to this Section 8.1(b) or (c) shall be applied
to the pro rata prepayment of each Series of Notes until paid in
full. Each repayment or prepayment of the Notes under
Section 8.1 shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the
date of such repayment or prepayment on the amount repaid or
prepaid.
Section 8.2. Optional Prepayments . The Company may, at
its option, upon advance written notice, prepay at any time all, or
from time to time any part of, the Notes of any Series, at 100% of
the principal amount so prepaid plus accrued interest to the date
of such prepayment on the amount prepaid.
Section 8.3. Allocation of Partial Repayments and
Prepayments . In the case of each partial repayment or
prepayment of the Notes of a Series, the principal amount of the
Notes to be repaid or 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.
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Section 8.4. Maturity; Surrender, Etc . In the
case of each repayment or prepayment of Notes pursuant to this
Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be repaid or
prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the date fixed
for such repayment or prepayment (which shall be a Business Day),
together with interest on such principal amount accrued to such
date. From and after such date, unless the Company shall fail to
pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with
the interest 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 repaid or prepaid
principal amount of any Note.
Section 8.5. Purchase of Notes . The Company will not
and will not permit any Subsidiary to purchase, redeem, prepay or
otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding
Notes except upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes. The
Company will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any
Affiliate pursuant to any payment or prepayment of Notes pursuant
to any provision of this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in
substitution or exchange for any such Notes.
Section 9.
Affirmative Covenants
.
Each of the
Obligors hereby agrees that, so long as any amount is owing to any
holder of the Notes under any Note Document (other than contingent
or indemnification obligations not then due), the Obligors shall
and (to the extent relevant) shall cause each of the Subsidiaries
to:
Section 9.1. Financial Statements . Furnish to each
holder of the Notes:
(a) within
120 days after the first fiscal year of the Company ending
after the Closing, and within 90 days after each fiscal year
of the Company thereafter, a copy of the audited consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as
at the end of such year and the related audited consolidated
statements of income and of cash flows for such year, setting forth
in each case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and
for the previous year, reported on without qualification arising
out of the scope of the audit, by independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing; and
(b) as soon as
available, but in any event not later than 60 days after the
end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal
year of the Company, commencing with the first such fiscal quarter
ending after the Closing, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet
of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of
such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of
income and of cash flows for such quarter and the portion of the
fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the
corresponding period in the previous year, certified by a
Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material respects
(subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the lack of
notes);
all such
financial statements to be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with
prior periods (except as approved by such accountants or such
Responsible Officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein and
except, in the case of the financial statements referred to in
clause (b), for normal year-end audit adjustments and the lack of
footnotes).
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Section 9.2. Certificates; Other Information . Furnish
to each holder of the Notes:
(a) concurrently
with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to
Section 9.1, (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer
on behalf of the Company stating that such Responsible Officer has
obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as
specified in such certificate and (ii) to the extent not
previously disclosed to the holders of the Notes, a description of
any new Subsidiary and of any change in the jurisdiction of
organization of any Obligor since the date of the most recent list
delivered pursuant to this clause (ii) (or, in the case of the
first such list so delivered, since the Closing); and
(b) as soon as
available, but in any event not later than 60 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company (commencing with the fiscal
year ending on December 31, 2009), a budget for the following
fiscal year consisting of consolidated statements of projected cash
flow and projected income (collectively, the “ Annual
Operating Budget ”);
(d) promptly after
the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and reports
that the Company or any Subsidiary may make to, or file with, the
SEC, in each case to the extent not already provided pursuant to
Section 9.1 or any other clause of this
Section 9.2;
(e) promptly upon
delivery thereof to the Company or any Subsidiary and to the extent
permitted, copies of any accountants’ letters addressed to
its Board of Directors (or any committee thereof);
(f) promptly, such
additional financial and other information as any holders of the
Notes may from time to time reasonably request; provided that in no
event shall such information consist of Trade Secrets (as defined
in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement); and
(g) at the end of
each fiscal quarter of the Company, and promptly upon any Default,
notice to the Collateral Agent of any location at which equipment
or inventory is kept, if not already specified in the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement.
Section 9.3. Payment of Obligations . Pay, discharge or
otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become
delinquent, as the case may be, all its taxes, governmental
assessments and governmental charges (other than Indebtedness),
except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves
required in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been
provided on the books of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the
case may be, or except where the failure to pay such taxes,
assessments or charges could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 9.4. Conduct of Business and Maintenance of
Existence, etc; Compliance . (a) (i) Preserve, renew and keep
in full force and effect its corporate or other existence and
(ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights,
privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal
conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise
permitted by Section 10.4 or except, in the case of clause
(ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material
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Adverse Effect;
and (b) comply with all Requirements of Law except to the
extent that failure to comply therewith could not, in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 9.5. Maintenance of Property; Insurance .
(a) Keep all Property useful and necessary in its business in
reasonably good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted except where a failure to do so, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) Take all
reasonable and necessary steps, including, in any proceeding before
the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States
Copyright Office, to maintain and pursue each application (and to
obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each registration
of the Intellectual Property, including, filing of applications for
renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability, in
each case as determined in the reasonable business judgment of the
Company, except in each case to the extent that failure to do so
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) Maintain
insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies
insurance on all its material Property in at least such amounts and
against at least such risks as is consistent with its past
practice, or as is customarily maintained by comparably situated
companies. All such insurance shall, to the extent customary (but
in any event, not including business interruption insurance and
personal injury insurance) (i) provide that no cancellation
thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days after
receipt by the holders of the Notes of written notice thereof and
(ii) name the holders of the Notes as additional insured
parties or loss payees, as applicable.
(d) Obtain at
the Closing or promptly thereafter ALTA mortgagee title insurance
policies issued by one or more title companies reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Holders with respect to the properties
listed on Schedule 4.16 in amounts not less than the fair
market value of such real property or such other amount reasonably
required by the Required Holders, and a current ALTA survey
thereof, together with a surveyor’s certificate unless the
title insurance policy referred to above shall not contain an
exception for any matter shown by a survey (except to the extent an
existing survey has been provided and specifically incorporated
into such title insurance policy), each in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders; and maintain flood
insurance with respect to each owned real property and leasehold
property located in an area at high risk for flood.
