PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS,
INC.
7.75% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE
2015
U.S. Bank National
Association,
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TIA SECTION REFERENCE
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INDENTURE SECTION
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310
(a)(1)
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7.10
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7.10
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N.A.
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N.A.
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7.10
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7.08,
7.10
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N.A.
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311
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7.11
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7.11
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N.A.
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312
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2.05
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13.03
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13.03
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313
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7.06
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N.A.
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7.06,
7.07
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7.06,
13.02
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7.06
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314
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4.03, 4.04,
13.02
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N.A.
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13.04
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13.04
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N.A.
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N.A.
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13.05
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315
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7.01
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7.05,
13.02
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7.01
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7.01
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6.11
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316 (a) (last
sentence)
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2.09
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6.05
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6.04
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N.A.
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6.07
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317
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6.08
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6.09
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2.04
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318
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13.01
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N.A.
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means Not
Applicable.
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Note:
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This
Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
part of this Indenture.
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ARTICLE 1.
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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SECTION 1.01. Definitions
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1
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SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions
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18
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SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of
Trust Indenture Act
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18
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SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction
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19
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ARTICLE 2.
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THE NOTES
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SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating
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19
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SECTION 2.02. Execution and
Authentication
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20
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SECTION 2.03. Registrar And Paying
Agent
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21
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SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Money in
Trust
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21
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SECTION 2.05. Holder Lists
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21
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SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange
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SECTION 2.07. Replacement Notes
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32
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SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Notes
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SECTION 2.09. Treasury Notes
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SECTION 2.10. Temporary Notes
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SECTION 2.11. Cancellation
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33
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SECTION 2.12. Payment of Interest; Defaulted
Interest
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SECTION 2.13. CUSIP or ISIN Numbers
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SECTION 2.14. Additional Interest
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SECTION 2.15. Issuance of Additional
Notes
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SECTION 2.16. Record Date
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ARTICLE 3.
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REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
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SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee
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SECTION 3.02. Selection of Notes To Be
Redeemed
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SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of
Redemption
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SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption
Price
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SECTION 3.06. Notes Redeemed in Part
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SECTION 3.07. Optional Redemption
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SECTION 3.08. Mandatory Redemption
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SECTION 3.09. Offer To Purchase
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ARTICLE 4.
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COVENANTS
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SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes
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SECTION 4.02. Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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SECTION 4.04. Compliance Certificate
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SECTION 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury
Laws
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SECTION 4.07. Corporate Existence
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SECTION 4.08. Payments for Consent
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SECTION 4.09. Incurrence of Additional Debt and
Issuance of Capital Stock
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SECTION 4.10. Restricted Payments
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SECTION 4.12. Asset Sales
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SECTION 4.13. Dividend and Other Payment
Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
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SECTION 4.14. Affiliate Transactions
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SECTION 4.15. Issuances and Sales of Capital
Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries
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SECTION 4.16. Designation of Restricted and
Unrestricted Subsidiaries
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SECTION 4.17. Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Upon a Change of Control
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SECTION 4.18. Future Subsidiary
Guarantors
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SECTION 4.19. Business Activities
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SECTION 4.20. Limitation on Layering
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ARTICLE 5.
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SUCCESSORS
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SECTION 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of
Assets
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SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation
Substituted
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ARTICLE 6.
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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SECTION 6.01. Events of Default
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SECTION 6.02. Acceleration
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SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies
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SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Defaults
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SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority
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SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits
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SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders To Receive
Payment
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SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by
Trustee
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SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs
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ARTICLE 7.
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TRUSTEE
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SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee
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SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee
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SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of
Trustee
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SECTION 7.04. Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults
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SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to
Holders
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SECTION 7.07. Compensation and
Indemnity
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SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee
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SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger,
Etc.
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SECTION 7.10. Eligibility;
Disqualification
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SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company
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ARTICLE 8.
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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SECTION 8.01. Option To Effect Legal Defeasance
or Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 8.02. Legal Defeasance and
Discharge
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SECTION 8.03. Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant
Defeasance
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SECTION 8.05. Deposited Cash and U.S. Government
Securities To Be Held In Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
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SECTION 8.06. Repayment to Company
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SECTION 8.07. Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 9.
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND
WAIVER
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SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of
Notes
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SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders of
Notes
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SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture
Act
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SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of
Consents
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SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of
Notes
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SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments,
Etc.
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ARTICLE 10.
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GUARANTEES
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SECTION 10.02. Limitation on Guarantor
Liability
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SECTION 10.03. Execution and Delivery of
Guarantee
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SECTION 10.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc.,
on Certain Terms
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SECTION 10.05. Releases Following Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets, Etc.
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ARTICLE 11.
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SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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SECTION 11.01. Satisfaction and
Discharge
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SECTION 11.02. Deposited Cash and U.S.
Government Securities To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
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SECTION 11.03. Repayment to Company
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ARTICLE 12.
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SUBORDINATION
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SECTION 12.01. Agreement To
Subordinate
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SECTION 12.02. Liquidation; Dissolution;
Bankruptcy
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SECTION 12.03. Default on Designated Senior
Debt
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SECTION 12.04. Acceleration of Notes
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SECTION 12.05. When Distribution Must Be Paid
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SECTION 12.06. Notice by the Company
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SECTION 12.07. Subrogation
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SECTION 12.08. Relative Rights
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SECTION 12.09. Subordination May Not Be Impaired
by the Company
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SECTION 12.10. Distribution or Notice to
Representative
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SECTION 12.11. Rights of Trustee and Paying
Agent
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SECTION 12.12. Authorization To Effect
Subordination
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SECTION 12.13. Trust Moneys Not
Subordinated
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SECTION 12.14. Payment and
Distribution
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SECTION 12.16. Acknowledgement of
Holders
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ARTICLE 13.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 13.01. Trust Indenture Act
Controls
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SECTION 13.03. Communication by Holders of Notes
with Other Holders of Notes
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SECTION 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent
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SECTION 13.05. Statements Required in
Certificate or Opinion
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SECTION 13.06. Rules by Trustee and
Agents
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SECTION 13.07. No Personal Liability of
Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
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SECTION 13.08. Governing Law
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SECTION 13.09. No Adverse Interpretation of
Other Agreements
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SECTION 13.10. SUCCESSORS.
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SECTION 13.11. Severability
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SECTION 13.12. Counterpart Originals
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SECTION 13.13. Table of Contents, Headings,
Etc.
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SECTION 13.14. Qualification of This
Indenture
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FORM OF
7 3
/ 4 % SENIOR
SUBORDINATED NOTE DUE 2015
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FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
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FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
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FORM OF NOTE
GUARANTEE
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This
INDENTURE, dated as of May 7, 2009, is by and among
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation, each Guarantor
listed on the signature pages hereto, and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee
”)
The
Company, each Guarantor and the Trustee agree as follows for the
benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the
Holders of the 7 3 / 4
% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015
(the “ Notes ”) issued under this
Indenture:
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01.
Definitions .
For
all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
“
144A Global Note ” means a Global Note in the form of
Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the
Private Placement Legend and deposited with and registered in the
name of the Depositary or its nominee issued in a denomination
equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold for
initial resale in reliance on Rule 144A.
“
Acquired Debt ” means, with respect to any specified
Person:
(a) Indebtedness
of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is
merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection
with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or
into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person;
and
(b) Indebtedness
secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified
Person.
“
Additional Interest ” has the meaning set forth in a
Registration Rights Agreement relating to amounts to be paid in the
event the Company fails to satisfy certain conditions set forth
herein. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term
“interest” shall include Additional Interest, if any,
with respect to the Notes.
“
Additional Notes ” means any Notes (other than Initial
Notes, Exchange Notes and Notes issued under Sections 2.06,
2.07, 2.10 and 3.06 hereof) issued under this Indenture in
accordance with Sections 2.02, 2.15 and 4.09 hereof, as part
of the same series as the Initial Notes or as an additional
series.
“
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with
respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise;
provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the
Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes
of this definition, the terms “controlling,”
“controlled by” and “under common control
with” have correlative meanings.
“
Agent ” means any Registrar, coregistrar, Paying Agent
or additional paying agent.
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Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any
transfer, redemption or exchange of or for beneficial interests in
any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary,
Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer, redemption
or exchange.
