Exhibit 4.1
TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
and the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto
To
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of March 2, 2010
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO
SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
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TRUST INDENTURE
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INDENTURE
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ACT SECTION
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SECTION(S)
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Section 310
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(a)(1)
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609
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(a)(2)
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609
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(a)(3)
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Not Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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608, 610
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Section 311
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(a)
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613
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(b)
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613
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Section 312
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(a)
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701, 702
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(b)
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702
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(c)
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702
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Section 313
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(a)
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703
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(b)
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703
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(c)
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703
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(d)
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703
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Section 314
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(a)
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704
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(a)(4)
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101, 1004
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(b)
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Not Applicable
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(c)(1)
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102
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(c)(2)
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102
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(c)(3)
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Not Applicable
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(d)
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Not Applicable
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(e)
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102
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Section 315
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(a)
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601
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(b)
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602
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(c)
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601
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(d)
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601
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(e)
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514
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Section 316
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(a)
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101
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(a)(1)(A)
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502, 512
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(a)(1)(B)
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513
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(a)(2)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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508
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(c)
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104
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Section 317
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(a)(1)
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503
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(a)(2)
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504
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(b)
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1003
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Section 318
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(a)
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107
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the
Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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SECTION 101.
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Definitions
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1
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SECTION 102.
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Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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SECTION 103.
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Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
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SECTION 104.
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Acts of Holders; Record Dates
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SECTION 105.
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company
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SECTION 106.
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Notice to Holders; Waiver
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11
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SECTION 107.
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Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 108.
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Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
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SECTION 109.
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Successors and Assigns
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12
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SECTION 110.
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Separability Clause
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SECTION 111.
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Benefits of Indenture
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12
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SECTION 112.
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Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury
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SECTION 113.
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Legal Holidays
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SECTION 114.
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Counterparts
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ARTICLE TWO
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SECURITY FORMS
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SECTION 201.
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Forms Generally
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SECTION 202.
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Form of face of Security
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SECTION 203.
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Form of Reverse of Security
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SECTION 204.
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Form of Notation of Subsidiary Guarantee
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SECTION 205.
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Form of Legend for Global Securities
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SECTION 206.
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Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication
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ARTICLE THREE
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THE SECURITIES
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SECTION 301.
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Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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SECTION 302.
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Denominations
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SECTION 303.
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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SECTION 304.
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Temporary Securities
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SECTION 305.
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Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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SECTION 306.
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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SECTION 307.
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Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset
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SECTION 308.
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Optional Extension of Maturity
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SECTION 309.
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Persons Deemed Owners
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SECTION 310.
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Cancellation
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SECTION 311.
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Computation of Interest; Usury Not Intended
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SECTION 312.
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CUSIP or ISIN Numbers
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ARTICLE FOUR
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)
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SECTION 401.
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Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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SECTION 402.
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Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE FIVE
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REMEDIES
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SECTION 501.
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Events of Default
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SECTION 502.
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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SECTION 503.
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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SECTION 504.
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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SECTION 505.
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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SECTION 506.
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Application of Money Collected
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SECTION 507.
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Limitation on Suits
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SECTION 508.
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
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SECTION 509.
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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SECTION 510.
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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SECTION 511.
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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SECTION 512.
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Control by Holders
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SECTION 513.
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Waiver of Past Defaults
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SECTION 514.
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Undertaking for Costs
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SECTION 515.
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Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE SIX
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THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 601.
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Certain Duties and Responsibilities
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SECTION 602.
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Notice of Defaults
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SECTION 603.
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Certain Rights of Trustee
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SECTION 604.
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Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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SECTION 605.
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May Hold Securities
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SECTION 606.
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Money Held in Trust
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SECTION 607.
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Compensation and Reimbursement
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SECTION 608.
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Conflicting Interests
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SECTION 609.
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Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
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SECTION 610.
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Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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SECTION 611.
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Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
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SECTION 612.
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Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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SECTION 613.
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company and Subsidiary Guarantors
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SECTION 614.
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Appointment of Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE SEVEN
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HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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SECTION 701.
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Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Continued)
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SECTION 702.
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Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
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SECTION 703.
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Reports by Trustee
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SECTION 704.
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Reports by Company and Subsidiary Guarantors
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ARTICLE EIGHT
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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SECTION 801.
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Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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SECTION 802.
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Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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SECTION 803.
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Successor Substituted
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ARTICLE NINE
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION 901.
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Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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SECTION 902.
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Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders
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SECTION 903.
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Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 904.
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Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 905.
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Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 906.
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Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE TEN
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COVENANTS
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SECTION 1001.
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Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
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SECTION 1002.
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Maintenance of Office or Agency
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SECTION 1003.
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Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
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SECTION 1004.
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Statement by Officers as to Default
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SECTION 1005.
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Existence
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64
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SECTION 1006.
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Waiver of Certain Covenants
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
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REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 1101.
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Applicability of Article
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SECTION 1102.
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Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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SECTION 1103.
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Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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SECTION 1104.
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Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 1105.
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Deposit of Redemption Price
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SECTION 1106.
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Securities Payable on Redemption Date
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SECTION 1107.
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Securities Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE TWELVE
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SINKING FUNDS
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SECTION 1201.
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Applicability of Article
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SECTION 1202.
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Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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SECTION 1203.
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Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
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SECTION 1301.
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Applicability of Article
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SECTION 1302.
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Subsidiary Guarantees
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SECTION 1303.
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Execution and Delivery of Notations of Subsidiary Guarantees
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70
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SECTION 1304.
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Release of Subsidiary Guarantors
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71
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SECTION 1305.
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Limitation on Liability
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71
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
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REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDERS
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SECTION 1401.
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Applicability of Article
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SECTION 1402.
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Repayment of Securities
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SECTION 1403.
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Exercise of Option
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72
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SECTION 1404.
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When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable
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SECTION 1405.
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Securities Repaid in Part
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73
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
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DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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73
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SECTION 1501.
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Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 1502.
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Defeasance and Discharge
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SECTION 1503.
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Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 1504.
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Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 1505.
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Acknowledgment of Discharge By Trustee
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76
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SECTION 1506.
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Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions
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76
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SECTION 1507.
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Reinstatement
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77
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SECTION 1508.
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Qualifying Trustee
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77
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ARTICLE SIXTEEN
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IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
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77
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SECTION 1601.
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Exemption from Individual Liability
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SCHEDULE I Subsidiary Guarantors
INDENTURE (herein called this Indenture), dated as of March 2, 2010, among TreeHouse Foods,
Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein
called the Company), having its principal office at Two Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 1070,
Westchester, Illinois 60154, each Subsidiary Guarantor (as hereinafter defined) and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee).
RECITALS
The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness (herein called the Securities) and Subsidiary Guarantees to be issued
in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors are members of the same consolidated group of
companies. The Subsidiary Guarantors will derive direct and indirect economic benefit from the
issuance of the Securities. Accordingly, each Subsidiary Guarantor has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for its full, unconditional and joint and
several guarantee of the Securities to the extent provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article One have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article One and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term generally accepted
accounting principles with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall
mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in
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the United States of America at the date of such computation, provided that when two or
more principles are so generally accepted, it shall mean that set of principles consistent
with those in use by the Company;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an Article or a Section
refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
(5) 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;
(6) words importing any gender include the other genders;
(7) references to statutes are to be construed as including all statutory provisions
consolidating, amending or replacing the statute referred to;
(8) references to writing include printing, typing, lithography and other means of
reproducing words in a tangible, visible form;
(9) the words including, includes and include shall be deemed to be followed by
the words without limitation; and
(10) unless otherwise provided, references to agreements and other instruments shall be
deemed to include all amendments and other modifications to such agreements and instruments,
but only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the
terms of this Indenture.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
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 the
purposes of this definition,
control when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Authenticating Agent means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
Board of Directors means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board and with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, the board of directors of
such Subsidiary Guarantor, any duly authorized committee of that board or any similar governing
body.
Board Resolution means with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, a copy of a
resolution certified by the Corporate Secretary, an Assistant Corporate Secretary or an
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Associate Secretary of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to have
been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or
officers of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to which authority to act on behalf of the
Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which the Trustee or banking institutions in
that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
Company means the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor Person.
Company Request or Company Order mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in
the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, a Vice Chairman
of the Board, its Chief Financial Officer, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, its Corporate Secretary, an Assistant Corporate Secretary or an Associate
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 230
West Monroe Street, Suite 2900, Chicago, Illinois 60606, Attention: Corporate Trust Services,
except that, with respect to presentation of the Securities for payment or registration of
transfers or exchanges and the location of the Security Register and Security Registrar, such term
means the office or agency of the Trustee in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which at the date of original
execution of this Indenture is located at 608 Second Avenue South, N9303-121, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55479, Attention: Corporate Trust Operations.
Corporation or corporation means a corporation, association, company, limited liability
company, joint-stock company or business or statutory trust.
Covenant Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 1503.
Defaulted Interest has the meaning specified in Section 307(a).
Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 1502.
Depositary means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that
is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
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Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 501.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in
each case as amended from time to time.
Exchange Rate has the meaning specified in Section 501.
Expiration Date has the meaning specified in Section 104.