Section 9.6. Books and Records . Keep proper books of
records and account in which full, true and correct entries in
conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of
all material dealings and transactions in relation to its business
and activities.
Section 9.7. Notices . Promptly upon a Responsible
Officer of any Obligor obtaining knowledge thereof, give notice to
each holder of the Notes of:
(a) the occurrence
of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) any
litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time
between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any other
Person, that in either case, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
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(c) the following
events, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, as soon as possible and
in any event within 30 days after the Company or any Subsidiary
knows thereof: (i) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with
respect to any Single Employer Plan, a failure to make any required
contribution to a Single Employer Plan, the creation of any Lien in
favor of the PBGC or a Single Employer Plan or any withdrawal from,
or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any
Multiemployer Plan, (ii) the institution of proceedings or the
taking of any other action by the PBGC or the Company or any
Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan with respect
to the withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or
Insolvency of, any Plan or (iii) the occurrence of any similar
events with respect to a Commonly Controlled Plan, that would
reasonably be likely to result in a direct obligation of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay money;
(d) any
development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(e) the
acquisition of any Property after the Closing Date in which the
Collateral Agent does not already have a perfected security
interest and in which a security interest is required to be created
or perfected pursuant to Section 9.8.
Each notice
pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence
referred to therein and stating what action the Company or the
relevant Subsidiary proposes to take with respect
thereto.
Section 9.8. Additional Collateral, etc . (a) With
respect to any Property (other than assets expressly excluded from
the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents) acquired after
the Closing Date by any Obligor (other than (x) any interests
in real property, (y) any Property subject to a Lien expressly
permitted by Section 10.3(f) and (z) Instruments and
Certificated Securities, which are referred to in the last sentence
of this paragraph (a)) as to which the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties does not have a perfected Lien,
promptly, but in any case within 30 days, (i) give notice
of such Property to the Collateral Agent and execute and deliver to
the Collateral Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Collateral
Agent reasonably requests to grant to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in such Property
and (ii) take all actions reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Secured Parties a perfected security interest (to the extent
required by the Security Documents and with the priority required
by Section 5.10) in such Property (with respect to Property of
a type owned by an Obligor as of the Closing to the extent the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has a
perfected security interest in such Property as of the Closing),
including, without limitation, the filing of Uniform Commercial
Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required
by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be
reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent. Any Instrument or
Certificated Security in excess of $1,000,000 shall be promptly
delivered to the Collateral Agent indorsed in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to be held as Collateral
pursuant to the relevant Security Document.
(b) With
respect to any fee interest in any real property located in the
United States having a value (together with improvements thereof)
of at least $1,000,000 acquired after the Closing Date by any
Obligor (other than any such real property subject to a Lien
expressly permitted by Section 10.3(f)), (i)
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give notice of
such acquisition to the Collateral Agent and, if requested by the
Collateral Agent, execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage
(subject to Liens permitted by Section 10.3) in favor of the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, covering
such real property (provided that no Mortgage nor survey shall be
obtained if the Collateral Agent reasonably determines in
consultation with the Company that the costs of obtaining such
Mortgage or survey are excessive in relation to the value of the
security to be afforded thereby), (ii) if reasonably requested
by the Collateral Agent (A) provide the holders of the Notes
with a lenders’ title insurance policy with extended coverage
covering such real property in an amount at least equal to the
purchase price of such real property (or such other amount as shall
be reasonably specified by the Collateral Agent) as well as a
current ALTA survey thereof, together with a surveyor’s
certificate unless the title insurance policy referred to above
shall not contain an exception for any matter shown by a survey
(except to the extent an existing survey has been provided and
specifically incorporated into such title insurance policy), each
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent, and (B) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
any consents reasonably deemed necessary by the Collateral Agent,
in connection with such Mortgage, each of the foregoing in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and
(iii) if requested by the Collateral Agent deliver to the
Collateral Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described
above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from
counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent.
(c) With
respect to any new Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing
Date by any Obligor, promptly, but in any case within 30 days
of such acquisition, (i) give notice of such acquisition or
creation to the Collateral Agent and, if requested by the
Collateral Agent, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such
amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other
documents as the Collateral Agent reasonably deems necessary to
grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties a perfected security interest (to the extent required by
the Security Documents and with the priority required by
Section 5.7) in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that
is owned by such Obligor (provided that no Capital Stock of any
Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC shall be required to be pledged,
except for 65% of the Voting Stock and 100% of the Capital Stock
(other than Voting Stock) of such CFC of any Foreign Subsidiary
owned directly by the Company or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries),
(ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if any,
representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock
powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer of such Obligor, and (iii) cause such new Subsidiary
(A) to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement and (B) to take such actions necessary or advisable
to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties a perfected security interest (to the extent required by
the Security Documents and with the priority required by
Section 5.10) in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement with respect to such new Subsidiary (to the
extent the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties
has a perfected security interest in the same type of Collateral as
of the Closing), including, without limitation, the filing of
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions
as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by
law or as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent. For
the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any new Foreign Subsidiary
that is a CFC created or acquired after the Closing by any Obligor,
such Obligor’s obligations under this clause (c) shall
include obligations corresponding to each action described in
clause (d) below (as such clause (d) relates to any
Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC at the Closing).
(d) With
respect to any Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC owned directly by
the Company or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries at the Closing,
other than Porex Technologies LTD, promptly, but in any case within
30 days of the Closing, (i) take such actions necessary
or advisable to grant to the Collateral
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Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected security interest in 65%
of the Voting Stock and 100% of the Capital Stock (other than
Voting Stock) of such Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) execute and deliver
to the Collateral Agent such filings, registrations and other
documents as the Collateral Agent reasonably deems necessary to
grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties a perfected first-priority security interest in such
Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary, and (iii) deliver to
the Collateral Agent an opinion of external local counsel to such
Foreign Subsidiary, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
the Collateral Agent, confirming the legality, validity,
enforceability, priority and perfection of such security
interest.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in any Note Document, this
Section 9.8 shall not apply with respect to any Collateral to
the extent the Required Holders have reasonably determined that the
value of such Collateral to which this Section 9.8 would
otherwise apply is insufficient to justify the difficulty, time
and/or expense of obtaining a perfected Lien therein.