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Asset Sale ” means the sale, lease, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights, other than
sales, leases, transfers, conveyances or other dispositions of
inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices; provided that the sale, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be
governed by Section 4.17 hereof and/or Section 5.01 hereof and
not by Section 4.12 hereof.
Notwithstanding
the preceding, the following items will not be deemed to be Asset
Sales:
(a) any single
transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets
having a fair market value of less than
$5.0 million;
(b) a sale, lease,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or
among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(c) an issuance of
Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to
another Restricted Subsidiary;
(d) a sale, lease,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition effected in compliance
with the provisions described in Article 5 hereof;
(e) a Restricted
Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted by
Section 4.10 hereof;
(f) a transfer of
property or assets that are obsolete, damaged or worn out equipment
and that are no longer useful in the conduct of the Company’s
or its Subsidiaries’ business and that is disposed of in the
ordinary course of business; and
(g) a Permitted
Asset Swap.
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Attributable Debt ” in respect of a sale and leaseback
transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value
of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the
remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback
transaction including any period for which such lease has been
extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such
present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to
the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“
Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any
similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors, or the law
of any other jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
winding up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of
debtors.
“
Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act,
except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any
particular “person” (as that term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such
“person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of
all securities that such “person” has the right to
acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such
right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the
occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially
Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have a
corresponding meaning.
“
Board of Directors ” means:
(a) with respect
to a corporation, the board of directors of the
corporation;
(b) with respect
to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of
the partnership; and
(c) with respect
to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving
a similar function.
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“
Board Resolution ” of a Person means a copy of a
resolution certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary (or
individual performing comparable duties) of the applicable Person
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person
and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Business Day ” means any day other than a Legal
Holiday.
“
Capital Lease Obligation ” means, at the time any
determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect
of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be
capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
(a) in the case of
a corporation, corporate stock;
(b) in the case of
an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock;
(c) in the case of
a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or
membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(d) any other
interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to
receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person.
“
Cash Equivalents ” means:
(a) United States
dollars;
(b) securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United
States government (provided that the full faith and credit of the
United States is pledged in support of those securities) having
maturities of not more than six months from the date of
acquisition;
(c) certificates
of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six
months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’
acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight
bank deposits, in each case, with any lender party to the Credit
Agreement or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and
surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch
Rating of “B” or better;
(d) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying
securities of the types described in clauses (b) and
(c) above entered into with any financial institution meeting
the qualifications specified in clause (c) above;
(e) commercial
paper rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Rating
Services, or at least P-1 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.,
and in each case maturing within six months after the date of
acquisition; and
(f) money market
funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash
Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (a) through
(e) of this definition.
“
Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the
following:
(a) the direct or
indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other
than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of
related transactions, of all or substantially all of the
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properties or
assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);
(b) the adoption
of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company;
(c) the
consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any
merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any
“person” (as defined in clause (a) above), becomes
the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 30% of
the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by voting power rather
than number of shares;
(d) the
consummation by the Company of any “going private”
transaction that would constitute a “Rule 13e-3
transaction” as defined in the Exchange Act;
(e) the first day
on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the
Company are not Continuing Directors; or
(f) the Company
consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any
Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in
any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the
outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is
converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property,
other than any such transaction where the Voting Stock of the
Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is
converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person
constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting
Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after
giving effect to such issuance).
“
Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking S.A. and any
successor thereto.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“
Company ” means Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., and any
successor thereto.
“
Consolidated Cash Flow ” means, with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of
such Person for such period plus :
(a) an amount
equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized by such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale,
to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income; plus
(b) provision for
taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for
taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(c) consolidated
interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not capitalized
(including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs
and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the
interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the
interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease
Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in
respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance
financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received
pursuant to Hedging Obligations), to the extent that any such
expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(d) depreciation,
amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other
intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses
that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash
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expenses
(excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it
represents an accrual of or reserve for expenses to be paid in cash
in any future period) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation,
amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing
such Consolidated Net Income; minus
(e) non-cash items
increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than
the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business, in each
case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a
consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided that:
(a) the Net Income
(but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or
that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be
included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or
distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Person;
(b) the Net Income
of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that
the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by
that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of
determination permitted without any prior governmental approval
(that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by
operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation
applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its
stockholders;
(c) the Net Income
of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for
any period prior to the date of such acquisition will be excluded;
and
(d) the cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principles will be
excluded.
“
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” means, as of any
date of determination, the sum of the amounts that would appear on
a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
Restricted Subsidiaries as the total assets (less accumulated
depreciation and amortization, allowances for doubtful receivables,
other applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to
purchase accounting, and after deducting therefrom consolidated
current liabilities and, to the extent otherwise included, the
amounts of (without duplication):
(a) the excess of
cost over fair market value of assets or businesses
acquired;
(b) any
revaluation or other write-up in book value of assets subsequent to
the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company immediately
preceding the date of issuance of the notes as a result of a change
in the method of valuation in accordance with GAAP;
(c) unamortized
debt discount and expenses and other unamortized deferred charges,
goodwill, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, licenses, organization or developmental expenses and
other intangible items;
(d) minority
interests in consolidated subsidiaries held by Persons other than
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) cash or
securities set aside and held in a sinking or other analogous fund
established for the purpose of redemption or other retirement of
Capital Stock to the extent such obligation is not reflected in
Consolidated Current Liabilities; and
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(g) Investments in
and assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
“
Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of
determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company
who:
(a) was a member
of such Board of Directors on the date of this Indenture;
or
(b) was nominated
for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the
approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members
of such Board at the time of such nomination or
election.
“
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee ” shall be at
the address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.02 hereof,
or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to
the Company.
“
Credit Agreement ” means the Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2005, as
amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of December 1, 2006,
as further amended by Amendment No. 2, dated as of
May 31, 2007, as further amended by an Incremental Facility
Amendment, dated as of February 25, 2009, among the Company,
the Guarantors party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as term
loan facility administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A., as
revolving credit facility administrative agent, collateral agent
and swing line lender, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Banc of
America Securities LLC, as co-syndication agents, Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., as documentation agent and as sole lead arranger and
sole book manager, and the lenders from time to time party thereto,
including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents,
instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in
each case as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded,
replaced or refinanced (in whole or in part) from time to time,
whether or not with the same lenders or agent.
“
Credit Facilities ” mean, one or more debt facilities
or agreements (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement)
or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other
institutional lenders or investors providing for revolving credit
loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the
sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities
formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or
letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified,
renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced (including any agreement
to extend the maturity thereof and adding additional borrowers or
guarantors) in whole or in part from time to time under the same or
any other agent, lender or group of lenders and including
increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder; provided
that such increase is permitted by Section 4.09
hereof.
“
Custodian ” means, with respect to the Notes issuable
or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified
in Section 2.03(c) hereof as Custodian with respect to the
Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as custodian
hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture.
“
Default ” means any event that is, or with the passage
of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of
Default.
“
Definitive Note ” means a certificated Note registered
in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with
Section 2.06 or 2.10 hereof, in substantially the form of
Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the
Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of
Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached
thereto.
“
Depositary ” means, with respect to the Notes issuable
or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified
in Section 2.03(b) hereof as the Depositary with respect to
the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as
depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture.
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“
Designated Senior Debt ” means (a) any
Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement and
(b) any other Senior Debt permitted hereunder the principal
amount of which is $25.0 million or more and that has been
designated by the Company as “Designated Senior
Debt.”
“
Disqualified Stock ” means any Capital Stock that, by
its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the
option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening
of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a
sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option
of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or
prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes
mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock
that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders
of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to
repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control or an Asset Sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if
the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not
repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such
provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the
Section 4.10 hereof.
“
Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United States
or any state or territory of the United States or the District of
Columbia or that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit
support for any Indebtedness of the Company.
“
Equity Interests ” means Capital Stock and all
warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but
excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or
exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
“
Equity Offering ” means any private or public sale of
common stock of the Company.