Extension Notice has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Extension Period has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Final Maturity has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Global Security means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series
and bears the legend set forth in Section 205 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such Securities).
Holder means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of
and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term Indenture
shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 301.
Interest, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
Interest Payment Date, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.
Investment Company Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
Maturity, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal or premium, if any, becomes due and payable as therein
or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or otherwise.
Maximum Interest Rate has the meaning specified in Section 311.
Notice of Default means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4).
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Financial Officer, the President or a
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Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary, an
Assistant Corporate Secretary or an Associate Secretary of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor,
as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means as to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, a written opinion of
counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor (and who may be an
employee of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor) as the case may be, or other counsel who
shall be acceptable to the Trustee, and delivered to the Trustee.
Optional Reset Date has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
Original Issue Discount Security means any Security which provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
Original Stated Maturity has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Outstanding, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set
aside and irrevocably segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision
therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1502; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of
which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than
any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as
of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed
to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of
such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if,
as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not
determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall
be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount
of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed
to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner
provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of
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such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the
amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only
Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to
the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to such Securities and
that the pledgee is not the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or of such other obligor.
Paying Agent means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company initially authorizes
and appoints the Trustee as the Paying Agent for each series of the Securities.
Periodic Offering means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time the specific
terms of which Securities, including the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the
rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof and the
redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the
issuance of such Securities.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Place of Payment, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or
places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are
payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
Predecessor Security of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or
in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
Repayment Date means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of
the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment by or pursuant to this Indenture.
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Reset Notice has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means an officer in the
Corporate Trust Office thereof having direct responsibility for administration of this Indenture
and, in each case, 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.
Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.
Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section
305.
Special Record Date for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307(a).
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or premium, if any, or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the
fixed date on which the principal of or premium, if any, on such Security or such installment of
principal or interest is due and payable.
Subsequent Interest Period has the meaning specified in Section 307(b).
Subsidiary means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the
Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, voting stock
means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times
or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
Subsidiary Guarantee means the guarantee of each Subsidiary Guarantor as provided in Article
Thirteen.
Subsidiary Guarantors means (1) the subsidiaries listed in
Schedule I
hereto; (2)
each other Subsidiary of the Company that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with this
Indenture and (3) any successor of the foregoing, in each case (1), (2) and (3) until such
Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be such in accordance with Section 1304 hereof.
Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 is amended after such date, Trust Indenture Act means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
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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 or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, Trustee as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
U.S. Government Obligation has the meaning specified in Section 1504.
Vice President, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
vice president.
Yield to Maturity means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a
Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such Security) and
as set forth in such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield
computation principles.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee to
take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company and/or such Subsidiary
Guarantor, as appropriate, shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be
required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form
of an Officers Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor,
or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture, other than an Officers Certificate required by Section 1004, shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, the individual has made
or caused to be made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such
individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
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SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons may certify or give an opinion as to other matters, and any such Person may
certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which such officers
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be
based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor stating that
the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or such
Subsidiary Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know,
that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the Act of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of
this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section 104.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. Where such execution is by a
signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall
also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in
the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been
set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice
of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given
to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set
forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on
the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Trustee, at the Companys expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in
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writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 104, the party hereto which sets
such record dates may designate any day as the Expiration Date and from time to time may change
the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective
unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing,
and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on
or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to
any record date set pursuant to this Section 104, the party hereto which set such record date shall
be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date
with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this
paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day
after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with
regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount
of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or
with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Services, or
(2) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or via overnight delivery service, to the
Company addressed to the attention of the Treasurer of the Company at the address of the
Companys principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any
other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company and, in the case
of any Subsidiary Guarantor, to it at the address of the Companys principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or
at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by such Subsidiary
Guarantor.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in
the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest
date (if
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any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given
by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon
such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or overnight delivery service, or
by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
notification for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the
Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the
Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision
shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor
shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112. Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by Jury.
THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF
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THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
Each of the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security
which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section 113)) payment of
interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force
and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or at the
Stated Maturity, and no additional interest shall accrue as the result of such delayed payment.
SECTION 114. Counterparts.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series and, if applicable, the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees to be
endorsed thereon, and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the
form set forth in this Article Two, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted
by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such
legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with applicable tax laws or the
rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such
series may be listed or traded or the rules of any Depositary therefor or as may, consistently
herewith, be determined to be appropriate by the officers executing such Securities or notations of
Subsidiary Guarantees, as the case may be, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form or
forms of Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a
copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Corporate Secretary or an
Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of
such Securities.
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The definitive Securities of each series shall be typewritten, printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods, or engraved on steel engraved borders, if
required by any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such
series may be listed or traded, or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of
any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of such series may be
listed or traded, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by
their execution of such Securities.
SECTION 202. Form of Face of Security.
[INSERT ANY APPLICABLE LEGENDS]
TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
(Title of Security)
CUSIP No.
TreeHouse Foods, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Delaware (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
, or
registered assigns, the principal sum of
Dollars on
[if the Security is to
bear interest prior to Maturity, insert , and to pay interest thereon from
or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semi-annually on
and
in each year, commencing
, at the rate of
___% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable,
insert , provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is
overdue shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent permitted by applicable
law), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and
such interest shall be payable on demand]. [If applicable, insert The amount of interest payable
for any period shall be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months
and a 360-day year. In the event that any date on
which interest is payable on this Security is not a Business Day, then a payment of the interest
payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without
any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if
made on the date the payment was originally payable. A Business Day shall mean, when used with
respect to any Place of Payment, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not
a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.] The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the
or
(whether or not
a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such
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interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to
the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice
whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of
this series may be listed or traded, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or
automated quotation system, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert The principal of this
Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any
overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment
of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are
paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable
on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert any such]
interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Paying Agent maintained for
that purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert ; provided, however,
that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made (i) by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or
(ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be
designated in writing by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register at least
fifteen days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
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This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the Securities), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
[
] (herein called the Indenture, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference
is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert
, limited in aggregate principal amount to $
; provided, however, that the authorized
aggregate principal amount of the Securities may be increased above such amount by a Board
Resolution to such effect].
[If applicable, insert The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on this Security may be reset by the Company on
(each an Optional Reset Date). The Company may exercise such option with respect to
this Security by providing the Trustee at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to an Optional
Reset Date for this Security a notice (the Reset Notice) indicating that the Company has elected
to reset the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest
rate, if applicable), and (i) such new interest rate (or such new spread or spread multiplier, if
applicable), (ii) the provisions, if any, for redemption during the period from such Optional Reset
Date to the next Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated
Maturity of this Security (each such period a Subsequent Interest Period), including the date or
dates on which or the period or periods during which and the price or prices at which such
redemption may occur during the Subsequent Interest Period, and (iii) that the Holder of this
Security will have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the principal of this Security
on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount hereof plus interest accrued
to such Optional Reset Date, that in order to obtain repayment on an Optional Reset Date, the
Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture for repayment at
the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be
at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date except that, if the Holder
has tendered this Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written
notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of business on the tenth day
before such Optional Reset Date. If the Company exercises such option and delivers a Reset Notice
to the Trustee, not later than 40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall
transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106 of the Indenture, to the Holder of this
Security a copy of such Reset Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the
Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an
interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if
applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by delivering to
the Trustee an amended Reset Notice, and causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided
for in Section 106 of the Indenture, a copy of such amended Reset Notice of such higher interest
rate (or such higher
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spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of this Security. Such notice shall
be irrevocable. All Securities of this series with respect to which the interest rate (or the
spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) is reset on an
Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the Holders of such Securities have not tendered
such Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next
succeeding paragraph, will bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread
multiplier, if applicable).
The Holder of this Security will have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the
principal of this Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount
hereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an
Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen of the
Indenture for repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or
notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional
Reset Date and except that, if the Holder has tendered this Security for repayment pursuant to the
Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment
until the close of business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.]
[If applicable, insert The Stated Maturity of this Security may be extended at the option
of the Company for
(each an Extension Period) up to but not beyond
(the Final
Maturity). The Company may exercise such option with respect to this Security by providing the
Trustee at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of this Security in
effect prior to the exercise of such option (the Original Stated Maturity) a notice (the
Extension Notice) indicating (i) the election of the Company to extend the Maturity, (ii) the new
Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest rate applicable to the Extension Period and (iv) the
provisions, if any, for redemption or repayment during such Extension Period. If the Company
exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106 of the
Indenture, to the Holder of this Security not later than 40 days prior to the Original Stated
Maturity a copy of the Extension Notice. Upon the Trustees transmittal of the Extension Notice,
the Stated Maturity of this Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the
Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, this Security will have the same terms as
prior to the transmittal of such Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of
this Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the
Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by delivering to the
Trustee an amended Extension Notice, and causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided
for in Section 106 of the Indenture, a copy of such amended Extension Notice containing notice of
such higher interest rate to the Holder of this Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All
Securities of this series with respect to which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such
higher interest rate.