Section 9.9. Further Assurances . (a) Maintain the
security interest created by the Security Documents as a perfected
security interest having at least the priority described in
Section 5.10 (to the extent such security interest can be
perfected through the filing of UCC-1 financing statements, the
Intellectual Property filings to be made pursuant to
Schedule 4 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the
delivery of Pledged Securities required to be delivered under the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), subject to the rights of the
Obligors under the Note Documents to dispose of the Collateral.
From time to time the Obligors shall execute and deliver, or cause
to be executed and delivered, such additional instruments,
certificates or documents, and take all such actions, as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of
implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and
the other Note Documents, or of renewing the rights of the Secured
Parties with respect to the Collateral as to which the Collateral
Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties has a
perfected Lien pursuant hereto or thereto, including, without
limitation, filing any financing or continuation statements or
financing change statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or
other similar laws) in effect in any United States jurisdiction
with respect to the security interests created hereby. At the
reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, the Company will, and
will cause each Obligor to, provide information with respect to its
deposit accounts and, at the reasonable request of the Collateral
Agent, the Company will, and will cause each Obligor to, execute
and deliver account control agreements with financial institutions
holding such accounts (except in the case of deposit accounts that
are “Exempt Deposit Accounts” as defined under the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement).
Section 10.
Negative Covenants
.
Each of the
Obligors (on behalf of itself and each of the Subsidiaries) hereby
agrees that, so long as any amount is owing to any holder of the
Notes under any Note Document (other than contingent or
indemnification obligations not then due), it shall not, and shall
not permit any of the Subsidiaries to:
Section 10.1. Amendments of Certain Documents . Enter
into any amendment or modification of, or agree to or accept any
waiver under, its Organizational Documents that (i) is adverse
in any material respect to the interest of the holders of the Notes
or (ii) adversely affects the voting rights or voting power of
any Capital Stock forming part of the Collateral.
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Section 10.2. Indebtedness . Create, issue, incur,
assume, or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness
of any Obligor pursuant to any Note Document and any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness thereof provided that such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness is unsecured and subordinated on the terms
set forth in Schedule 10.2;
(b) Indebtedness
(i) of the Company to any Obligor, (ii) of any Obligor to
the Company or another Obligor, or (iii) of a Foreign
Subsidiary to any Obligor not to exceed an aggregate principal
amount of $3,000,000 at any one time outstanding; provided
that such Indebtedness under this clause (b) is either
subordinated on the terms set forth in Schedule 10.2 (if
incurred pursuant to subclause (i) or (ii)) or evidenced by a
promissory note that has been pledged and delivered to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (if
incurred pursuant to subclause (i), (ii) or (iii));
(c) Indebtedness
consisting of Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$2,500,000 at any one time outstanding, including any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness thereof;
(d) Guarantee
Obligations by any Obligor of obligations of any other
Obligor;
(e) Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries arising from the honoring
by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or
similar instrument inadvertently drawn by the Company or such
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business against insufficient
funds so long as such Indebtedness is promptly repaid;
(f) Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of
workers’ compensation claims; property casualty or liability
insurance; take-or-pay obligations in supply arrangements;
self-insurance obligations; performance, bid, surety bonds; and
completion guaranties (in each case in the ordinary course of
business);
(g) Indebtedness
of any Obligor as an account party in respect of letters of credit
issued in the ordinary course of business, provided that upon the
drawing of such letters of credit, such Indebtedness is reimbursed
within 30 days following such drawing;
(h) Indebtedness
of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary as part of a Permitted
Acquisition or Investment permitted hereunder after the Closing
Date, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof; provided
that (A) such acquired Indebtedness exists at the time such
Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of
or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary (except to
the extent such acquired Indebtedness refinanced (and did not
increase principal (except for accrued interest premium or fees, or
expenses) or shorten maturity during the term of this Agreement)
other Indebtedness to facilitate such entity becoming a
Subsidiary), and (B) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
shall be a new obligor therefor and no property of the Company or
any other Subsidiary shall provide security therefor, and
(C) either (1) (i) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness
that is incurred pursuant to this clause shall not exceed
$2,000,000 at any one time outstanding or (2) the Consolidated
Total Leverage
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Ratio of the
Company, as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal
quarter of the Company for which internal financial statements are
available, on a pro forma basis (assuming that the consummation of
such acquisition and the incurrence or assumption of any
Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred on the first day of
the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such day), does not
exceed 3.25:1.
(i) the incurrence
by Porex or any of its Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness and
letters of credit under Revolving Credit Facilities in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (i)
(with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount
equal to the maximum potential liability of Porex and its
Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed $12,500,000, provided that
such Indebtedness (A) is incurred by an Obligor and is
unsecured or (B) is incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary and is
either unsecured or secured only by the assets of such Foreign
Subsidiary; provided that to the extent that such Indebtedness is
incurred by Foreign Subsidiaries, such Indebtedness shall be
non-recourse to the Obligors;
(j) Indebtedness
under Hedge Agreements designed solely to protect the Company and
its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in commodity prices, foreign
exchange rates or interest rates and not entered into for
speculative purposes; and
(k) Indebtedness
consisting of Investments permitted by Section 10.7(d)(ii) or
(j).
Section 10.3. Liens . Create, incur, assume or suffer
to exist any Lien upon any of its Property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, except for:
(a) Liens for
taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims not yet due or
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are
maintained on the books of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the
case may be, to the extent required by GAAP;
(b)
landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s,
mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other
like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not
overdue for a period of more than 30 days, that are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(c) pledges,
deposits or statutory trusts in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation;
(d) deposits and
other Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts
(other than for borrowed money), leases, subleases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(e) easements,
zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(f) Liens securing
Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary incurred pursuant to
Section 10.2(c) or 10.2(h); provided that in the case
of any such Liens securing Indebtedness
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incurred
pursuant to Section 10.2(c) to the extent incurred to finance
Permitted Acquisitions or Investments permitted under
Section 10.7, (x) such Liens shall be created
substantially concurrently with the acquisition of the assets
financed by such Indebtedness and (y) such Liens do not at any
time encumber any Property of the Company or any Subsidiary other
than the Property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds
thereof;
(g) Liens created
pursuant to the Note Documents;
(h) any interest
or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the Company or
any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business, and any
financing statement filed in connection with any such
lease;
(i) Liens arising
from judgments in circumstances not constituting an Event of
Default under Section 11(h);
(j) Liens securing
acquired Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.2(h); provided
that such Liens do not extend to property not subject to such Liens
at the time of acquisition and were not granted in connection
therewith or anticipation thereof (other than improvements thereon)
and are no more favorable to the lienholders than such existing
Lien;
(k) receipt of
progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary
course of business to the extent same creates a Lien on the related
inventory and proceeds thereof;
(l) Liens in favor
of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to
secure the payment of customs duties in connection with the
importation of goods;
(m) Liens arising
out of consignment or similar arrangements for the sale by the
Company and its Subsidiaries of goods through third parties in the
ordinary course of business;
(n) Liens deemed
to exist in connection with Investments permitted by
Section 10.7(b) that constitute repurchase
obligations;
(o) any license of
Intellectual Property granted by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(p) Liens created
in the ordinary course of business in favor of banks or other
financial institutions over credit balances of any bank account
held at such bank or financial institution;
(q) Liens on
assets of a Foreign Subsidiary securing Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to Section 10.2(i)(B);
(r) other Liens
with respect to obligations that do not exceed $500,000 at any one
time outstanding.