“
Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as
operator of the Euroclear systems, and any successor
thereto.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
“
Exchange Notes ” means notes issued in exchange for
the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes pursuant to a
Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Exchange Offer ” has the meaning set forth in a
Registration Rights Agreement relating to an exchange of Notes
registered under the Securities Act for Notes not so
registered.
“
Exchange Offer Registration Statement ” has the
meaning set forth in a Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Existing Indebtedness ” means (i) Indebtedness
existing on July 6, 2005 (other than Indebtedness under this
Indenture and the Credit Agreement), (ii) the Existing
7 3
/ 4 % Notes
and (iii) any existing HUD Financings.
“
Existing 7 3 / 4 %
Notes ” means the
7 3
/ 4 % senior
subordinated notes due 2015 issued by the Company on July 6,
2005 and the 7 3 / 4
% senior subordinated notes due 2015
issued by the Company on May 31, 2007, in each case pursuant to
that certain indenture dated as of July 6, 2005 by and among
the Company, the guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National
Association, as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association,
as trustee, as supplemented from time to time.
“
Financing Transactions ” means the Financing
Transactions as described in the Offering Memorandum.
“
Fixed Charges ” means, with respect to any specified
Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(a) the
consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including,
without limitation, non-cash interest payments, the
interest
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component of
any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all
payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed
interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts
and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit
or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of
all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations;
plus
(b) the
consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period;
plus
(c) any interest
expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by
such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a
Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon;
plus
(d) the product of
(i) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not
in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity
Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other
than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, times (ii) a fraction, the numerator of
which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the
then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate
of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a
consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means with respect to
any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated
Cash Flow of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period to the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period. In the event that the specified
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes,
guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other
than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or
redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the
period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being
calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which
the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the
“Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such
incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, repurchase or
redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or
redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds
therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter reference period.
In
addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio:
(a) acquisitions
that have been made by the specified Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or
consolidations and including any related financing transactions,
during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such
reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be
given pro forma effect (calculated in accordance with
Regulation S-X) as if they had occurred on the first day of
the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for
such reference period will be calculated without giving effect to
clause (c) of the proviso set forth in the definition of
Consolidated Net Income;
(b) the
Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as
determined in accordance with GAAP (other than the treatment of the
termination and expiration of management contracts which shall be
governed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 2 as in
effect before the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 144), and operations or businesses disposed of prior to
the Calculation Date, will be excluded; and
(c) the Fixed
Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in
accordance with GAAP (other than the treatment of the termination
and expiration of management contracts which shall be governed by
Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 2 as in effect before
the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144), and
operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date,
will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations
giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the
specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following
the Calculation Date.
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“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which were in effect on July 6,
2005.
“
Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Section 2.06(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all
Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
“
Global Note ” means any global Note in the form of
Exhibit A hereto issued in accordance with Article 2
hereof.
“
Guarantee ” means a guarantee (other than by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the
ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner
(including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or
through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness. The term
“guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
“
Guarantors ” means each of:
(a) the
Company’s Domestic Subsidiaries (other than the HUD Financing
Subsidiaries, PSI Surety, Inc. and certain immaterial Subsidiaries
in which neither PSI nor any Restricted Subsidiary has made an
Investment in excess of $100,000); and
(b) any other
Subsidiary that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture;
and their
respective successors and assigns.
“
Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any
specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:
(a) interest rate
swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate
collar agreements; and
(b) other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against
fluctuations in interest rates.
“
Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Note is
registered in the Security Register.
“
HUD Financing ” means Indebtedness of HUD Financing
Subsidiaries that is insured by the Federal Housing Administration,
an organizational unit of the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
“
HUD Financing Subsidiaries ” means any Domestic
Subsidiary formed solely for the purpose of holding assets pledged
as security in connection with any HUD Financing, including Holly
Hill Real Estate, LLC, Cedar Springs Hospital Real Estate, Inc.,
Canyon Ridge Real Estate, LLC, Delaware Investment Associates, LLC,
Neuro Rehab Real Estate, L.P., Texas Oaks Psychiatric Hospital Real
Estate, L.P., Texas San Marcos Treatment Center Real Estate, L.P.,
Cypress Creek Real Estate, L.P., West Oaks Real Estate, L.P. and
Riveredge Real Estate, Inc.; provided that the designation
of a Domestic Subsidiary as a HUD Financing Subsidiary shall be
evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate stating that such
Domestic Subsidiary shall be designated as a HUD Financing
Subsidiary and certifying that the sole purpose of such HUD
Financing Subsidiary shall be to hold assets pledged as security in
connection with HUD Financing and that the incurrence of the HUD
Financing complies with the provisions of Section 4.09
hereof.
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“
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any specified
Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not
contingent:
(a) in respect of
borrowed money;
(b) evidenced by
bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of
credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(c) in respect of
banker’s acceptances;
(d) representing
Capital Lease Obligations;
(e) representing
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued
expense or trade payable; or
(f) representing
any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the
extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and
Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance
sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In
addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all
Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the
specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by
the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included,
the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any
other Person.
The
amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will
be:
(i) the accreted
value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued
with original issue discount; and
(ii) the principal
amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the
Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case
of any other Indebtedness.
“
Indenture ” means this indenture, as originally
executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended
in accordance with Article 9 hereof.
“
Indirect Participant ” means a Person who holds a
beneficial interest in a Global Note through a
Participant.
“
Initial Notes ” means $120,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the Issue
Date.
“
Interest Payment Dates ” shall have the meaning set
forth in paragraph 1 of any Note in the form of Exhibit A
hereto issued in accordance with Article 2 hereof.
“
Investments ” means, with respect to any Person, all
direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons
(including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees
or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding
commission, travel and similar advances, fees and compensation paid
to officers, directors and employees made in the ordinary course of
business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of
Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with
all items that are or would be classified as investments on a
balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any
Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the
Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or
disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company,
the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date
of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of
the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in
an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of
Section 4.10. The acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third
Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or
such
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Subsidiary in
such third Person in an amount equal to the fair market value of
the Investment held by the acquired Person in such third Person in
an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of
Section 4.10.
“
Issue Date ” means May 7, 2009.
“
Legal Holiday ” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions in the City of New York, the city in
which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located or any
other place of payment on the Notes are authorized by law,
regulation or executive order to remain closed.
“
Letter of Transmittal ” means the letter of
transmittal, or its electronic equivalent in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures, to be prepared by the Company and sent to
all Holders of the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes for use by
such Holders in connection with an Exchange Offer.
“
Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind
in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or
otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature
thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security
interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent
statutes) of any jurisdiction.
“
Mandatory Principal Redemption Amount ” means the
portion of a Note, if any, determined by the Company in good faith
to be required to be redeemed to prevent such Note from being
treated as an “applicable high yield discount
obligation” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the
Code.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business
thereof.
“
Net Income ” means, with respect to any specified
Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in
accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of
preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
(a) any gain (but
not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such
gain (but not loss), realized in connection with: (i) any
Asset Sale; or (ii) the disposition of any securities by such
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment
of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries; and
(b) any
extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with any related
provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (but not
loss).
“
Net Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash proceeds
received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash
received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash
consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs
relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal,
accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and
any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale,
taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case,
after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions
and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be
applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than Senior Debt,
secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of
such Asset Sale, and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the
sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Non-recourse Debt ” means Indebtedness:
(a) as to which
neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(i) provides credit support of any kind (including any
undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute
Indebtedness), (ii) is directly or indirectly liable as a
guarantor or otherwise, or (iii) constitutes the
lender;
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(b) no default
with respect to which (including any rights that the holders
thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted
Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time of both any
holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Notes) of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default
on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be
accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and
(c) as to which
the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have
any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
“
Obligations ” means any principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and
other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
“
Offering Memorandum ” means the Offering Memorandum
relating to the Initial Notes dated May 4, 2009.
“
Officer ” means the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice
President or the Treasurer of the Company.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, signed
by two Officers of the Company, at least one of whom shall be the
principal executive officer or principal financial officer of the
Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“
OID Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Section 2.06(g)(iii), which is required to be placed on all
Notes issued with original issue discount for U.S. federal income
tax purposes.
“
Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, from legal
counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee and which meets the
requirements of Section 13.05 hereof. The counsel may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
“
Participant ” means, with respect to the Depositary,
Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the
Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively, and, with
respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream.