If the Company extends the Maturity of this Security, the Holder will have the option to elect
repayment of this Security by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the
principal amount hereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the
Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity hereof, the Holder hereof must
follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen of the Indenture for repayment at
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the option of Holders, except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee
shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except
that, if the Holder has tendered this Security for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the
Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender for repayment until the close of
business on the tenth day before the Original Stated Maturity.]
[If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less
than 30 days notice by mail, [if applicable, insert (1) on
in any year commencing with
the year
and ending with the year
through operation of the sinking fund for
this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if
applicable, insert on or after
, 20___], as a whole or in part, at the election of the
Company, at [if applicable, insert a redemption price equal to [calculation to be specified]]
with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on
or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to
on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 days notice by mail, (1) on
in any year commencing with the year
and ending with the year
through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the
Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert
on or after
], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption
Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month
period beginning
of the years indicated,
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount, together in the
case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to
on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to
, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert Clause
(2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the
application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company
(calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than ___% per annum.]
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[If applicable, insert The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on
in each year beginning with the year
and ending with the year of [if applicable,
insert not less than $
(mandatory sinking fund) and not more than] $
aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by
the Company otherwise than through [if applicable, insert mandatory] sinking fund payments may
be credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise
required to be made [if applicable, insert , in the inverse order in which they become due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert In the event of redemption of
this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.]
[If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are not subject to redemption by the
Company prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking
fund.]
[If applicable, insert As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the obligations of the Company under this Security are guaranteed pursuant to
the Indenture as indicated in the notation of Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed hereon. The Indenture
provides that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from its Subsidiary Guarantee upon
compliance with certain conditions.]
The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness of
this Security upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
[If applicable, insert The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the
entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain covenants and Events of Default with respect to
this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the
Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Companys obligations in respect
of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]
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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of all series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding of all series to be affected, treated as one class. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of
each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor
or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Trustee shall not have received from the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a
direction inconsistent with such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such
proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any
payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates
expressed or provided for herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in
the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company and the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
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Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $
and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
SECTION 204. Form of Notation of Subsidiary Guarantee.
NOTATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture) has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the
Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and
payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.
The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee
pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Thirteen
of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the
Subsidiary Guarantee.
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SECTION 205. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced
thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall, in addition to the
provisions contained in Sections 202 and 203, bear a legend in substantially the following form:
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THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO
AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS SECURITY IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS
NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND 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.
SECTION 206. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustees certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided,
in an Officers Certificate or in a Company Order, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities
of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) if and to what extent the Securities of the series will not have the benefit of the
Subsidiary Guarantees of the Subsidiary Guarantors;
(3) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1405 and except for
any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder); provided, however, that the authorized
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aggregate principal amount of such series may from time to time be increased above such
amount by a Board Resolution to such effect;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is
payable, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined or extended;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from
which such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be
determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the
Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date, or the
method by which such date or dates shall be determined, and the basis upon which interest
shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, the right,
if any, to extend or defer interest payments and the duration of such extension or deferral;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable, the place or places where the Securities of such
series may be presented for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion, and the place
or places where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of
such series may be made;
(7) the right, if any, to defer payment of interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date and the duration of any such deferral period;
(8) the rate or rates of amortization of the Securities of the series, if any;
(9) the period or periods within or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at
which and the term and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed,
in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution,
the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(10) the obligation or the right, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or analogous provisions
or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which and
the other terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(11) if other than minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,
the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(12) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in
which such amounts shall be determined;
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(13) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency,
currencies or currency units, including composite currencies, in which any Securities of the
series shall be denominated and in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent
thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for
purposes of the definition of Outstanding in Section 101;
(14) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is
to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more
currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to
be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable,
the period or periods within or the date or dates on which and the terms and conditions upon
which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such
amount shall be determined);
(15) the percentage of the principal amount at which such Securities will be issued
and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the method by which such portion shall be
determined;
(16) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the
series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity,
the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any
such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof
which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which
shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any
such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be
determined);
(17) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part,
shall not be defeasible or shall be defeasible in a manner varying from Section 1502 and
Section 1503 and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by
the Company to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;
(18) whether the Securities of the series, or any portion thereof, shall initially be
issuable in the form of a temporary Global Security representing all or such portion of the
Securities of such series and provisions for the exchange of such temporary Global Security
for one or more permanent Global Securities or definitive Securities of such series;
(19) if applicable, that any Securities of the series, or any portion thereof, shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case,
the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends
which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth
in Section 205 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth
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in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security
may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such
Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other
than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;
(20) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part,
shall be subject to the optional interest reset provisions of Section 307(b);
(21) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part,
shall be subject to the optional extension of maturity provisions of Section 308;
(22) any deletion or addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to
any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite
Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant
to Section 502 or in any other remedies provided in Article Five;
(23) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies
to Securities of the series;
(24) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the Securities
of such series as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of the Securities
of such series in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or
without interest coupons;
(25) if there is more than one Trustee or a Trustee other than Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, the identity of the Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the identity of
each Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such
Securities;
(26) the terms of any right or obligation to convert or exchange Securities of such
series into any other securities or property of the Company or of any other corporation or
Person, and the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange;
(27) the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities of the series
are secured;
(28) any restriction or condition on the transferability of the Securities of such
series;
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(29) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay Additional Amounts on
the Securities of the series to any Holder in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental
charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather
than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such option);
(30) the exchanges, if any, on which the Securities may be listed; and
(31) any other additional, eliminated or changed terms of the Securities of such series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as
permitted by Section 901).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided herein or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred
to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the
Officers Certificate or Company Order referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the
Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Officers Certificate or Company Order setting forth the terms
or the manner of determining the terms of the series.
The Securities of each series shall have the benefit of the Subsidiary Guarantees unless the
Company elects otherwise upon the establishment of a series pursuant to this Section 301.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Board Resolution
(or action taken pursuant thereto), Officers Certificate, Company Order or supplemental indenture
referred to above may provide general terms or parameters for Securities of such series and provide
either that the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a
further Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company in accordance with
other procedures specified in the Company Order contemplated by the third paragraph of Section 303.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and
only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of
any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of
such series shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000
above that amount.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
Chief Executive Officer, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Financial Officer, its President
or one of its Vice Presidents, and attested by its Corporate Secretary, an Assistant
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Corporate Secretary, an Associate Secretary or an Attesting Secretary. The signature of any of
these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company, and if applicable, having
endorsed thereon the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees executed as provided in Section 1303 by the
Subsidiary Guarantors to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company
Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that in the case of
Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including the receipt by the
Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agents, promptly
confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company
Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such
series. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant
to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the form or forms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form or forms have been established
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been, or in the case of Securities of a series
offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as
permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a
series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture, subject, in the case of Securities of a series offered in a
Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and
(3) that this Indenture and such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in
such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company, and, if applicable, this Indenture and the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees
endorsed thereon will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Subsidiary
Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles.
If such forms or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate
such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustees
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own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all
Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to
deliver the Officers Certificate or Company Order otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or
the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at
or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at
or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be
issued. This paragraph shall not be applicable to Securities of a series that are issued pursuant
to the proviso to Section 301(3).
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely,
as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form or forms and terms
thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of
Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as
applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series.
No Security or Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Security shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver
such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 310, for all purposes of this
Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities of such series, and if
applicable, having endorsed thereon the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees, in lieu of which they
are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
the officers executing such Securities and, if applicable, notations of Subsidiary Guarantees, may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities and notations of Subsidiary
Guarantees.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series
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at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge
to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any
series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of like tenor and aggregate principal amount and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon the
notations of Subsidiary Guarantees executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
(the register maintained in such office being herein sometimes referred to as the Security
Register) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed Security Registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of
Securities as herein provided. If in accordance with Section 301(6), the Company designates a
transfer agent (in addition to the Security Registrar) with respect to any series of Securities,
the Company may at any time rescind the designation of any such transfer agent or approve a change
in the location through which any such transfer agent acts, provided that the Company maintains a
transfer agent in each Place of Payment for such series. The Company may at any time designate
additional transfer agents with respect to any series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute and, if
applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed
thereon, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute and, if applicable, the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall execute the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
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No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company and the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities.
If the Securities of any series are to be redeemed in part, neither the Trustee nor the
Company shall be required, pursuant to the provisions of this Section 305, (A) to issue, register
the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor, as
the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the
mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103
and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of
or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except, in the case of
any Security to be redeemed in part, any portion not to be redeemed.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and
delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such
Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global
Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has
notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Global Security, (ii) defaults in the performance of its duties as Depositary, or (iii) has
ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when the
Depositary is required to be so registered to act as depositary, in each case, unless the
Company has approved a successor Depositary within 90 days after receipt of such notice or
after it has become aware of such default or cessation, (B) the Company in its sole
discretion determines, subject to the procedures of the Depositary, that such Global
Security will be so exchangeable or transferable or (C) there shall exist such
circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for
this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities
may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security
or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global
Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to
this Section 305, Section 304, 306, 906, 1107 or 1405 or otherwise, shall be authenticated
and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such
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Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with such security or
indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them harmless, the
Company shall execute and, if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the notations of
Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding and shall cancel and dispose of such mutilated Security in
accordance with its customary procedures.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and, if applicable, the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon. If,
after the delivery of such new Security, a bona fide purchaser of the original Security in lieu of
which such new Security was issued presents for payment or registration such original Security, the
Trustee shall be entitled to recover such new Security from the party to whom it was delivered or
any party taking therefrom, except a bona fide purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the
security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred
by the Company and the Trustee in connection therewith and shall cancel and dispose of such new
Security in accordance with its customary procedures.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 306, the Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of counsel to the Company
and the fees and expenses of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 306 in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by
anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
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The provisions of this Section 306 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset.