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Section 10.4. Fundamental Changes . Consummate any
merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or
dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or
Dispose of all or substantially all of its Property or business,
except that:
(a) (i) any
Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated, liquidated or consolidated
with or into, or all or substantially all of the Property or
business may be transferred to, the Company ( provided that
the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or
(ii) any Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated, liquidated or
consolidated with or into, or all or substantially all of the
Property or business may be transferred to, any Subsidiary (
provided that (x) if one of the parties to such merger,
amalgamation or consolidation is a Guarantor, such Guarantor shall
be the continuing or surviving corporation or
(y) simultaneously with such transaction, the continuing or
surviving corporation shall become a Guarantor and the Company
shall comply with Section 9.8 in connection
therewith);
(b) Dispositions
permitted by Section 10.5 may be consummated.
Section 10.5. Dispositions of Property . Dispose of any
of its owned Property (including, without limitation, receivables)
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any
Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiary’s
Capital Stock to any Person, except:
(a) the
Disposition of surplus, obsolete or worn out property in the
ordinary course of business and the abandonment of Intellectual
Property in the ordinary course of business;
(b) (i) the
sale of inventory and Dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents, in
each case in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the
licensing of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of
business and (iii) the contemporaneous exchange, in the
ordinary course of business, of Property for Property of a
like-kind to the extent that the Property received in such exchange
is of a value at least equivalent to the value of the Property
exchanged ( provided that after giving effect to such
exchange, the value of the Property of the Obligors subject to
perfected first priority Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent
under the Security Documents is not reduced);
(c) the sale or
issuance of any Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any
Obligor;
(d) the
Disposition of other assets having a fair market value not to
exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate in any calendar year;
provided that the requirements of Section 8.1(c), are
complied with in connection therewith;
(e) any Recovery
Event; provided that the requirements of Section 8.1(c)
are complied with in connection therewith;
(f) the leasing,
occupancy agreements or sub-leasing of Property that would not
materially interfere with the required use of such Property by the
Company or its Subsidiaries;
(g) Dispositions
of non-core assets that are acquired pursuant to a Permitted
Acquisition; provided that the requirements of
Section 8.1(c), to the extent applicable, are complied with in
connection therewith;
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(h) transfers of
condemned property as a result of the exercise of “eminent
domain” or other similar policies to the respective
Governmental Authority or agency that has condemned same (whether
by deed in lieu of condemnation or otherwise), and transfers of
properties that have been subject to a casualty to the respective
insurer of such property as part of an insurance
settlement;
(i) the transfer
of Property (i) by any Obligor to any other Obligor,
(ii) by any Foreign Subsidiary to another Foreign Subsidiary,
(iii) by any Foreign Subsidiary to an Obligor and (iv) by
any Obligor to a Foreign Subsidiary for not less than fair market
value (as reasonably determined by the Company; provided that for
purposes of this subclause (iv), the Company may, acting in good
faith, determine that a transfer of equipment that has been used in
the business of an Obligor, for not less than the book value of
such equipment, is a transfer for not less than fair market
value);
(j) sale and
leaseback transactions permitted by Section 10.10;
provided that the requirements of Section 8.1(c) are
complied with in connection therewith;
(k) Liens
permitted by Section 10.3;
(l) Restricted
Payments permitted by Section 10.6;
(m) Investments
not prohibited by this Agreement;
(n) the sale or
discount without recourse of accounts receivable arising in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or
collection thereof;
(o) assignments or
subleases for fair value of leasehold interests that are no longer
used or useful in the business the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(p) any exclusive
license to Pentair, Inc. of the Specified Intellectual Property;
and
(q) any
Disposition for not less than fair market value (as reasonably
determined by the Company) if at least 75% of the consideration is
received in the form of cash and the Net Cash Proceeds of which at
the consummation of such Disposition are entirely applied to the
repayment of the Notes of each Series then outstanding on a pro
rata basis, pursuant to Section 8.2.
Section 10.6. Restricted Payments . Declare or pay any
dividend on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets
for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase,
redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any
Capital Stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether now or
hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect
thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property
or in obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary (collectively,
“ Restricted Payments ”), except:
(a) any Subsidiary
may make Restricted Payments to any Obligor, and any Foreign
Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to another Foreign
Subsidiary;
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(b) Investments
permitted by Section 10.7;
(c) the Company
may make Restricted Payments in the form of common equity of the
Company or preferred equity of the Company; and
(d) so long as no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Company or any other Obligor may purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any Capital Stock or options to purchase Capital Stock of
the Company or Porex Equity Partners, L.P. (so long as it owns
Capital Stock of the Company) held by any former officer or
employee of the Company or any other Obligor issued pursuant to any
management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management
or employee benefit plan or agreement; provided that any Restricted
Payments made pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed
$500,000 in any fiscal year.