“
Permitted Asset Swap ” means sales, transfers or other
dispositions of assets, including all of the outstanding Capital
Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, for consideration at least equal
to the fair market value of the assets sold or disposed of, but
only if the consideration received consists of Capital Stock of a
Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary engaged in, or property
or assets (other than cash, except to the extent used as a bona
fide means of equalizing the value of the property or assets
involved in the swap transaction) of a nature or type or that are
used in, a business having property or assets of a nature or type,
or engaged in a business similar or related to the nature or type
of the property and assets of, or business of, the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the date of such sale or other
disposition.
“
Permitted Business ” means the lines of business
conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the
Issue Date and the businesses reasonably related thereto, including
the ownership, operation and/or management of a hospital,
outpatient clinic or other facility or business that is used or
useful in or related to the provision of health care services in
connection with the ownership, operation and/or management of such
hospital or outpatient clinic or ancillary to the provision of
health care services or information or the investment in or
management, lease or operation of a hospital or outpatient
clinic.
“
Permitted Investments ” means:
(a) any Investment
in the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) any Investment
in Cash Equivalents;
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(c) any Investment
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person, if as a
result of such Investment:
(i) such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or
(ii) such Person
is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers
or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated
into, the Company or a Subsidiary;
(d) any Investment
made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an
Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with
Section 4.12 hereof;
(e) any
acquisition of assets solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Company;
(f) any
Investments received in compromise of obligations of such persons
incurred in the ordinary course of trade creditors or customers
that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including
pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon
the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or
customer;
(h) Investments
the payment for which is Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company;
(i) Physician
Support Obligations;
(j) Investments in
prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection,
utility and workers compensation, performance and similar deposits
made in the ordinary course of business;
(k) loans and
advances to non-executive officers and employees of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business in
accordance with the past practices of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in an aggregate amount for all such loans and advances
not to exceed $1.0 million at any time outstanding;
(l) Investments in
any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash
portion of the consideration received in connection with an Asset
Sale consummated in compliance with Section 4.12
hereof;
(m) Investments
existing on the date of this Indenture; and
(n) other
Investments in any Person having an aggregate fair market value
(measured on the date each such investment was made and without
giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together
with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause
(n) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed
$30.0 million.
“
Permitted Junior Securities ” means:
(a) Equity
Interests in the Company or any Guarantor; or
(b) debt
securities that are subordinated to all Senior Debt and any debt
securities issued in exchange for Senior Debt to substantially the
same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes and the
Subsidiary Guarantees are subordinated to Senior Debt under this
Indenture.
“
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness ” means any
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to
extend, refinance, renew,
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replace,
defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness);
provided , however , that:
(a) the principal
amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or
accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all
accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses
and premiums incurred in connection therewith);
(b) in the case of
Indebtedness other than Senior Debt, such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness has a final maturity date the same as or later than
the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to
Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded;
(c) if
Subordinated Obligations are being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded, such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final
maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the
Notes on terms at least as favorable to the holders of Notes as
those contained in the documentation governing the Subordinated
Obligations being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased
or refunded; and
(d) such
Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the Subsidiary
who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or
government or other entity.
“
Physician Support Obligation ” means a loan to or on
behalf of, or a guarantee of indebtedness of a Qualified Physician
made or given by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (a) in the
ordinary course of its business, and (b) pursuant to a written
agreement having a period not to exceed five years; provided
, however , that any such guarantee of Indebtedness of a
Qualified Physician shall be expressly subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may
be.
“
Predecessor Note ” of any particular Note means every
previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same Debt as that
evidenced by such particular Note; and any Note authenticated and
delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or
stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same Debt as the lost,
destroyed or stolen Note.
“
Private Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth
in Section 2.06(g)(i) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued
under this Indenture except as otherwise permitted by the
provisions of this Indenture.
“
QIB ” means a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“
Qualified Physicians ” means one or more physicians or
health care professionals providing service to patients in a health
care facility owned, operated or managed by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“
Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company,
the Guarantors and Banc of America Securities LLC on behalf of the
Initial Purchasers named therein as such agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any
Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements
between the Company and the other parties thereto, as such
agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time, relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of
Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes, or exchange
such Additional Notes for registered notes, under the Securities
Act.
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“
Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date means the applicable date specified as a
“Record Date” on the face of any Note in the form of
Exhibit A hereto issued in accordance with Article 2
hereof.
“
Regulation S ” means Regulation S
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“
Regulation S Global Note ” means a Global Note in
the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend
and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with and registered
in the name of the Depositary or its nominee issued in a
denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes
sold for initial resale in reliance on Rule 904 of
Regulation S.
“
Representative ” means the trustee, agent or
representative expressly authorized to act in such capacity, if
any, for an issue of Senior Debt.
“
Responsible Officer ,” when used with respect to the
Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) with direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“
Restricted Definitive Note ” means one or more
Definitive Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“
Restricted Global Notes ” means 144A Global Notes and
Regulation S Global Notes.
“
Restricted Investment ” means an Investment other than
a Permitted Investment.
“
Restricted Subsidiary ” of a Person means any
Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not a Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under
the Securities Act.
“
Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“
Rule 405 ” means Rule 405 promulgated under
the Securities Act.
“
Rule 903 ” means Rule 903 promulgated under
the Securities Act.
“
Rule 904 ” means Rule 904 promulgated under
the Securities Act.
“
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc., or any successor to the
rating agency business thereof.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(a) all
Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor outstanding under
Credit Facilities and all Hedging Obligations with respect
thereto;
(b) all
Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor outstanding under HUD
Financing;
(c) any other
Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor permitted to be
incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument
under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that
it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee; and
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(d) all
Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding
clauses (a), (b) and (c).
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the preceding, Senior Debt will not
include:
(i) any liability
for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the
Company;
(ii) any
Indebtedness of the Company to any of its Subsidiaries or other
Affiliates;
(iii) the Existing
7 3
/ 4 %
Notes;
(iv) any trade
payables; or
(v) the portion of
any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this
Indenture.
“
Senior Subordinated Indebtedness ” means (a) with
respect to the Company, the Notes and any other Indebtedness of the
Company that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is to
have the same rank as the Notes in right of payment and is not
subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness
or other obligation of the Company which is not Senior Debt; (b)
with respect to any Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantees and any
other Indebtedness of such Guarantor that specifically provides
that such Indebtedness is to have the same rank as the Subsidiary
Guarantees in right of payment and is not subordinated by its terms
in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of such
Guarantor which is not Senior Debt; and (c) the Existing
7 3
/ 4 %
Notes.
“
Shelf Registration Statement ” means a registration
statement relating to the registration of the Notes under
Rule 415 of the Securities Act, as may be set forth in a
Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that
would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in
Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on
July 6, 2005.
“
Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any
installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness,
the date on which the payment of interest or principal was
scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such
Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to
repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to
the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
“
Subordinated Obligations ” means any Indebtedness of
the Company (whether outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter
incurred) that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the
Notes pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified
Person:
(a) any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the
corporation, association or other business entity is at the time
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one
or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination
thereof); and
(b) any
partnership (i) the sole general partner or the managing
general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such
Person or (ii) the only general partners of which are that
Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any
combination thereof).
“
Subsidiary Guarantee ” means the Guarantee of the
Notes by each of the Guarantors pursuant to Article 10 hereof
and in the form of the Guarantee endorsed on the form of Note
attached as Exhibit D hereto and any additional Guarantee of
the Notes to be executed by any Subsidiary of the Company pursuant
to Section 4.18 hereof.
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“
Surviving Person ” means the surviving Person formed
by a merger, consolidation or amalgamation and, for purposes of
Section 5.01 hereof, a Person to whom all or substantially all
of the properties or assets of the Company or any Guarantor is
sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed
of.
“
TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“
Treasury Rate ” means, at the time of computation, the
yield to maturity of United States Treasury Securities with a
constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent
Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) which has become
publicly available at least two business days prior to the
redemption date or, if such Statistical Release is no longer
published, any publicly available source of similar market data)
most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to
July 15, 2010; provided , however , that if the
period from the redemption date to July 15, 2010 is not equal
to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury Security for
which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be
obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest
one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United
States Treasury Securities for which such yields are given, except
that if the period from the redemption date to July 15, 2010
is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded
United States Treasury Securities adjusted to a constant maturity
of one year shall be used.