(a)
Interest on any Security of any series which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest in respect of Securities of such series, except that, unless
otherwise provided in the Securities of such series, interest payable on the Stated Maturity of the
principal of a Security shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid. The initial payment
of interest on any Security of any series which is issued between a Regular Record Date and the
related Interest Payment Date shall be payable as provided in such Security or in or pursuant to
the Board Resolution, Officers Certificate, Company Order or supplemental indenture pursuant to
Section 301 with respect to the related series of Securities. Except in the case of a Global
Security, at the option of the Company, interest on any series of Securities may be paid (i) by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it shall appear on the Security
Register of such series or (ii) by wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and
to such account as designated in writing by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the
Security Register of such series at least fifteen days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date.
Any Paying Agents will be identified in accordance with Section 301, except for the Trustee,
who has been appointed as Paying Agent for the Securities as provided in the definition of Paying
Agent contained in Section 101. The Company may at any time designate additional Paying Agents or
rescind the designation of any Paying Agent; however, the Company at all times will be required to
maintain a Paying Agent in each Place of Payment for each series of Securities.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not timely paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series (herein called
Defaulted Interest) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant
Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid
by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Securities of such series in respect of which interest is in default (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
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prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this
Clause (1). Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to
the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee
of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such
Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice
of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to
be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106,
not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of
such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any
series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange or automated quotation system on which such Securities may be listed or traded, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if,
after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.
(b) The provisions of this Section 307(b) may be made applicable to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified
pursuant to such Section 301). The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on any Security of such series may be reset by the
Company on the date or dates specified on the face of such Security (each an Optional Reset
Date). The Company may exercise such option with respect to such Security by providing the Trustee
at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to an Optional Reset Date for each Security a notice
(the Reset Notice) indicating that the Company has elected to reset the interest rate (or the
spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and (i) such new
interest rate (or such new spread or spread multiplier, if applicable), (ii) the provisions, if
any, for redemption during the period from such Optional Reset Date to the next Optional Reset Date
or if there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity of the Security (each such
period a Subsequent Interest Period), including the date or dates on which or the period or
periods during which and the price or prices at which such redemption may occur during the
Subsequent Interest Period, and (iii) that the Holder of the Security will have the option to elect
repayment by the Company of the principal of the Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price
equal to the principal amount hereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date, that in
order to obtain repayment on an Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow
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the procedures set forth in Article Fourteen of the Indenture for repayment at the option of
Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but
not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date except that, if the Holder has tendered
this Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the
Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before such
Optional Reset Date. If the Company exercises such option and delivers a Reset Notice to the
Trustee, not later than 40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in
the manner provided for in Section 106 of the Indenture, to the Holder of each Security a copy of
such Reset Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the
Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an
interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if
applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by delivering to
the Trustee an amended Reset Notice, and causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided
for in Section 106, such amended Reset Notice of such higher interest rate (or such higher spread
or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be
irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) is reset on an Optional Reset Date,
and with respect to which the Holders of such Securities have not tendered such Securities for
repayment (or have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph, will
bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable).
The Holder of any such Security will have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the
principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount
thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an
Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for
repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the
Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date and except
that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the
Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of
business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307 and Section 305, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of
any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were
carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. Optional Extension of Maturity.
The provisions of this Section 308 may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant
to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to
such Section 301). The Stated Maturity of any Security of such series may be extended at the option
of the Company for the period or periods specified on the face of such Security (each an Extension
Period) up to but not beyond the date (the Final Maturity) set
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forth on the face of such Security. The Company may exercise such option with respect to any
Security by providing the Trustee at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated
Maturity of this Security in effect prior to the exercise of such option (the Original Stated
Maturity) a notice (the Extension Notice) indicating (i) the election of the Company to extend
the Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest rate applicable to the Extension
Period and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption or repayment during such Extension Period.
If the Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in
Section 106, to the Holder of such Security not later than 40 days prior to the Original Stated
Maturity a copy of the Extension Notice. Upon the Trustees transmittal of the Extension Notice,
the Stated Maturity of such Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the
Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such Security will have the same terms as
prior to the transmittal of such Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of
such Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the
Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by delivering to the
Trustee an amended Extension Notice, and causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided
for in Section 106, a copy of such amended Extension Notice containing notice of such higher
interest rate to the Holder of this Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with
respect to which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such higher interest rate.
If the Company extends the Maturity of any Security, the Holder will have the option to elect
repayment of such Security by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the
principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the
Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity thereof, the Holder must follow
the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the option of Holders, except that
the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35
days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security
for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee,
revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before the Original
Stated Maturity.
SECTION 309. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to
Section 307) any interest on such Security and (subject to the record date provisions of Section
104) for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may treat the Depositary as the sole
and exclusive owner of a Global Security for the purposes of payment of the principal of or
interest on the Securities, giving any notice permitted or required to be given to Holders,
registering the transfer of Securities, obtaining any consent or other action to be
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taken by Holders and for all other purposes whatsoever; and neither the Company nor the Subsidiary
Guarantors or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility or obligation to any
participant in the Depositary, any Person claiming a beneficial ownership interest in the
Securities under or through the Depositary or any such participant, or any other Person which is
not shown on the Security Register as being a Holder, with respect to either the Securities, the
accuracy of any records maintained by the Depositary or any such participant, the payment by the
Depositary or any such participant of any amount in respect of the principal of or interest on the
Securities, any notice which is permitted or required to be given to Holders under the Indenture,
any consent given or other action taken by the Depositary as Holder, or any selection by the
Depositary of any participant or other Person to receive payment of principal, interest or
redemption or purchase price of the Securities.
SECTION 310. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 310, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be treated in
accordance with its document retention policies.
SECTION 311. Computation of Interest; Usury Not Intended.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months and interest on the Securities of each series for any partial period shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the number of days elapsed in
any partial month.
The amount of interest (or amounts deemed to be interest under applicable law) payable or paid
on any Security shall be limited to an amount which shall not exceed the maximum nonusurious rate
of interest allowed by the applicable laws of the State of New York, or any applicable law of the
United States permitting a higher maximum nonusurious rate that preempts such applicable New York
law, which could lawfully be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received (the Maximum
Interest Rate). If, as a result of any circumstances whatsoever, the Company or any other Person
is deemed to have paid interest (or amounts deemed to be interest under applicable law) or any
Holder of a Security is deemed to have contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received
interest (or amounts deemed to be interest under applicable law), in excess of the Maximum Interest
Rate, then, ipso facto, the obligation to be fulfilled shall be reduced to the limit of validity,
and if under any such circumstance, the Trustee, acting on behalf of the Holders, or any Holder
shall ever receive interest or anything that might be deemed interest under applicable law that
would exceed the Maximum Interest Rate, such amount that
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would be excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal amount owing on
the applicable Security or Securities and not to the payment of interest, or if such excessive
interest exceeds the unpaid principal balance of any such Security or Securities, such excess shall
be refunded to the Company; provided that the Company and not the Trustee shall be responsible for
collecting any such refund from the Holders. In addition, for purposes of determining whether
payments in respect of any Security are usurious, all sums paid or agreed to be paid with respect
to such Security for the use, forbearance or detention of money shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full term of such
Security.