Section 10.7. Investments . Make any advance, loan,
extension of credit (by way of guaranty or otherwise) or capital
contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes,
debentures or other debt securities of, or all or substantially all
of the assets constituting an ongoing business from, or make any
other investment in, any other Person (all of the foregoing,
“Investments”), except:
(a) extensions of
trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Investments in
Cash Equivalents and Foreign Cash Equivalents;
(c) Investments
resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Sections
10.2(b) and (d);
(d)
(i) Investments (other than those relating to the incurrence
of Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.7(c)) by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries in the Company or any Person that, prior
to such Investment, is a Guarantor and (ii) Investments made
by a Foreign Subsidiary in another Foreign Subsidiary;
(e) Permitted
Acquisitions;
(f) loans or
advances to employees in an aggregate amount of up to $1,000,000
outstanding at any time;
(g) Investments in
existence immediately prior to the Closing;
(h) Investments of
the Company or any Subsidiary under Hedge Agreements permitted
hereunder;
(i) Investments of
any Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary; provided that such Investment was not made in
connection with or anticipation of such Person becoming a
Subsidiary;
(j) provided that
no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result
therefrom, the Company may make Investments in an aggregate amount
(determined as the
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amount
originally advanced, loaned or otherwise invested, less any returns
on the respective Investment not to exceed the original amount
invested) not to exceed at any time outstanding
$1,000,000;
(k) wholly owned
Subsidiaries of the Company may be established or created, if the
Company and such Subsidiary comply with the provisions of
Section 9.8(c) provided that, in each case, to the
extent such new Subsidiary is created solely for the purpose of
consummating a merger transaction pursuant to an acquisition
permitted by Section 10.7(e), and such new Subsidiary at no
time holds any assets or liabilities other than its rights under
the relevant acquisition documents and any merger consideration
contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such merger
transactions, such new Subsidiary shall not be required to take the
actions set forth in Section 9.8(c) until the respective
acquisition is consummated (at which time the surviving entity of
the respective merger transaction shall be required to so comply
within ten Business Days);
(l) Investments
resulting from pledges and deposits referred to in
Sections 10.3(c) and (d);
(m) the
forgiveness or conversion to equity of any Indebtedness permitted
by Section 10.2(b)(i) through (iv);
(n) Investments
(other than Permitted Acquisitions) made (i) by the Company
with cash proceeds of equity contributions (other than with
Disqualified Capital Stock) from shareholders of the Company to the
Company, or (ii) by a Subsidiary of the Company with cash
proceeds of an Investment in such Subsidiary permitted by
Section 10.7(n)(i), in each case after the Closing;
(o) Guarantee
Obligations permitted by Section 10.2 and any payments made in
respect of such Guarantee Obligations;
(p) any
acquisition permitted by Section 10.4(a);
(q) Investments in
notes or securities of trade creditors or customers received in the
ordinary course of business upon foreclosure, or pursuant to any
plan of reorganization or liquidation or similar arrangement, upon
the bankrupty or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers or
in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes
with, trade creditors or customers arising in the ordinary course
of business;
(r) accounts
receivable if created or acquired in the ordinary course of
business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary
terms; and
(s) Investments
made as a result of the receipt of non-Cash consideration from a
Disposition permitted under Section 10.5.
It is further
understood and agreed that for purposes of determining the value of
any Investment outstanding for purposes of this Section 10.7,
such amount shall deemed to be the amount of such
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Investment when
made, purchased or acquired less any returns on such Investment
(not to exceed the original amount invested).
Section 10.8. Optional Payments . Make any optional or
voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of, or
otherwise voluntarily or optionally defease the principal of or
interest on, or any other amount owing in respect of any
Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes
or the Note Guarantees.
Section 10.9. Transactions with Affiliates . Enter into
any transaction or series of transactions, including, without
limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the
rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory
or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than any Obligor) unless
such transaction or series of transactions is (a) otherwise not
prohibited under this Agreement and (b) upon fair and
reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, than it would reasonably expect to
obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person
that is not an Affiliate. For the avoidance of doubt, this
Section 10.9 shall not apply to (i) employment
arrangements with, and payments of compensation, expense
reimbursement, indemnification or benefits to or for the benefit
of, current or former employees, officers or directors of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) Indebtedness
permitted by Section 10.2(b), transactions permitted by
Section 10.4(a), Restricted Payments permitted by
Section 10.6(a), (c) or (d), or Investments permitted by
Section 10.7(d) or (f), (iii) payments under the Management
Services Agreement as in effect at the Closing, not to exceed
$1,000,000 during any annual period beginning on the date of the
Closing or any anniversary thereof plus reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses, (iv) the provision of management services by the
Company or any Subsidiary to any Subsidiary of the Company in the
ordinary course of business, (v) transfers of the
non-exclusive license to a Subsidiary to use Intellectual Property
in the ordinary course of business and (vi) transactions in
existence immediately before the Closing.
Section 10.10. Sales and Leasebacks . Enter into any
arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the
Company or any Subsidiary of real or personal property which is to
be sold or transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary
(a) to such Person or (b) to any other Person to whom
funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the
security of such property or rental obligations of the Company or
such Subsidiary, except for (i) sales or transfers that do not
exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding and
(ii) sales or transfers by any Obligor to any other Obligor.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no transaction or
arrangement shall be restricted under this Section 10.8 if, in
connection with such transaction or arrangement, any Indebtedness
or Lien incurred is permitted to be incurred under
Section 10.2 and Section 10.3 or any Disposition of
property is permitted under Section 10.5.
Section 10.11. Negative Pledge Clauses . Enter into any
agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any Lien upon any of its Property or revenues, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations or, in the case of
any Guarantor, its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, other than (a) this Agreement and the other Note
Documents, (b) any agreements governing any purchase money
Liens or Capital Lease Obligations, or any Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness thereof, otherwise permitted hereby (in which case,
any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the
assets financed thereby and the proceeds thereof),
(c) Contractual Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business and on customary terms which limit Liens on the assets
that are subject of the applicable
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Contractual
Obligation, (d) prohibitions and limitations in effect
immediately prior to the date hereof, (e) customary provisions
restricting the subletting or assignment of any lease governing a
leasehold interest or restrictions on assignment of any
Intellectual Property or general intangibles, (f) customary
restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to
an asset sale permitted by Section 10.4 or 10.5, and
(g) any agreement in effect at the time any Person becomes a
Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in
contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary.