“
Trustee ” means the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.
“
Unrestricted Definitive Notes ” means one or more
Definitive Notes that do not and are not required to bear the
Private Placement Legend.
“
Unrestricted Global Notes ” means one or more Global
Notes that do not and are not required to bear the Private
Placement Legend and are deposited with and registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee.
“
Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the
Company or any successor to any of them that is designated by the
Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a
Board Resolution, but only to the extent that such
Subsidiary:
(a) has no
Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(b) is not party
to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary unless the terms of any such
agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less
favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those
that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not
Affiliates of the Company;
(c) is a Person
with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (i) to
subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (ii) to maintain
or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause
such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating
results;
(d) has not
guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit
support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(e) has at least
one director on its Board of Directors that is not a director or
executive officer of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and has at least one executive officer that is not a
director or executive officer of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
“
U.S. Government Securities ” means direct obligations
(or certificates representing an ownership interest in such
obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency
or instrumentality thereof) for
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the payment of
which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is
pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the
issuer’s option.
“
Voting Stock ” of any Person as of any date means the
Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote
in the election of the Board of Directors of such
Person.
“
Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when
applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years
obtained by dividing:
(a) the sum of the
products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other
required payments of principal, including payment at final
maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (ii) the number
of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse
between such date and the making of such payment; by
(b) the then
outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
SECTION 1.02.
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SECTION 1.03.
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
.
(a) Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture.
(b) The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
“indenture
securities” means the Notes and the Guarantees;
“indenture
security holder” means a Holder of a Note;
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“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture;
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the
Trustee; and
“obligor”
on the Notes means the Company and any successor obligor upon the
Notes.
(c) All
other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by
Commission rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings so assigned to them.
SECTION 1.04.
Rules of Construction .
(a) Unless
the context otherwise requires:
(i) a term has the
meaning assigned to it;
(ii) an accounting
term not otherwise defined herein has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(iii)
“or” is not exclusive;
(iv) words in the
singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular;
(v) all references
in this instrument to “Articles,”
“Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated
Articles, Sections and subdivisions of this instrument as
originally executed;
(vi) the words
“herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
(vii)
“including” means “including without
limitation;”
(viii) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions; and
(ix) references to
sections of or rules under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or
the TIA shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or
successor sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to
time thereunder.
SECTION 2.01.
Form and Dating .
(a)
General . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form included in
Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and
expressly made part of this Indenture. The Notes may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, exchange rule
or usage in addition to those set forth on Exhibit A. Each
Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall
be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. The
terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute a part
of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee,
by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree
to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. To the extent
any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of
this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and
be controlling.
(b)
Form of Notes . Notes shall be issued initially in global
form and shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the
“Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note”
attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be
substantially in the form of
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Exhibit A
attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and
without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent
such aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes as shall
be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to
time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and
redemptions and transfers of interests therein. Any endorsement of
a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented
thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the
direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by
the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06
hereof.
(c)
Book-Entry provisions . This Section 2.01(c) shall
apply only to Global Notes deposited with the Trustee, as custodian
for the Depositary. Participants and Indirect Participants shall
have no rights under this Indenture or any Global Note with respect
to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the
Trustee as custodian for the Depositary, and the Depositary shall
be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all
purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein
shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company
or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair,
as between the Depositary and its Participants or Indirect
Participants, the Applicable Procedures or the operation of
customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the
rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global
Note.
(d)
Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable . The
provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear
System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of
Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of
Clearstream” and “Customer Handbook” of
Clearstream, or any successor publications, shall be applicable to
transfers of beneficial interests in Global Notes that are held by
Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
(e)
Certificated Securities . The Company shall exchange Global
notes for Definitive Notes if: (i) at any time the Depositary
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue to
act as Depositary for the Global Notes or if at any time the
Depositary shall no longer be eligible to act as such because it
ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act,
and, in either case, the Company shall not have appointed a
successor Depositary within 120 days after the Company receives
such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (ii) the
Company, at its option, determines that the Global Notes shall be
exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to
such effect to the Trustee or (iii) upon written request of a
Holder or the Trustee if a Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
Upon
the occurrence of any of the events set forth in clauses (i),
(ii) or (iii) above, the Company shall execute, and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, Definitive Notes, in authorized denominations, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Global Notes in exchange for such Global Notes.
Upon
the exchange of a Global Note for Definitive Notes, such Global
Note shall be cancelled by the Trustee or an agent of the Company
or the Trustee. Definitive Notes issued in exchange for a Global
Note pursuant to this Section 2.01 shall be registered in such
names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary,
pursuant to instructions from its Participants or its Applicable
Procedures, shall instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Company
or the Trustee in writing. The Trustee or such agent shall deliver
such Definitive Notes to or as directed by the Persons in whose
names such Definitive Notes are so registered or to the
Depositary.
SECTION 2.02.
Execution and Authentication .
(a) One
Officer shall execute the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual
or facsimile signature.
(b) If
an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office
at the time a Note is authenticated by the Trustee, the Note shall
nevertheless be valid.
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(c) A
Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature
of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the
Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
(d) The
Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by an
Officer (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes
for issuance.
(e) The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Notes. Unless otherwise provided in such
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent shall have the same rights as the
Trustee to deal with Holders, the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company.
SECTION 2.03.
Registrar And Paying Agent .
(a) The
Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“
Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Notes may
be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”). The
Registrar shall keep a register (the “ Security
Register ”) of the Notes and of their transfer and
exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one
or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar”
includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent”
includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any
Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any
Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to
appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent,
the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
(b) The
Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“
DTC ”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global
Notes.
(c) The
Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Registrar and
Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global
Notes, and the Trustee hereby agrees so to initially
act.
SECTION 2.04.
Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust .
The
Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the
benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying
Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on
the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the
Company in making any such payment. While any such default
continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all funds
held by it relating to the Notes to the Trustee. The Company at any
time may require a Paying Agent to pay all funds held by it to the
Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if
other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further
liability for such funds. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as
Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund
for the benefit of the Holders all funds held by it as Paying
Agent. Upon any Event of Default under Sections 6.01(i) and
(j) hereof relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as
Paying Agent for the Notes.
SECTION 2.05.
Holder Lists .
The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA
Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the
Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee at
least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in
such form and as of such date or such shorter time as the Trustee
may allow, as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of the Holders and the Company shall otherwise comply
with TIA Section 312(a).
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SECTION 2.06.
Transfer and Exchange .
(a)
Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . A Global Note may
not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee
of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary
or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or
any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary. Upon the occurrence of any of the events set
forth in Section 2.01(e) above, Definitive Notes shall be
issued in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof and
in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee in
writing. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole
or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof.
Except as provided above, every Note authenticated and delivered in
exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof,
pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10
hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and
shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for
another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a),
and beneficial interests in a Global Note may not be transferred
and exchanged other than as provided in Section 2.06(b),
(c) or (f) hereof.
(b)
Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global
Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in
the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable
Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes
shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those
set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act.
Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall
require compliance with either clause (i) or (ii) below,
as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following
clauses, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of
Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial
interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the
transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend and
any Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted
Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note. Except as may be required by any Applicable Procedures, no
written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to
the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this
Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other
Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes
. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial
interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above,
the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either (A)(1) a written order from a Participant or an
Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause
to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an
amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or
exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the
Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B)(1) a
written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given
to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in
an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or
exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the
Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name
such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or
exchange referred to in (B)(1) above. Upon consummation of an
Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with
Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this
Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied
upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the
Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial
interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all
of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes
or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall
adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant
to Section 2.06(h) hereof.
(iii) Transfer
of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note to Another
Restricted Global Note . A holder of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note may transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies
with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the
Registrar receives the following:
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(A) if the
transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof or, if permitted by the
Applicable Procedures, item (3) thereof;
(B) if the
transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
and
(iv) Transfer
or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for
Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note . A holder
of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange
such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note or may transfer such beneficial interest
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the exchange or
transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii)
above and:
(A) such exchange
or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in
accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of
the beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes any and all
certifications required in the applicable Letter of Transmittal (or
is deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made
through the Applicable Procedures) as may be required by such
Registration Rights Agreement;
(B) such transfer
is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer
is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(1) if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(a) thereof; or
(2) if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this clause (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer complies with the Securities
Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such
transfer is effected pursuant to clause (B) or (D) above
at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued,
the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee
shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to clause (B) or
(D) above.