SECTION 312. CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers (if then generally in
use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP or ISIN numbers in notices, including notices of
redemption, as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or
as contained in any such notice or notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such notice or redemption
shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly
notify the Trustee in writing of any change in CUSIP or ISIN numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for and as otherwise provided in this Section 401), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture, when
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all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in
trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from
such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
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are to be called for redemption within one
year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of
notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Company, and the Company or, if applicable, a Subsidiary Guarantor,
in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose
money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to
the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become
due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the
case may be;
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(2) the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 607 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section 401, the obligations of the Trustee under
Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine,
to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment
such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to the Securities of any series, means
any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall
be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree
or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
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(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that
series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of
a Security of that series, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company or, if the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued Subsidiary Guarantees
with respect to the Securities of such series, any Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture
with respect to a Security of that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in
the performance of which or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section 501
specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for
the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default
or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified
mail, or via overnight delivery service, to the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor by the
Trustee or to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee by the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a Notice of Default under this Indenture; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order
for relief in respect of the Company or, if the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued Subsidiary
Guarantees with respect to the Securities of such series, any Subsidiary Guarantor in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any
such Subsidiary Guarantor a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the
Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor under any applicable federal or state law, or
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor or of any substantial part
of its or their property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company or, if the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued
Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the Securities of such series, any Subsidiary
Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or
proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency
case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent
by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
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possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor or of any substantial
part of its or their property, or the making by it of an assignment of a substantial part of
its property for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action
by the Company or any such Subsidiary Guarantor in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) in the event the Subsidiary Guarantors have issued Subsidiary Guarantees with
respect to the Securities of such series, the Subsidiary Guarantee of any Subsidiary
Guarantor is held by a final non-appealable order or judgment of a court of competent
jurisidiction to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force
and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture) or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms
such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee (other than by reason
of a release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture); or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series,
provided, however
, that no event described in Clause (4) above shall constitute an Event of
Default hereunder until a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge thereof or has received written
notice thereof as contemplated in Section 602.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 501, if the principal or any premium
or interest on any Security is payable in a currency other than the currency of the United States
of America and such currency is not available to the Company for making payment thereof due to the
imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the
Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Securities by making such
payment in the currency of the United States of America in an amount equal to the currency of the
United States of America equivalent of the amount payable in such other currency by reference to
the noon buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for such currency (Exchange
Rate), as such Exchange Rate is reported or otherwise made available by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York on the date of such payment, or, if such rate is not then available, on the basis of
the most recently available Exchange Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
501, any payment made under such circumstances in the currency of the United States of America
where the required payment is in a currency other than the currency of the United States of America
will not constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(8) which is
common to all Outstanding series of Securities, or an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5)
and 501(6)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is
continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the
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Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the
terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified
amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default specified in Sections 501(5) or 501(6) occurs, all unpaid principal of
and accrued interest on the Outstanding Securities of that series (or such lesser amount as may be
provided for in the Securities of such series) shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and
payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of any
Security of that series.
If an Event of Default under Section 501(8) which is common to all Outstanding series of
Securities occurs and is continuing, then in such case, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than
25% in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as one
class), by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders) may declare
the principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of
the principal amount as may be specified by the terms thereof) of all the Securities then
Outstanding to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration such principal amount
(or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series
has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article Five, the Event of Default giving rise to such
declaration of acceleration shall, without further act, be deemed to have been waived, and such
declaration and its consequences shall, without further act, be deemed to have been rescinded and
annulled, if:
(1) the Company or, if applicable, any Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or deposited with
the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
(a) all overdue installments of interest on all Securities of that series,
(b) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become
due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(c) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(d) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by
such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
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No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest
becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days,
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security at the Maturity thereof, or
(3) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the
terms of any Security and such default continues for a period of 30 days,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of
such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any
premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing the Trustee,
its agents and counsel under Section 607.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein,
or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or any
other obligor upon the Securities), its or their property or its or their creditors, the Trustee
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and
all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the
Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make
such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it and any predecessor
Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or any Subsidiary Guarantee or the rights of any
Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any
such proceeding;
provided
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however
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the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors or
other similar committee.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or any Subsidiary
Guarantee may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of all amounts owing the Trustee and
any predecessor Trustee under Section 607, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee with respect to a series of
Securities pursuant to this Article Five shall be applied in the following order, at the date or
dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of
principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon
of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and
interest on such series of Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money
has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on such series of Securities for principal and any premium and interest,
respectively; and
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver,
assignee, trustee, liquidator or sequestrator (or other similar official), or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in
respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
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(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
security or indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing itself of, any provision of this Indenture to affect,
disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities, or to obtain or to seek to
obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders (it being understood that the Trustee
does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not any uses are unduly prejudicial to
such Holders) or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided
and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders. The Trustee shall mail to all Holders
any notice it receives from Holders under this Section.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on the Redemption Date or
Repayment Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the
Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of
any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
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No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right
or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article Five or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time,
and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee,
with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow such direction if a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee shall,
in good faith, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in
personal liability, would otherwise be contrary to applicable law, or that the Trustee
determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes (it being
understood that the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether such actions or
forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such other Holders).
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default
hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of
such series or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.
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All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any
action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and such court may in its discretion assess reasonable
costs including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 514 shall not apply to any suit instituted
by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder or group of Holders holding in the aggregate
more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or to any suit instituted by any
Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security, on or
after the respective due dates expressed in such Security.
SECTION 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now
or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that
it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but
will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give
the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by
the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section
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602, the term default means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of
any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series, except an Event of Default under
Section 501(1), Section 501(2) or Section 501(3) hereof (provided, that the Trustee is the
principal Paying Agent with respect to the Securities of such series), unless a Responsible Officer
at the Corporate Trust Office shall have received written notice of such Event of Default in
accordance with Section 105 from the Company, any Subsidiary or the Holder of any Security, which
notice states that the event referred to therein constitutes an Event of Default.
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of
Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion
of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to
this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
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examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee is not required to give any bond or surety with respect to the
performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers under this Indenture;
(9) in the event the Trustee receives inconsistent or conflicting requests and
indemnity from two or more groups of Holders of Securities of a series, each representing
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series
Outstanding, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may determine what action, if any, shall
be taken;
(10) the Trustees immunities and protections from liability and its right to
indemnification in connection with the performance of its duties under this Indenture shall
extend to the Trustees officers, directors, agents and employees. Such immunities and
protections and right to indemnification, together with the Trustees right to compensation,
shall survive the Trustees resignation or removal and the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture;
(11) except for information provided by the Trustee concerning the Trustee, the Trustee
shall have no responsibility for any information in any offering memorandum or other
disclosure material distributed with respect to the Securities, and the Trustee shall have
no responsibility for compliance with any state or federal securities laws in connection
with the Securities; and
(12) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages,
accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities,
communications or computer (software or hardware) services.
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities and the notations of Subsidiary
Guarantees, except the Trustees certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements
of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be, and neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the
Subsidiary Guarantees. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for
the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities.
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The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal
with the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor,
as the case may be.
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor jointly and severally agree:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for all services rendered
by it hereunder in such amounts as the Company and the Trustee shall agree in writing from
time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements
of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising
out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder, except those attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity
under this Section 607. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the
defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel, and the Company shall pay the
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made
without its consent.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company and Subsidiary Guarantors
under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all property and
funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on particular Securities.
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Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, in the
event the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in any proceedings which result from an Event
of Default under Section 501(5) or (6), or from any default which, with the passage of time, would
become such Event of Default, the expenses so incurred and compensation for services so rendered
are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the United States Bankruptcy Code or
equivalent law.
SECTION 608. Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the
manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest with respect to any other indenture of the Company or Subsidiary Guarantors or
Securities of any series by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to any
particular series of Securities.
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other
series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act
as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 609 and to the extent
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease
to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 609, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six.
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to
this Article Six shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
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If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by
the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (A) the
Company, acting pursuant to the authority of a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with
respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or
Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall
occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series,
the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities
of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with
respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be
only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner
required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series
for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
The Company or successor Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the
manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
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In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and
thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or
the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of
the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all
property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the retiring Trustee and
each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable
to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall
continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions
of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each
such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or
trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of
such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding
paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such
successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article Six.
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
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Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article Six, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In
case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in
office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may
adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated, and in case any Securities
shall not have been authenticated, any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such
Securities either in the name of any predecessor Trustee or in the name of such successor Trustee,
and in all cases the certificate of authentication shall have the full force which it is provided
anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company and Subsidiary Guarantors.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company or
such Subsidiary Guarantor (or any such other obligor). For purposes of Section 311(b)(4) and (6) of
the Trust Indenture Act:
(a) cash transaction means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities
sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks
or other orders drawn upon banks and payable upon demand; and
(b) self-liquidating paper means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which
is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or any such
obligor) for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or
sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to,
possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds
arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security;
provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor
relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor (or any such obligor) arising from the
making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.
SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series
of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustees certificate of
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authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on
behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on
behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to
the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such
laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 614,
the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any
time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 614, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in this Section 614.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent
shall be the successor Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise
eligible under this Section 614, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee
and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 614, the Trustee
may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall
give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the
rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under
the provisions of this Section 614.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section 614.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 614, the
Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustees certificate of
authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than January 15 and July 15 in each year, a list, in such
form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Securities of each series as of the preceding January 1 or July 1 as the case may be, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date
not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however
, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be Security Registrar for Securities of
a series, no such list need be furnished with respect to such series of Securities.
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and
addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the
Trustee that neither the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, nor the Trustee nor any agent of
either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and
addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.
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The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant thereto.
If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days
after each May 15 following the date of this Indenture, deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as
of such May 15, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with
the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company and Subsidiary Guarantors.
The Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall file with the Trustee and the
Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents or
reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is filed with the Commission.
Delivery of any reports, information and documents by the Company or Subsidiary Guarantors to
the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Section 704 is for informational purposes only and
the Trustees receipt of same shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained
therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with
any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on
Officers Certificates).