Section 10.12. Clauses Restricting Subsidiary
Distributions . Enter into any consensual encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary to (a) make
Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such
Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Company or
any Subsidiary or (b) make Investments in the Company or any
Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing
under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the
Note Documents, (ii) any restrictions with respect to such
Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered
into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially all
of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary, (iii) any
restrictions regarding licenses or sublicenses by the Company and
its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of
business (in which case such restriction shall relate only to such
Intellectual Property), (iv) Contractual Obligations incurred in
the ordinary course of business which include customary provisions
restricting the assignment of any agreement relating thereto,
(v) customary provisions contained in joint venture agreements
and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures entered
into in the ordinary course of business, (vi) customary
provisions restricting the subletting or assignment of any lease
governing a leasehold interest, (vii) customary restrictions
and conditions contained in any agreement relating to an asset sale
permitted by Section 10.4 or 10.5, (viii) any agreement
in effect at the time any Person becomes a Subsidiary, so long as
such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person
becoming a Subsidiary, (ix) such restrictions in effect
immediately prior to the Closing, (x) applicable law,
(xi) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth
imposed by customers or landlords under contracts entered into in
the ordinary course of business, (xii) any restrictions on the
transfer of any property subject to a Lien permitted by
Section 10.3; and (xiii) restrictions set forth in
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.2(a) (provided
that the restrictions in any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
incurred under Section 10.2(a) taken as a whole are no less
favorable in any material respect to the holders of the Notes than
those restrictions that are then in effect under the Indebtedness
that is being refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended),
Section 10.2(c) (provided that (i) the restriction is not
materially more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes than is
customary in comparable financings, and any such restriction will
not materially affect the Company’s ability to make principal
or interest payments on the Notes, and (ii) the restrictions
in any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under
Section 10.2(c) taken as a whole are no less favorable in any
material respect to the holders of the Notes than those
restrictions that are then in effect under the Indebtedness that is
being refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended), Section 10.2(h)
(provided that (i) the restriction is not applicable to any
Person, or the property or assets of any Person, other than the
Person that becomes a Subsidiary as described in such Section
10.2(h), and (ii) the restrictions in any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under Section 10.2(h) taken as a
whole are no less favorable in any material respect ot the holders
of the Notes than those restrictions that are then in effect under
the Indebtedness that is being refinanced, renewed, replaced or
extended) or Section 10.2(i) (provided that the restriction is
not materially more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes
than is customary in comparable financings, and any such
restriction will not materially affect the Company’s ability
to make principal or interest payments on the Notes).
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Section 10.13. Limitation on Hedge Agreements . Enter
into any Hedge Agreement other than Hedge Agreements entered into
for a bona fide business purpose, and not for speculative
purposes.
Section 10.14. Limitation on Cash-Pay Preferred Stock .
Issue or permit to exist any Cash-Pay Preferred Stock.
Section 10.15. Limitation on Activities of the Company
. In the case of the Company only, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement or any other Note Document:
(a) conduct,
transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to conduct, transact or
otherwise engage in, any business or operations other than
(i) ownership of the Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries,
(ii) activities incidental to the maintenance of its existence
and compliance with applicable laws and legal, tax and accounting
matters related thereto and activities relating to its employees,
(iii) activities relating to the performance of obligations
under the Note Documents to which it is a party or expressly
permitted thereunder and (iv) the making of Restricted
Payments to the extent permitted to be made pursuant to
Section 10.6;
(b) own, lease,
manage or otherwise operate any properties or assets other than the
ownership of shares of Capital Stock of its Subsidiaries;
or
(c) except as
permitted under Section 10.04, consummate any merger,
consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve
itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of
all or substantially all of its Property or business.
Section 10.16. Lines of Business . Enter into any
business, either directly or through any of its Subsidiaries,
except for the Business.
Section
11. Events of Default .
An “Event
of Default” shall exist if any of the following
conditions or events shall occur and be continuing:
(a) The Company
shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Note when due in
accordance with the terms thereof or (ii) any interest owed by
it on any Note, or any other amount payable by it hereunder or
under any other Note Document, within two Business Days after any
such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the
terms hereof or thereof; or
(b) Any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Obligor
herein or in any other Note Document on the Closing or that is
contained in any certificate, document or financial or other
statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with
this Agreement or any other Note Document, shall, in either case,
prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect on or as of
the date made or deemed made or furnished; or
(c) Any Obligor
shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement
contained in Section 9.4(a)(i), Section 9.7(a) or
Section 10 of this Agreement; or
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(d) Any Obligor
shall default in the observance or performance of any other
agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Note Document
(other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of
this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for a
period of 30 days after such Obligor receives from any holder
of the Notes, notice of the existence of such default;
or
(e) The Company or
any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) default in making any
payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (excluding the Notes)
on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto; or
(ii) default in making any payment of any interest on any such
Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the
instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created;
or (iii) default in the observance or performance of any other
agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or
contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or
relating thereto, or any other event of default shall occur, the
effect of which payment or other default or other event of default
described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph
(e) is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of
such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder
or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required,
such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or to
become subject to a mandatory offer to purchase by the obligor
thereunder; provided that (A) a default, event or
condition described in this paragraph shall not at any time
constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more
defaults or events of default of the type described in this
paragraph shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to
Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in
the aggregate $2,500,000 and (B) this paragraph (e) shall
not apply to (I) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result
of the sale, transfer, destruction or other disposition of the
Property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale,
transfer, destruction or other disposition is not prohibited
hereunder or (II) any Guarantee Obligations except to the
extent such Guarantee Obligations shall become due and payable by
any Obligor and remain unpaid after any applicable grace period or
period permitted following demand for the payment thereof;
or
(f) (i) The
Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall commence any
case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or
future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors,
seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or
seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation,
dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its
debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all
or any substantial part of its assets, or the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall make a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or
(ii) there shall be commenced against the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) any case,
proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause
(i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for
relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains
undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days;
or (iii) there shall be commenced against the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) any
case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of
attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against
substantially all of its assets that results in the entry of an
order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated,
discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days
from
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the entry
thereof; or (iv) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall consent to or approve of, or
acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or
(iii) above; or (v) the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall generally
not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability
to, pay its debts as they become due; or
(g) (i) The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall incur any liability in
connection with any non-exempt “prohibited transaction”
(as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code) involving any Plan, (ii) a determination is made that a
Single Employer Plan is in “at risk” status (within the
meaning of Section 303 of ERISA) or any Lien in favor of the
PBGC or a Single Employer Plan shall arise on the assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) a Reportable Event
shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have
a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer
or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event
or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is
reasonably likely to result in the termination of such Single
Employer Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any
Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of
ERISA, (v) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall, or is
reasonably likely to, incur any liability as a result of a
withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a
Multiemployer Plan or (vi) any other event or condition (other than
one which could not reasonably be expected to result in a violation
of any applicable law or of the qualification requirements of the
Code) shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan or a Commonly
Controlled Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through
(vi) above, such event or condition, together with all other
such events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to
result in a direct obligation of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to pay money that could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect; or
(h) One or more
judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Company or any of
its Material Subsidiaries involving for the Company and any
Material Subsidiaries taken as a whole a liability (to the extent
not paid or covered by insurance or effective indemnity) of
$1,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not
have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal
within 30 days from the entry thereof; or
(i) Any of the
Security Documents shall cease, for any reason (other than by
reason of the express release thereof pursuant to
Section 22.10), to be in full force and effect in any material
respect, or any Obligor shall so assert in writing, or any Lien on
any material amount of Collateral created by any of the Security
Documents shall cease in any material respect to be enforceable and
of the same effect and priority purported to be created thereby;
or
(j) (i) the
Company shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the
Capital Stock of Porex; or (ii) the Sponsor Group shall cease
to beneficially own at least 50.1% of the total voting power of the
Voting Stock of the Company.