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(v) Transfer or
Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note for
Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note Prohibited .
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note may not be
exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof
in the form of, beneficial interests in a Restricted Global
Note.
(c) Transfer
and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive
Notes .
(i)
Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Restricted
Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes . Subject to
Section 2.06(a) hereof, if any holder of a beneficial interest
in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the
Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note,
a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a)
thereof;
(B) if such
beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance
with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(1) thereof;
(C) if such
beneficial interest is being transferred to a “non-U.S.
Person” in an offshore transaction (as defined in Section
902(k) of Regulation S) in accordance with Rule 903 or
Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof;
(D) if such
beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in
accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(F) if such
beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b)
thereof,
the Trustee
shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a corresponding amount
pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, the aggregate principal amount
of the applicable Restricted Global Note, and the Company shall
execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver a Restricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal
amount to the Person designated by the holder of such beneficial
interest in the instructions delivered to the Registrar by the
Depositary and the applicable Participant or Indirect Participant
on behalf of such holder. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in
exchange for beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note
pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall be registered in
such name or names and in such authorized denomination or
denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall
designate in such instructions. The Trustee shall deliver such
Restricted Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such
Notes are so registered. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in
exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private
Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on
transfer contained therein.
(ii)
Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Restricted
Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . Subject to
Section 2.06(a) hereof, a holder of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange
or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance
with a Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such
beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee,
in the case of a transfer, makes any and all certifications in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal
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(or is deemed
to have made such certifications if delivery is made through the
Applicable Procedures) as may be required by such Registration
Rights Agreement;
(B) such transfer
is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer
is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the
Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof;
or
(2) if the holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this clause (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer complies with the Securities
Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in
the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon
satisfaction of any of the conditions of any of the clauses of this
Section 2.06(c)(ii), the Company shall execute and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02
hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted
Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount to the Person
designated by the holder of such beneficial interest in
instructions delivered to the Registrar by the Depositary and the
applicable Participant or Indirect Participant on behalf of such
holder, and the Trustee shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a
corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h), the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global
Note.
(iii)
Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted
Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . Subject to
Section 2.06(a) hereof, if any holder of a beneficial interest
in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of
the applicable conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(i)
hereof, the Trustee shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a
corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global
Note, and the Company shall execute, and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof,
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted
Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount to the Person
designated by the holder of such beneficial interest in
instructions delivered to the Registrar by the Depositary and the
applicable Participant or Indirect Participant on behalf of such
holder. Any Unrestricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a
beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii)
shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized
denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial
interest shall designate in such instructions. The Trustee shall
deliver such Unrestricted Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose
names such Notes are so registered. Any Unrestricted Definitive
Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c)(iii) shall not bear the Private Placement
Legend.
(d)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial
Interests in the Global Notes .
(i)
Transfer or Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes to
Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes . If any holder
of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such
Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive
Notes to a Person who
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takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following
documentation:
(A) if the holder
of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such
Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form
of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in
accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (1) thereof;
(C) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a
“non-U.S. Person” in an offshore transaction (as
defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S) in accordance with
Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof;
(D) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(a) thereof;
(F) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b)
thereof,
the Trustee
shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to
be increased in a corresponding amount pursuant to
Section 2.06(h) hereof, the aggregate principal amount of, in
the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted
Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, a 144A Global
Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, a Regulation S
Global Note.
(ii)
Transfer or Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes to
Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A holder of
a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Restricted
Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange
or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance
with a Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such
beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee,
in the case of a transfer, makes any and all certifications in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal (or is deemed to have made such
certifications if delivery is made through the Applicable
Procedures) as may be required by such Registration Rights
Agreement;
(B) such transfer
is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer
is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(1) if the holder
of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such
Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item
(1)(c) thereof; or
(2) if the holder
of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to transfer such
Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial
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interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this clause (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer shall be effected in
compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend shall
no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
Upon
satisfaction of the conditions of any of the clauses in this
Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel such Restricted
Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased in a
corresponding amount pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, the
aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global
Note.
(iii)
Transfer or Exchange of Unrestricted Definitive Notes to
Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A holder of
an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Unrestricted
Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for
such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the
applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be
increased in a corresponding amount pursuant to
Section 2.06(h) hereof the aggregate principal amount of one
of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
(iv)
Transfer or Exchange of Unrestricted Definitive Notes to
Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes Prohibited . An
Unrestricted Definitive Note may not be exchanged for, or
transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of,
beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note.
(v)
Issuance of Unrestricted Global Notes . If any such exchange
or transfer of a Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note is effected pursuant to clause (ii)(B),
(ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global
Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or
more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so
transferred.
(e)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive
Notes . Upon request by a holder of Definitive Notes and such
holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section
2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of
Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or
exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the
Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a
written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Registrar duly executed by such holder. In addition, the requesting
holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and
information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following
provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
(i) Transfer of
Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes .
Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered
in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if the
transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, a certificate in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (1) thereof;
(B) if the
transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the
transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, a certificate in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item
(3) thereof, if applicable.
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(ii) Transfer
or Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes . Any Restricted Definitive Note may be
exchanged by the holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note
or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in
the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange
or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance
with a Registration Rights Agreement and the holder, in the case of
an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, makes
any and all certifications in the applicable Letter of Transmittal
(or is deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made
through the Applicable Procedures) as may be required by a
Registration Rights Agreement;
(B) any such
transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such
transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange
Offer Registration Statement in accordance with a Registration
Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(1) if the holder
of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such
Restricted Definitive Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(2) if the holder
of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such
Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this clause (D), if the Registrar so
requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to
the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer complies
with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer
contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.
Upon satisfaction
of the conditions of any of the clauses of this Section
2.06(e)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the prior Restricted
Definitive Note and the Company shall execute, and upon receipt of
an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02
hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an Unrestricted
Definitive Note in the appropriate aggregate principal amount to
the Person designated by the holder of such prior Restricted
Definitive Note in instructions delivered to the Registrar by such
holder.
(iii) Transfer
of Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes . A holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer
such Unrestricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon
receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar
shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the
instructions from the holder thereof.
(f)
Exchange Offer . Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer in
accordance with a Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall
issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate
(A) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
beneficial interests in the applicable Restricted Global Notes
(1) tendered for acceptance by Persons that make any and all
certifications in the applicable Letters of Transmittal (or are
deemed to have made such certifications if delivery is made through
the Applicable Procedures) as may be required by such Registration
Rights Agreement and (2) accepted for exchange in such
Exchange Offer and (B) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of
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the Restricted
Definitive Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons who made the
foregoing certifications and accepted for exchange in the Exchange
Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee
shall reduce or cause to be reduced in a corresponding amount the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global
Notes, and the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof,
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons
designated by the holders of Restricted Definitive Notes so
accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate aggregate
principal amount.
(g)
Legends . The following legends shall appear on the face of
all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture
unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions
of this Indenture.
(i)
Private Placement Legend .
(A) Except as
permitted by clause (B) below, unless and until (x) a
Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note or sold in connection with
an effective Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, (y) with respect to a
Restricted Global Note, all of the beneficial interests in such
Restricted Global Note have been exchanged for beneficial interests
in the Unrestricted Global Note in accordance with clause
(j) of this Section 2.06 or the Private Placement Legend
has been removed from such Restricted Global Note in accordance
with clause (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (d)(ii) or (e)(ii) to this
Section 2.06, or (z) the Company determines and there is
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee and a letter of representation of the
Company reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that
the following legend and the related restrictions on transfer are
not required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of
the Securities Act, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and
all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof)
shall bear the legend in substantially the following
form:
“THE
SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY
ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF
THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY
MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF
SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH
PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT
THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1)(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A
PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT
OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A
TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144
THEREUNDER (IF APPLICABLE) OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
(AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF
THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE COMPANY OR
(3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN
EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND
(B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED
TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE
RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN
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CLAUSE
(A) ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE
AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF
THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.”