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or
lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the
Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership, trust or other
entity, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed by such
Person and the Subsidiary Guarantors and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to
the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest
on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture
on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no
event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall
have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 802. Subsidiary Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Except in a transaction resulting in the release of a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture, Subsidiary Guarantors shall not, and the Company shall not permit any
Subsidiary Guarantor to, in a single or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with
or into any Person (other than the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor) or permit any Person
(other than another Subsidiary Guarantor) to consolidate or merge with or into such Subsidiary
Guarantor or, directly or indirectly, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its assets unless:
(1) in case such Subsidiary Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Subsidiary
Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases,
the properties and assets of the Subsidiary Guarantor substantially as an entirety shall be
a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed by such Person and the Subsidiary Guarantors and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment
of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance
or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Subsidiary Guarantor to
be performed or observed;
(2) the Subsidiary Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease
and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 803. Successor Substituted.
(a) Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other
Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the
Company herein; and in the event of any such conveyance or transfer (but not in
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the case of a lease) the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under
the Indenture and the Securities and may be dissolved and liquidated.
(b) Upon any consolidation of a Subsidiary Guarantor with, or merger of a Subsidiary
Guarantor into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets
of such Subsidiary Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 802, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Subsidiary Guarantor is merged or
to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and
may exercise every right and power of, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor Person had been named as a Subsidiary Guarantor herein; and in the
event of any such conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease) such Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the Securities and
may be dissolved and liquidated.
(c) Any such successor Person referred to in Section 803(a) or 803(b) may cause to be signed,
and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company and any Subsidiary Guarantor,
any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the
Company and, if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of the notations of Subsidiary
Guarantees thereon, and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person
instead of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, and subject to all the
terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and
shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers
of the Company and if applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of the notations of
Subsidiary Guarantees thereon to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to such provisions and any
Securities which such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the
Trustee on its behalf for the purpose pursuant to such provisions. All the Securities so issued
shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities
theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of
such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease, such changes in
phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by their respective Board Resolutions, and the Trustee, at
any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor
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Person of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor pursuant to Article Eight; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors for the benefit
of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly
being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power
herein conferred upon the Company of the Subsidiary Guarantors; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or
any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit
of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series), provided, however, that in
respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture may provide for
a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that
allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such
default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit
the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series
of Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default; or
(4) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect
of one or more series of Securities; provided, however, that if such addition, change or
elimination shall adversely affect the interests of Holders of Securities of any series in
any material respect, such addition, change or elimination shall become effective with
respect to such series only when no such Security of such series remains Outstanding; or
(5) to secure the Securities or one or more series of Securities; or
(6) to establish the forms or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301; or
(7) to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to certificated securities; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the
requirements of Section 611; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may
be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein; or
(10) to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect; or
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(11) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities
pursuant to Sections 401, 1502 and 1503; or
(12) to comply with the rules or regulations of any securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which any of the Securities may be listed or traded; or
(13) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act; or
(14) to add new Subsidiary Guarantors.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such supplemental indenture (treated as one
class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee,
the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Subsidiary Guarantors, when authorized by a
their respective Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby,
(1) except to the extent permitted by Section 307(b) or Section 308 or otherwise
specified in the form or terms of the Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201
and 301 with respect to extending the Stated Maturity of any Security of such series, change
the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on,
any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any
premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any
Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or
interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or
repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment Date), or release any Subsidiary
Guarantee other than as provided in this Indenture, or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the
consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions
of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture, or
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(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or Section 1006,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to
require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to the Trustee
and concomitant changes in this Section 902 and Section 1006, or the deletion of this
proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(9), or
(4) if the Securities of any series are convertible or exchangeable into any other
securities or property of the Company, make any change that adversely affects in any
material respect the right to convert or exchange any Security of such series (except as
permitted by Section 901) or decrease the conversion or exchange rate or increase the
conversion price of any such Security of such series, unless such decrease or increase is
permitted by the terms of such Security, or
(5) if the Securities of any series are secured, change the terms and conditions
pursuant to which the Securities of such series are secured in a manner adverse to the
Holders of the secured Securities of such series in any material respect.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 902 to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act
shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article Nine or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee
may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article Nine, this Indenture shall
be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
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Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article Nine shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article Nine may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation
in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If
the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company and, if applicable, the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees may be endorsed
thereon, and such new Securities may be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. Principal, premium, if
any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent, if other
than the Company, holds on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available
funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then
due. The Company will be responsible for making calculations called for under the Securities,
including but not limited to determination of Redemption Price, premium, if any, and other amounts
payable on the Notes, if any. The Company will make the calculations in good faith and, absent
manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on the Holders of the Securities. The
Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee when applicable, and the Trustee
is entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of the Companys calculations without independent
verification.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the Securities
of that series or any Subsidiary Guarantee and this Indenture may be served. The Company initially
appoints the Trustee, acting through its Corporate Trust Office, as its agent for said purpose. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such
required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee, and the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby
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appoint the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or
agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change
in the location of any such other office or agency.
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate to the extent required by
law and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the
principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities
of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be
held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 1003, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply
with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during
the continuance of any default by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors (or any other obligor
upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of
that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay,
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal, premium or interest has
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become due and payable may be paid to the Company on Company Request, subject to applicable
abandoned property law, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and
the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to
such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers Certificate
that need not comply with Section 102, one of the signers of which shall be the principal
executive, principal accounting or principal financial officer of the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof, the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms,
provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or
requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have
knowledge.
SECTION 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight and the Companys ability to convert into a limited liability
company, limited partnership or limited liability partnership under applicable law, the Company
will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence. On and after any conversion of the Company into a limited liability company,
limited partnership or limited liability partnership under applicable law, the Company will do or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its limited
liability company, limited partnership or limited liability partnership existence, as applicable.
SECTION 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series,
the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit
in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any
covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(21), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of
such series or in Section 1005, if the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance
in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such
waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so
expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and
the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full
force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for such Securities) in accordance with this Article Eleven.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Company Order or
in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, not less than 45 nor more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount
of Securities of such series to be redeemed, the Redemption Price, and, if applicable, of the tenor
of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a
condition specified in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company
shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction
or condition. If the Redemption Price is not known at the time such notice is to be given, the
actual Redemption Price, calculated as described in the terms of the Securities to be redeemed,
will be set forth in an Officers Certificate of the Company delivered to the Trustee no later than
two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects a Global
Security or only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal
amount of any Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount
of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a
specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor
not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as
aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption
affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or
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in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal
amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the
minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the
Company, any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities selected
for redemption.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed,
at his address appearing in the Security Register.
With respect to Securities of each series to be redeemed, each notice of redemption shall
identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP or ISIN numbers, if applicable) and shall
state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation
thereof,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a
single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a
single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be
redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to
accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of
the Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
prepared by the Company and given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in
the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable. The notice if mailed in the
manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the
Holder receives such notice. In any case, a failure to give such notice by mail
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or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole
or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
Security.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in
Section 1104, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company
is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an
amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall
be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on
that date.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from
and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security
for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal amount (together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Redemption
Date) and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
prescribed therefor in the Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment
therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and if
applicable, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall execute the notations of Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed
thereon, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without
service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) as
requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed
portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.
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The provisions of this Article Twelve shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the
retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities of
any series is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment, and any sinking fund
payment in excess of such minimum amount which is permitted to be made by the terms of such
Securities is herein referred to as an optional sinking fund payment. If provided for by the
terms of any Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject
to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously
called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been
redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through
the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with
respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the
Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited
shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as
specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities,
the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the
portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and
stating the basis for any such credit and that such Securities have not previously been so credited
and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior
to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon
such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner
provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities
shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article.
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Unless the Company elects to issue any series of Securities without the benefit of the
Subsidiary Guarantees, which election shall be evidenced in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or
supplemental indenture establishing such series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, the
provisions of this Article shall be applicable to each series of Securities except as otherwise
specified in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series
pursuant to Section 301.
SECTION 1302. Subsidiary Guarantees.
Subject to Section 1301, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, fully and
unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee,
the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such
Security when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by
acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of
such Security and of this Indenture, and each Subsidiary Guarantor similarly guarantees to the
Trustee the payment of all amounts owing to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, agrees to cause such payment to be made
punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
acceleration, call for redemption, offer to purchase or otherwise, and as if such payment were made
by the Company.