Section
12. Remedies on Default, Etc
.
Section 12.1. Acceleration . (a) If an Event of
Default described in Section 11(f) has occurred, all the Notes then
outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and
payable.
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(b) If any
other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any holder
or holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the Notes at the
time outstanding may at any time at its or their option, by notice
or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes then outstanding
to be immediately due and payable.
(c) If any
Event of Default described in Section 11(a) has occurred and is
continuing in respect of any Notes of a Series held by a holder,
any such holder or holders of Notes at the time outstanding
affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their
option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes
of such Series held by it or them to be immediately due and
payable.
Upon any Notes
becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether
automatically or by declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature
and the entire unpaid principal amount of such Notes, plus all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including, but not limited to,
interest accrued thereon at the Default Rate), shall all be
immediately due and payable, in each and every case without
presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are
hereby waived.
Section 12.2 Other Remedies . If any Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any
Notes have become or have been declared immediately due and payable
under Section 12.1, the Required Holders may proceed to
protect and enforce the rights of the holders by an action at law,
suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the
specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any
Note, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms
hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise.
Section 12.3. Rescission . At any time after any Notes
have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1(b)
or (c), the holders of not less than 51% in principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company, may
rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if
(a) the Company has paid all overdue interest on the Notes,
all principal of, on any Notes that are due and payable and are
unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest
on such overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by
applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the Notes, at
the Default Rate, (b) neither the Company nor any other Person
shall have paid any amounts which have become due solely by reason
of such declaration, (c) all Events of Default and Defaults,
other than non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by
reason of such declaration, have been cured or have been waived
pursuant to Section 17, and (d) no judgment or decree has
been entered for the payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or
to the Notes. No rescission and annulment under this
Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of
Default or Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
Section 12.4. No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses,
Etc . No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any
holder of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall
operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such
holder’s rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or
remedy conferred by this Agreement or by any Note upon any holder
thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy
referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law,
in equity, by statute or otherwise.
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Section 13.
Registration; Exchange; Substitution of
Notes .
Section 13.1. Registration of Notes . The Company shall
keep at its principal executive office a register for the
registration and registration of transfers of Notes. The name and
address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof
and the name and address of each transferee of one or more Notes
shall be registered in such register. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer, the Person in whose name any Note shall
be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder
thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be
affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. The Company
shall give to any holder of a Note promptly upon request therefor,
a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all
registered holders of Notes.
Section 13.2. Transfer and Exchange of Notes . Upon
surrender of any Note to the Company at the address and to the
attention of the designated officer (all as specified in
Section 18(iii)), for registration of transfer or exchange
(and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by
the registered holder of such Note or such holder’s attorney
duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the relevant name,
address and other information for notices of each transferee of
such Note or part thereof), within ten Business Days thereafter,
the Company shall execute and deliver, at the Company’s
expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as
requested by the holder thereof) in exchange therefor, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of
the surrendered Note. Each such new Note shall be payable to such
Person as such holder may request and shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit 1. Each such new Note shall be dated and bear
interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on
the surrendered Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note if
no interest shall have been paid thereon. The Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental
charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes
shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $5,000,000,
provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer
by a holder of its entire holding of Notes, one Note may be in a
denomination of less than $5,000,000. Any transferee, by its
acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its
nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth
in Section 6.1.
Section 13.3. Replacement of Notes . Upon receipt by
the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated
officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii)) of notice from
the holder thereof of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
any Note, and
(a) in the case of
loss, theft or destruction, of such Person’s own unsecured
agreement of indemnity, or
(b) in the case of
mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof,
within ten
Business Days thereafter, the Company at its own expense shall
execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Note, dated and bearing
interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on
such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of
such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall
have been paid thereon.
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Section 14.
Payments on Notes .
Section 14.1. Place of Payment . Subject to
Section 14.2, payments of principal and interest becoming due
and payable on the Notes shall be made in Los Angeles, California
at the principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction. The
Company may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change
the place of payment of the Notes so long as such place of payment
shall be either the principal office of the Company in such
jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in
such jurisdiction.
Section 14.2. Home Office Payment . So long as the
Purchaser shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding
anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the
contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note
for principal, and interest by the method and at the address
specified for such purpose below the Purchaser’s name in
Schedule A, or by such other method or at such other address
as the Purchaser shall have from time to time specified to the
Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or
surrender of such Note or the making of any notation thereon,
except that upon written request of the Company made at a
reasonable time before, concurrently with or reasonably promptly
after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, the Purchaser
shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly
after any such request, to the Company at its principal executive
office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the
Company pursuant to Section 14.1. Prior to any sale or other
disposition of any Note held by the Purchaser permitted under
Section 13.2, the Purchaser will, at its election, either
endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last
date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note
to the Company in exchange for a new Note or Notes pursuant to
Section 13.2. The Company will afford the benefits of this
Section 14.2 to any Person that is the direct or indirect
transferee of any Note purchased by the Purchaser under this
Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such
Note as the Purchaser has made in this
Section 14.2.