(B)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note
issued pursuant to clause (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii),
(d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) to this Section 2.06
(and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof)
shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(ii) Global
Note Legend . Each Global Note shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
“THIS GLOBAL
NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE
SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06
OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN
WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE,
(III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR
CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND
(IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE
COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL
IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM,
THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY
OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY
OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS NOTE IS
PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND
ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN
SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC),
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY
OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
(iii) OID
Legend . Each Note issued with original issue discount for U.S.
federal income tax purposes shall bear a legend in substantially
the following form:
“THIS NOTE
IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271
ET SEQ . OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. A
HOLDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY FOR SUCH NOTES BY
SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE BORROWER
AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS, INC., 6640
CAROTHERS PARKWAY, SUITE 500, FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE 37067, ATTENTION:
GENERAL COUNSEL.”
(h)
Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes . At such
time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have
been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has
been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part,
each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and
cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11
hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any
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beneficial
interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a
Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the
aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note
shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on
such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the
direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the
beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a
Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in another Global Note, the aggregate principal amount of
such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an
endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by
the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
increase.
(i)
General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges
.
(i) No
service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest
in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any
such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon
exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 4.12,
4.17 and 9.05 hereof).
(ii) All
Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration or
transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be
the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt as
the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange and shall be entitled to all
of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
(iii) Neither
the Registrar nor the Company shall be required (A) to issue,
to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the
day of any selection of Notes for redemption under
Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the
date of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to
exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or
(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between
a record date (including a Regular Record Date) and the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(iv) Prior
to due presentment for the registration of transfer of any Note,
the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the
Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner
of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on such Note and for all other
purposes, in each case regardless of any notice to the
contrary.
(v) All
certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be
submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to
effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by
facsimile.
(vi) The
Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or
inquire as to compliance with any restriction on transfer imposed
under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any
transfer of any interest in any Note (including transfers between
or among beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other
than to require delivery of such certificates and other
documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do
so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture,
and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to
form with the express requirements hereof.
(j)
Automatic Exchange from Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted
Global Note . Upon compliance with the following procedures,
all of the beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note shall
be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Unrestricted Global
Note. In order to effect such exchange, the Company shall provide
written notice to the Trustee instructing the Trustee to
(i) direct the Depositary to transfer all of the outstanding
beneficial interests in a particular Restricted Global Note to the
Unrestricted Global Note and provide the Depositary with all such
information as is necessary for the Depositary to appropriately
credit and debit the relevant Holder accounts and (ii) provide
prior written notice to all Holders of such exchange, which notice
must include the date such exchange is to occur, the CUSIP number
of the relevant Restricted Global Note and the CUSIP number of the
Unrestricted Global Note into which such Holders’ beneficial
interests will be exchanged. As a condition to any such exchange
pursuant to this Section 2.06(j), the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive from the Company, and rely conclusively without
any liability, upon an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel to
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the Company, in
form and in substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to
the effect that such transfer of beneficial interests to the
Unrestricted Global Note shall be effected in compliance with the
Securities Act. Upon such exchange of beneficial interests pursuant
to this Section 2.06(j), the Registrar shall endorse the
Schedule of Transfers and Exchanges to the relevant Notes and
reflect on its books and records the date of such transfer and a
decrease and increase, respectively, in the principal amount of the
applicable Restricted Global Note(s) and the Unrestricted Global
Note, respectively, equal to the principal amount of beneficial
interests transferred. Following any such transfer pursuant to this
Section 2.06(j), the relevant Restricted Global Note shall be
cancelled.
(k)
Transfers of Notes Held by Affiliates . Any certificate
(i) evidencing a Note that has been transferred to an
affiliate (as defined in Rule 405) of the Company within one
year after the Issue Date, as evidenced by a notation on the
assignment form for such transfer or in the representation letter
delivered in respect thereof, or (ii) evidencing a Note that
has been acquired from an affiliate (other than by an affiliate) in
a transaction or a chain of transactions not involving any public
offering shall, until one year after the last date on which either
the Company or any affiliate of the Company was an owner of such
Note, in each case, be in the form of a permanent Definitive Note
and bear the Private Placement Legend subject to the restrictions
in Section 2.06(g)(i). The Registrar shall retain copies of
all letters, notices and other written communications received
pursuant to this Section 2.06. The Company, at its sole cost
and expense, shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all
such letters, notices or other written communications at any
reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the
Registrar.
SECTION 2.07.
Replacement Notes .
If
any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and
the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue
and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate a
replacement Note. If required by the Trustee or the Company, the
Holder of such Note shall provide an affidavit of loss and
indemnity that is sufficient, in the judgment of the Trustee or the
Company, to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any
authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer in
connection with such replacement. If required by the Company, such
Holder shall reimburse the Company for its reasonable expenses in
connection with such replacement.
Every
replacement Note issued in accordance with this Section 2.07
shall be the valid obligation of the Company, evidencing the same
debt as the destroyed, lost or stolen Note, and shall be entitled
to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.
SECTION 2.08.
Outstanding Notes .
(a) The
Notes outstanding at any time shall be the entire principal amount
of Notes represented by all of the Global Notes and Definitive
Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by
it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those subject to
reductions in beneficial interests effected by the Trustee in
accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, and those described in
this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in
Section 2.09 hereof, a Note shall not cease to be outstanding
because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note;
provided , however , that Notes held by the Company
or a Subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed not to be
outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(c) hereof.
(b) If
a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it shall
cease to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof
satisfactory to it that the replaced note is held by a bona fide
purchaser.
(c) If
the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under
Section 4.01 hereof, it shall cease to be outstanding and
interest on it shall cease to accrue.
(d) If
the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date, a Purchase
Date or a maturity date, funds sufficient to pay Notes payable on
that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed
to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue
interest.
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SECTION 2.09.
Treasury Notes .
In
determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes
owned by the Company, or by any Affiliate of the Company, shall be
considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes
of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded.
SECTION 2.10.
Temporary Notes .
Until
certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company
may prepare and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in
accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall
authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be
substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have
variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary
Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate Global Notes or Definitive Notes in exchange for
temporary Notes, as applicable. After preparation of Definitive
Notes, the Temporary Notes will be exchangeable for Definitive
Notes upon surrender of the Temporary Notes.
Holders
of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly
issued hereunder.
SECTION 2.11.
Cancellation .
The
Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the
Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment. Upon sole direction of the Company, the
Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for
registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or
cancellation and shall destroy cancelled Notes (subject to the
record retention requirements of the Exchange Act or other
applicable laws) unless by written order, signed by an Officer of
the Company, the Company directs them to be returned to it.
Certification of the destruction of all cancelled Notes shall be
delivered to the Company from time to time upon request. The
Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid
or that have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
SECTION 2.12.
Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest .
If
the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it
shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the
extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the
Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in
each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in
Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on
each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall
fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment
date; provided that no such special record date shall be
less than 10 days prior to the related Interest Payment Date
for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the
special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of
the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that
states the special record date, the related Interest Payment Date
and the amount of such interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.13.
CUSIP or ISIN Numbers .
The
Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” and/or
“ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so,
the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” and/or “ISIN”
numbers in notices of redemption or Offers to Purchase as a
convenience to Holders; provided, however , that any such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of a redemption or notice of an Offer to
Purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
redemption or Offer to Purchase shall not be affected by any defect
in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify
the Trustee of any change in the “CUSIP” and/or
“ISIN” numbers.
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SECTION 2.14.
Additional Interest .
If
Additional Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to a
Registration Rights Agreement and paragraph 1 of the Notes, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate to that effect
stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is
payable and (ii) the date on which such interest is payable
pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof. Unless and until a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives such a certificate or
instruction or direction from the Holders in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may assume without inquiry
that no Additional Interest is payable. The foregoing shall not
prejudice the rights of the Holders with respect to their
entitlement to Additional Interest as otherwise set forth in this
Indenture or the Notes and pursuing any action against the Company
directly or otherwise directing the Trustee to take any such action
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes. If
the Company has paid Additional Interest directly to the Persons
entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such
payment.
SECTION 2.15.
Issuance of Additional Notes .