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that its obligations
hereunder shall be absolute, unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, the
validity, regularity or enforceability of such Security or this Indenture, the absence of any
action to enforce the same or any release, amendment, waiver or indulgence granted to the Company
or any other guarantor or any consent to departure from any requirement of any other guarantee of
all or any of the Securities of such series or any other circumstances which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor; provided, however,
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no such release, amendment, waiver or indulgence shall,
without the consent of such Subsidiary Guarantor, increase the principal amount of such Security,
or increase the interest rate thereon, or alter the Stated Maturity thereof. Each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, any
requirement that the Trustee or any of the Holders protect, secure, perfect or insure any security
interest in or other lien on any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action
against the Company or any other Person or any collateral, filing of claims with a court in the
event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against
the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby
and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged in
respect of such Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such
Security and in such Subsidiary Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that if, after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders are
prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of
the Securities of a series, to collect interest on the Securities of a series, or to enforce or
exercise any other right or remedy with respect to the Securities of a series, such Subsidiary
Guarantor agrees to pay to the Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the
amount that would otherwise have been due and payable
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had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the
Holders.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders of the Securities
upon which its Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed against the Company in respect of any amounts paid
by such Subsidiary Guarantor on account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of its
Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture; provided, however, that no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
subrogation until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all Securities of the
relevant series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes or is required to make any payment in respect of its
Subsidiary Guarantee shall be entitled to seek contribution from the other Subsidiary Guarantors to
the extent permitted by applicable law; provided, however, that no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of
contribution until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all Securities of the
relevant series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Each Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective
should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should
the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a
receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any part of the Companys assets, and shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if
at any time payment and performance of the Securities of a series, is, pursuant to applicable law,
rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any Holder of the
Securities, whether as a voidable preference, fraudulent transfer, or otherwise, all as though
such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof,
is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Securities shall, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced,
restored or returned.
SECTION 1303. Execution and Delivery of Notations of Subsidiary Guarantees.
To further evidence the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 1302, each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors hereby agrees that a notation relating to such Subsidiary Guarantee, substantially in
the form set forth in Section 204, shall be endorsed on each Security entitled to the benefits of
the Subsidiary Guarantee authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and executed by either manual
or facsimile signature of an officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor, or in the case of a Subsidiary
Guarantor that is a limited partnership, an officer of the general partner of each Subsidiary
Guarantor. Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agrees that the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth
in Section 1302 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on
each Security a notation relating to the Subsidiary Guarantee. If any officer of the Subsidiary
Guarantor, or in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor that is a limited partnership, any officer of
the general partner of the Subsidiary Guarantor, whose signature is on this Indenture or a Security
no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates such Security or at any time
thereafter, the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Security shall be valid nevertheless. The delivery of
any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof
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hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this
Indenture on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors.
SECTION 1304. Release of Subsidiary Guarantors.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities,
each Subsidiary Guarantee will remain in effect with respect to the respective Subsidiary Guarantor
until the entire principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities to which such
Subsidiary Guarantee relates shall have been paid in full or otherwise satisfied and discharged in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture and all amounts owing to the
Trustee hereunder have been paid; provided, however, that if (i) such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases
to be a Subsidiary in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, (ii) either
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance occurs with respect to such Securities pursuant to Article
Fifteen or (iii) all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor or all of the
Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor is sold (including by sale, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) by the Company or any Subsidiary in a transaction complying with the requirements of
this Indenture, then, in each case of (i), (ii) or (iii), such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
released and discharged of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee and under this Article
Thirteen without any action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, and upon delivery by the
Company of an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under
its Subsidiary Guarantee and this Article Thirteen have been complied with, the Trustee shall
execute any documents reasonably required in order to acknowledge the release of such Subsidiary
Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed on the Securities of such
series and under this Article Thirteen.
SECTION 1305. Limitation on Liability.
Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum amount of
the Subsidiary Guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can
be hereby guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor without rendering such Subsidiary Guarantee
voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar
laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF THE HOLDERS
SECTION 1401. Applicability of Article.
Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders
thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this
Article Fourteen.
SECTION 1402. Repayment of Securities.
Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders
thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at a
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price equal to the principal amount thereof and any premium thereon, together with interest
thereon accrued to the Repayment Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The
Company covenants that on or before the Repayment Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided by
the terms of the Securities of any series, a percentage of the principal) of, the premium, if any,
and (except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the
Securities or portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date.
SECTION 1403. Exercise of Option.
Securities of any series subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof will
contain an Option to Elect Repayment form on the reverse of such Securities. To be repaid at the
option of the Holder (subject to applicable procedures of the Depositary for any Global Security),
any Security so providing for such repayment, with the Option to Elect Repayment form on the
reverse of such Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holders attorney duly authorized
in writing), must be received by the Company at the Place of Payment therefor specified in the
terms of such Security (or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from time to
time notify the Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor later than 30 days prior
to the Repayment Date. If less than the entire principal amount of such Security is to be repaid in
accordance with the terms of such Security, the principal amount of such Security to be repaid, in
increments of the minimum denomination for Securities of such series, and the denomination or
denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the
principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be specified. The
principal amount of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may
not be repaid in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security
would be less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series of which such
Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of any Security
providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof and as provided in Sections 307(b) and
308, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable unless waived by the
Company.
SECTION 1404. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable.
If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of the Holders thereof shall
have been surrendered as provided in this Article Fourteen and as provided by or pursuant to the
terms of such Securities, such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid
shall become due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date therein
specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of
such Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing,
cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such
provisions, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Company,
together with accrued interest and/or premium, if any, to (but excluding) the Repayment Date;
provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of
interest, if any, whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable (but
without interest thereon, unless the Company shall default in the payment thereof) to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities,
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registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their
terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for repayment shall not be so repaid upon
surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to such
Repayment Date) and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the
rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth
in such Security.
SECTION 1405. Securities Repaid in Part.
Upon surrender of any Security which is to be repaid in part only, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service
charge and at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for the portion of the principal of such Security so surrendered which is not to be
repaid.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1501. Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1502 or Section 1503 applied
to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (unless designated pursuant to
Section 301 as not being defeasible pursuant to such Section 1502 or 1503), in accordance with any
applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions
set forth below in this Article Fifteen. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution
or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
SECTION 1502. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section 1502 applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall be deemed to have
been discharged from its obligations, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to be
discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section 1502 on
and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1504 are satisfied (hereinafter called
Defeasance). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company and any Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such
Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such
Securities and Subsidiary Guarantees and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and Subsidiary
Guarantees are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely
from the trust fund described in Section 1504 and as more fully set forth in such Section 1506,
payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when
payments are due, (2) the Companys and any Subsidiary Guarantors
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obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (3)
the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article
Fifteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fifteen, the Company may exercise its option (if
any) to have this Section 1502 applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its
option (if any) to have Section 1503 applied to such Securities.
SECTION 1503. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section 1503 applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Company shall be released from
its obligations under any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(21), 704 (to the extent of any
covenants in addition to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act), 901(2) or 901(7) for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections
501(4) (with respect to any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(21), 704 (to the extent
of any covenants in addition to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act), 901(2) or 901(7)),
shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default and (3) the provisions of Article
Thirteen shall cease to be effective, in each case with respect to such Securities and Subsidiary
Guarantees, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section 1503 on and
after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1504 are satisfied (hereinafter called Covenant
Defeasance). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such
Securities, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, may omit to comply with and
shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(4)) or Article Thirteen,
whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or
Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein
or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be
unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1504. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1502 or Section 1503 to
any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and
agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article Fifteen applicable to it) as trust
funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A)
money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment
of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide,
not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a
combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee
(or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any
premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities or upon
redemption, in accordance with the terms of this
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Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, U.S. Government Obligation means (x)
any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the
payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or
(ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the full and timely payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of
the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section
3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation
which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder
of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or
interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the
amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal
or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1502 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this
instrument, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case
(A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the
Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes
as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such
Securities and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner
and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were
not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1503 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain
or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance
to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to federal income tax on
the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such
deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event
of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and
be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in
Sections 501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such
deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after
such 90th day).
(5) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a
conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities
are in default within the meaning of such Act).
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(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound.
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from
such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company
Act unless such trust shall be registered under the Investment Company Act or exempt from
registration thereunder.
(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an agreement whereby the Company
irrevocably agrees to forfeit its right, if any, (A) to reset the interest rate of such
Securities pursuant to Section 307(b) and (B) to extend the Stated Maturity of such
Securities pursuant to Section 308.
(9) If the Securities are to be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity (other than from
mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments), notice of such redemption shall have
been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee
shall have been made.
(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
SECTION 1505. Acknowledgment of Discharge By Trustee.
Subject to Section 1507 below and after the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent referred to in
Section 1504 relating to the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been
complied with, the Trustee upon request of the Company shall acknowledge in writing the Defeasance
or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be.
SECTION 1506. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government
Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee
(solely for purposes of this Section 1506, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to
collectively as the Trustee) pursuant to Section 1504 in respect of any Securities shall be held
in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of
all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but
money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section
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1504 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or
other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article Fifteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or
pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations
held by it as provided in Section 1504 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required
to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect
to such Securities.
SECTION 1507. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this
Article Fifteen with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the
obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1502 or 1503 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to this Article Fifteen with respect to such Securities, until such time as the
Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1506 with
respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article Fifteen; provided, however, that if the
Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following
such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of
the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
SECTION 1508. Qualifying Trustee.