Section 15.
Expenses, Etc .
Section 15.1. Transaction Expenses . The Company
will pay all reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees of special
counsel and local or other counsel) incurred by any holder of the
Notes after the Closing in connection with (a) any amendments,
waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement or the
Notes (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes
effective), (b) enforcing or defending (or determining whether
or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement or the
Notes or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or
informal investigative demand issued in connection with this
Agreement or the Notes, or by reason of being a holder of any Note,
and (c) the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any
Obligor or in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the Notes.
Section 15.2. Survival . The obligations of the
Company under this Section 15 will survive the payment or
transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or the Notes, and the termination of
this Agreement.
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Section 16.
Survival of Representations and
Warranties; Entire Agreement .
All
representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the
purchase or transfer by the Purchaser of any Note or portion
thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be
relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any
investigation made at any time by or on behalf of the Purchaser or
any other holder of a Note. All statements contained in any
certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of any
Obligor pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed representations
and warranties of such Obligors under this Agreement. Subject to
the preceding sentence, this Agreement and the Notes embody the
entire agreement and understanding between the Purchaser and the
Obligors and supersede all prior agreements and understandings
relating to the subject matter hereof.
Section 17.
Amendment and Waiver
.
Section 17.1. Requirements . Any Note Document
may be amended, and the observance of any term of any Note Document
may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and
only with) the written consent of the Company, the Collateral Agent
and the Required Holders, except that (a) no amendment or waiver of
any of the provisions of Section 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6 hereof, or
any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to
the Purchaser unless consented to by the Purchaser in writing, and
(b) no such amendment or waiver may, without the written
consent of the holder of each Note at the time outstanding affected
thereby, (i) subject to the provisions of Section 12
relating to acceleration or rescission, reduce the amount or
postpone the time of any prepayment or payment of principal of, or
reduce the rate or postpone the time of payment or change the
method of computation of interest on, the Notes, (ii) change
the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of
which are required to consent to any such amendment or waiver,
(iii) amend any of Sections 8, 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or
20, (iv) release all or substantially all of the Collateral,
or (v) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from
their Note Guarantees.
Section 17.2. Delivery of Amendments .
(a)
Solicitation . The Company will provide each holder of the
Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it) with
sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a
decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and
considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver
or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof or of the
Notes. The Company will deliver executed or true and correct copies
of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 17 to each holder of outstanding
Notes promptly following the date on which it is executed and
delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite
holders of Notes.
(b)
Payment . The Company will not directly or indirectly pay or
cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental
or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security or
provide other credit support, to any holder of Notes as
consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any
holder of Notes of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and
provisions hereof unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or
security is concurrently granted or other credit support
concurrently provided, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of
Notes then outstanding that consented to such waiver or
amendment.
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Section 17.3. Binding Effect, etc . Any
amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this
Section 17 applies equally to all holders of Notes and is
binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon
the Company without regard to whether such Note has been marked to
indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will
extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or
Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any
right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Company
and the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights
hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights
of any holder of such Note. As used herein, the term “this
Agreement” and references thereto shall mean this Agreement
as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.
Section 17.4. Notes Held by Company, etc .
Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the
requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or
consent to be given under this Agreement or the Notes, or have
directed the taking of any action provided herein or in the Notes
to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified
percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then
outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or
any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be
outstanding.
All notices and
communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent
(a) by telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a
confirming copy of such notice by a recognized overnight delivery
service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified
mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or
(c) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with charges
prepaid). Any such notice must be sent:
(a) if to the
Purchaser, to the Purchaser at the address specified for such
communications in Schedule A, or at such other address as the
Purchaser or nominee shall have specified to the Company in
writing,
(b) if to any
other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such
other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing,
or
(c) if to any
Obligor, to the Company at its address set forth at the beginning
hereof to the attention of Timothy J. Hart, Esq. (facsimile
(310) 277-5591), or at such other address as the Company shall
have specified to the holder of each Note in writing.
Notices under
this Section 18 will be deemed given only when actually
received.
Section 20.
Confidential Information
.
For the purposes
of this Section 20, “Confidential Information”
means information delivered to the Purchaser by or on behalf of the
Company or any Subsidiary after the Closing in connection with
the
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transactions
contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, provided
that such term does not include information that (a) was
publicly known prior to the time of such disclosure, (b)
subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by
the Purchaser or any person acting on the Purchaser’s behalf,
(c) otherwise becomes known to the Purchaser other than
through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that
the source of such information was not known by the Purchaser to be
bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other contractual,
legal or fiduciary obligation to, the Company or any other Person
with respect to such information; and provided further that such
information does not consist of Porex Confidential Information (as
defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement) subject to the terms of
Section 5.03 of the Stock Purchase Agreement), or
(d) constitutes financial statements delivered to the
Purchaser under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly
available. The Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of such
Confidential Information, provided that the Purchaser may deliver
or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors,
officers, employees, agents, attorneys, trustees and affiliates (to
the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration
of the investment represented by its Notes and such Persons agree
to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in
accordance with the terms of this Section 20), (ii) its
financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to
hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in
accordance with the terms of this Section 20, (iii) any
other holder of any Note, (iv) any Person to which it sells or
offers to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation
therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt
of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of
this Section 20 and such Person has been approved as a
potential transferee by the Company), (v) any Person from
which it offers to purchase any security of the Company (if such
Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such
Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this
Section 20), (vi) any federal or state regulatory
authority having jurisdiction over the Purchaser, or (vii) any
other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary
(following notice to the Company and exercise of all reasonably
available means to avoid such disclosures) (w) to effect
compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to
the Purchaser, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal
process, or (y) in connection with any litigation to which the
Purchaser is a party relating to, in connection with or arising out
of the Note Documents or (z) if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, to the extent the Purchaser may
reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary
or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the
rights and remedies under the Purchaser’s Notes and this
Agreement. Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will
be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the
benefits of this Section 20 as though it were a party to this
Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with
the delivery to any holder of a Note of information required to be
delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such
holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or
its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the
Company embodying the provisions of this
Section 20.
Section 22.
Miscellaneous .
Section 22.1. Successors and Assigns . All
covenants an
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