The
Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with
Section 4.09 hereof, to issue Additional Notes under this
Indenture which shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes
issued on the date hereof, other than with respect to the date of
issuance, issue price and rights under a related Registration
Rights Agreement, if any. The Initial Notes issued on the date
hereof, any Additional Notes and all Exchange Notes issued in
exchange therefor shall be treated as a single class for all
purposes under this Indenture, including directions, waivers,
amendments, consents, redemptions and Offers to
Purchase.
With
respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a
Board Resolution and an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each
of which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following
information:
(a) the aggregate
principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture;
(b) the issue
price, the Issue Date and the CUSIP and/or ISIN number of such
Additional Notes; provided , that if any Additional Notes
are not fungible for United States federal income tax purposes with
any of the Notes previously issued, such Additional Notes will have
a separate CUSIP number; and
(c) whether such
Additional Notes shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer
set forth in Section 2.06 hereof relating to Restricted Global
Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes.
SECTION 2.16.
Record Date .
The
record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders of
Notes entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent
or permitted under this Indenture shall be determined as provided
for in TIA Section 316(c).
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
SECTION 3.01.
Notices to Trustee .
If
the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish
to the Trustee, at least 45 days but not more than
60 days before a redemption date (or such shorter period as
allowed by the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate setting
forth (a) the applicable section of this Indenture pursuant to
which the redemption shall occur, (b) the redemption date,
(c) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and
(d) the redemption price.
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SECTION 3.02.
Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed .
If
less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the
Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed among the Holders of
the Notes in compliance with the requirements of the principal
national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed
or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or
in accordance with any other method the Trustee deems fair and
appropriate. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the
particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise
provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to
the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not
previously called for redemption.
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for
partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $1,000
or integral multiples thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a
Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes
held by such Holder, even if not an integral multiple of $1,000,
shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence,
provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for
redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for
redemption.
SECTION 3.03.
Notice of Redemption .
At
least 30 days but not more than 60 days prior to a
redemption date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by
first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes
are to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address
appearing in the Security Register, except that redemption notices
may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if
the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance pursuant to
Article 8 hereof or a satisfaction and discharge pursuant to
Article 11 hereof.
The
notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall
state:
(b) the
appropriate method for calculation of the redemption price, but
need not include the redemption price itself; the actual redemption
price shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate
delivered to the Trustee no later than two (2) Business Days
prior to the redemption date;
(c) if any Note is
being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such
Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon
surrender of such Note, if applicable, a new Note or Notes in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued
upon cancellation of the original Note;
(d) the name and
address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Notes
called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to
collect the redemption price;
(f) that, unless
the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on
Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the
redemption date;
(g) the applicable
section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for
redemption are being redeemed; and
(h) that no
representation is made as to the correctness of the CUSIP and/or
ISIN numbers, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the
Notes.
At
the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense;
provided , however , that the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days (or such shorter
period allowed by the Trustee), prior to the redemption date, an
Officers’ Certificate requesting that the
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Trustee give
such notice (in the name and at the expense of the Company) and
setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as
provided in this Section 3.03.
SECTION 3.04.
Effect of Notice of Redemption .
Once
notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03
hereof, Notes called for redemption shall become irrevocably due
and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. A
notice of redemption may not be conditional.
SECTION 3.05.
Deposit of Redemption Price .
On
or prior to 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on the Business Day prior
to any redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption
price of and, if applicable, accrued and unpaid interest on all
Notes to be redeemed on that date, and shall invest such proceeds
until such use to pay the redemption price as directed by the
Company in Cash Equivalents. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall
promptly, and in any event within two (2) Business Days after
the redemption date, return to the Company any money deposited with
the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the
amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed.
If
the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding
paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease
to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for purchase
or redemption in accordance with Section 2.08(d) hereof,
whether or note such Notes are presented for payment. If a Note is
redeemed on or after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the
related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, shall be paid to the Person in whose name such
Note was registered at the close of business on such Regular Record
Date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to
comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the
unpaid principal from the redemption date until such principal is
paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such
unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes
and in Section 4.01 hereof.
SECTION 3.06.
Notes Redeemed in Part .
Upon
surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall
issue and, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance
with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate for
the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in
principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note
surrendered.
SECTION 3.07.
Optional Redemption .
(a) Except
as set forth in clauses (b) and (c) of this
Section 3.07, the Notes shall not be redeemable at the option
of the Company prior to July 15, 2010. Beginning on
July 15, 2010, the Company may redeem all or a portion of the
Notes, at once or over time, after giving the notice required
pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof, at the redemption prices
(expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below,
plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any,
on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date (subject
to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record
Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on
July 15 of the years indicated below:
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103.875
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(c) At
any time prior to July 15, 2010, the Company may redeem all or
any portion of the Notes, at once or over time, after giving the
required notice under the indenture at a redemption price equal to
the greater of:
(i) 100% of the
principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, and
(ii) the sum of
the present values of (1) the redemption price of the notes at
July 15, 2010 (as set forth above) and (2) the remaining
scheduled payments of interest from the redemption date through
July 15, 2010, but excluding accrued and unpaid interest
through the redemption date, discounted to the redemption date
(assuming a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30 day
months), at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points,
plus, in either
case, accrued and unpaid interest, including Additional Interest,
if any, to but excluding the redemption date (subject to the right
of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive
interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
(d) Any
notice to holders of Notes of such a redemption shall include the
appropriate calculation of the redemption price, but need not
include the redemption price itself. The actual redemption price,
calculated as described above, shall be set forth in an
Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than
two business days prior to the redemption date.
(e) Any
prepayment pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made
pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06
hereof.
SECTION 3.08.
Mandatory Redemption .
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 3.08(b) hereof, the Company will not
be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments
with respect to the Notes.
(b) If
the Notes would otherwise constitute “applicable high yield
discount obligations” within the meaning of
Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, on July 15, 2014 and each
interest period thereafter (each, an “ AHYDO Redemption
Date ”), the Company will be required to redeem for cash
a portion of each Note then outstanding equal to the Mandatory
Principal Redemption Amount (such redemption, a “
Mandatory Principal Redemption ”). The redemption
price for the portion of each Note redeemed pursuant to a Mandatory
Principal Redemption shall be 100% of the principal amount of such
portion plus any accrued interest thereon on the date of
redemption. No partial redemption or repurchase of the Notes prior
to each AHYDO Redemption Date pursuant to any other provision of
this Indenture shall alter the Company’s obligation to make
the Mandatory Principal Redemption with respect to any Notes that
remain outstanding on such AHYDO Redemption Date.
(c) Any
redemption of the Notes pursuant to this Section 3.08 shall be
made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06
hereof.
SECTION 3.09.
Offer To Purchase .
(a) In
the event that, pursuant to Section 4.12 or 4.17 hereof, the
Company shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer or a
Change of Control Offer (each, an “ Offer to Purchase
”), it shall follow the procedures specified
below.
(b) The
Company shall cause a notice of the Offer to Purchase to be sent at
least once to the Dow Jones News Service or similar business news
service in the United States.
(c) The
Company shall commence the Offer to Purchase by sending, by
first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder at
such Holder’s address appearing in the Security Register, a
notice the terms of which shall govern the Offer to Purchase
stating:
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(i) that the Offer
to Purchase is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and
Section 4.12 or Section 4.17, as the case may be, and, in the
case of a Change of Control Offer, that a Change of Control has
occurred, the circumstances and relevant facts regarding the Change
of Control and that a Change of Control Offer is being made
pursuant to Section 4.17;
(ii) the principal
amount of Notes required to be purchased pursuant to
Section 4.12 or Section 4.17, as the case may be (the
“ Offer Amount ”), the purchase price set forth
in Section 4.12 or Section 4.17 hereof, as applicable
(the “ Purchase Price ”), the Offer Period and
the Purchase Date (each as defined below);
(iii) except as
provided in clause (ix), that all Notes timely tendered and not
withdrawn shall be accepted for payment;
(iv) that any Note
not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue
interest;
(v) that, unless
the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for
payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase shall cease to accrue
interest after the Purchase Date;
(vi) that Holders
electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Offer to Purchase
may elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of $1,000
only;
(vii) that Holders
electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Offer to Purchase
shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled
“Option of Holder to Elect Purcha
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