Any trustee appointed pursuant to Section 1504 for the purpose of holding trust funds
deposited pursuant to that Section shall be appointed under an agreement in form acceptable to the
Trustee and shall provide to the Trustee a certificate of such trustee, upon which certificate the
Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely, that all conditions precedent provided for herein
to the related Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. In no event shall the
Trustee be liable for any acts or omissions of said trustee.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
SECTION 1601. Exemption from Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any
Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company, any Subsidiary, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any successor corporation, either directly or
through the Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this
Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations of the
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Company, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be
incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers, directors, or employees, as such, of the
Company, any Subsidiary, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any successor corporation, or any of them,
because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or
implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability, either at common law or in equity
or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such
incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, because of the creation of the
indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly
waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture
and the issue of such Securities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed and, in
the case of the Company, attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
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TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
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/s/ Dennis F. Riordan
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/s/ Thomas E. ONeill
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BAY VALLEY FOODS, LLC
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Dennis F. Riordan
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Senior Vice President and Treasurer
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/s/ Thomas E. ONeill
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Title: Senior Vice President
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EDS HOLDINGS LLC
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/s/ Thomas E. ONeill
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TRUSTEE
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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Gregory S. Clarke
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Vice President
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SCHEDULE I
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
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SUBSIDIARY
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STATE OF ORGANIZATION
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Bay Valley Foods, LLC
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Delaware
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EDS Holdings LLC
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Delaware
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Exhibit 4.2
TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC., as Issuer
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO, as Guarantors
AND
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
7.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AS OF
March 2, 2010
TO THE INDENTURE DATED AS OF
March 2, 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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ESTABLISHMENT; DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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SECTION 1.01
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Establishment
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SECTION 1.02
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Certain Definitions
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SECTION 1.03
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Other Definitions
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SECTION 1.04
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Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 1.05
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Rules of Construction
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ARTICLE 2
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THE NOTES
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SECTION 2.01
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Form and Dating
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Registrar and Paying Agent
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SECTION 2.03
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Additional Notes
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ARTICLE 3
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REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
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SECTION 3.01
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Notices to Trustee
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SECTION 3.02
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Optional Redemption
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SECTION 3.03
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Mandatory Redemption
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Repurchase at the Option of Holders
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ARTICLE 4
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COVENANTS
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SECTION 4.01
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Payment of Notes
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Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Reports
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Limitation on Layering Indebtedness
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Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions
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Payments for Consent
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Restricted Payments
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Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Subsidiaries
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Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
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Limitation on Asset Sales
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Transactions with Affiliates
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SECTION 4.12
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Liens
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Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control
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Corporate Existence
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Compliance Certificate
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ARTICLE 5
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SUCCESSORS
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SECTION 5.01
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Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
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Successor Corporation Substituted
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ARTICLE 6
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defaults and remedies
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Events of Default and Remedies
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ARTICLE 7
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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SECTION 7.01
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Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Legal Defeasance and Discharge
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Deposited Money and Governmental Securities to Be
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Other Miscellaneous Provisions
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 8
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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ARTICLE 9
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
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SECTION 9.01
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Without Consent of Holders of Notes
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ARTICLE 10
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GUARANTEES
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SECTION 10.01
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Guarantees
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Release of Guarantor
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ARTICLE 11
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MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 11.01
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Trust Indenture Act Controls
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Notices
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SECTION 11.03
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Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
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SECTION 11.04
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Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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SECTION 11.05
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Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
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Rules by Trustee and Agents
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SECTION 11.07
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No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
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Governing Law
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No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
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Successors
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Severability
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Counterpart Originals
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SECTION 11.13
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Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
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SECTION 11.14
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Force Majeure
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SECTION 11.15
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Note Purchases by Company and Affiliates
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TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
AND FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AS OF MARCH 2,2010
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Section of
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Trust Indenture
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Section(s) of
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First Supplemental Indenture
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Note:
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This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this
Supplemental Indenture.
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This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 2, 2010 (this Supplemental
Indenture), is by and among TreeHouse Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation and
any successor as defined in the Base Indenture and herein, the Company), the Guarantors (as
defined below) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as
trustee (such institution and any successor as defined in the Base Indenture, the Trustee).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors have previously executed and delivered an indenture,
dated as of March 2, 2010 (the Base Indenture), with the Trustee providing for the issuance from
time to time of one or more series of the Companys senior debt securities;
WHEREAS, Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantors and the
Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish the form or
terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 3.01 and Section 11.01 of the Base
Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors are entering into this Supplemental Indenture to
establish the form and terms of the Companys 7.750% Senior Notes due 2018 (the Notes; which
defined term shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes) and related Subsidiary
Guarantees;
WHEREAS, the Base Indenture is incorporated herein by reference and the Base Indenture, as
supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is herein called this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Supplemental
Indenture and to make it a valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantors have been
done or performed.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
ARTICLE 1
ESTABLISHMENT; DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01
Establishment
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(a) There is hereby established a new series of Securities to be issued under this
Supplemental Indenture, to be designated as the Companys 7.750% Senior Notes due 2018.
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(b) There are to be authenticated and delivered on the date hereof $400,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Notes. Additional Notes may be issued under this Supplemental Indenture
after the date hereof in accordance with Section 2.03.
(c) The Notes shall be issued substantially in the form of
Exhibit A
hereto.
(d) Each Note shall be dated the date of authentication thereof and shall bear interest from
the date of original issuance thereof or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid
or duly provided for.
(e) With respect to the Notes (and any Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon) only, the Base
Indenture shall be supplemented pursuant to Sections 201, 301 and 901 thereof to establish the
terms of the Notes (and any Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon) as set forth in this
Supplemental Indenture, including as follows:
(i) the form and terms of the securities representing the Notes required to be
established pursuant to Article TWO of the Base Indenture shall be established in accordance
with Article 2 of this Supplemental Indenture;
(ii) the provisions of Article FOUR of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced in
their entirety by the provisions of Article 8 hereof;
(iii) the provisions of Article EIGHT of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced in
their entirety by the provisions of Article 5 hereof;
(iv) the provisions of Article TWELVE of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to
the Notes;
(v) the provisions of Article THIRTEEN of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the
Notes as specified in Section 10.01 of this Supplemental Indenture;
(vi) the provisions of Article FIFTEEN of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced
in their entirety by the provisions of Article 7 hereof;
(vii) the provisions of Section 704 of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced in
their entirety by the provisions of Section 4.03 hereof;
(viii) the provisions of Section 901 of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced in
their entirety by the provisions of Section 9.01 hereof;
(ix) the provisions of Section 902 of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced in
their entirety by the provisions of Section 9.02 hereof;
(x) that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with
respect to principal of and interest and premium on all Global Notes, subject to Applicable
Procedures, and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have
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provided wire transfer instructions no later than 30 days immediately preceding the
relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its
judgment), to the Company or the Paying Agent.
To the extent that the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture (including those referred to in
clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi) immediately above) conflict with any provision of the Base
Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling solely
with respect to the Notes (and any Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon).
(f) Unless otherwise expressly specified, references in this Supplemental Indenture to
specific Article numbers or Section numbers refer to Articles and Sections contained in this
Supplemental Indenture, and not the Base Indenture or any other document.
SECTION 1.02
Certain Definitions
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(a) All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture.
(b) Set forth below are certain defined terms used in this Supplemental Indenture and to the
extent that a term is defined both herein and in the Base Indenture, unless otherwise specified,
the definition in this Supplemental Indenture shall govern solely with respect to the Notes (and
any Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed thereon).
Acquired Debt means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or
into or became a 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
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
Additional Notes means, subject to the Companys compliance with Section 4.09, 7.750% Senior
Notes due 2018 issued from time to time after the Issue Date under the terms of this Supplemental
Indenture (other than pursuant to Sections 304, 305 or 306 of the Base Indenture or Section 3.04(d)
of this Supplemental Indenture).
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, shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms controlling, controlled by and under
common control with shall have correlative meanings.
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Applicable Premium means, with respect to a Note at any Redemption Date, the greater of (i)
1.0% of the principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such time
of (1) the Redemption Price of such Note at March 1, 2014 (such Redemption Price being set forth in
the table in Section 3.02) plus (2) all required interest payments due on such Note (excluding
accrued and unpaid interest to such Redemption Date) through March 1, 2014, computed using a
discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (B) the principal amount of
such Note.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any tender, payment, transfer, redemption or
exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the
Depositary that apply to such tender, payment, transfer, redemption or exchange.
Asset Sale means:
(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights, including by
means of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, but other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practices;
provided
that the sale, lease, 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 the provisions of Section 4.13 and/or Article 5
and not by the provisions of Section 4.10; and
(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests in any of the Companys Restricted Subsidiaries
or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset Sales:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that: (a) involves assets having
an aggregate fair market value of less than $15.0 million; or (b) results in aggregate net proceeds
to the Company and its Subsidiaries of less than $15.0 million;
(2) a transfer of assets (a) between or among the Company and its Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries, (b) by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any of its Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiaries or (c) by the Company or any of its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries to any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary if, in the
case of this clause (c), the Company or the Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
either retains title to or ownership of the assets being transferred or receives consideration at
the time of such transfer at least equal to the fair market value of the transferred assets;
(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to a Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) any Permitted Investment or any Restricted Payment that is permitted by Section 4.07;
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(5) a disposition of products, services, equipment or inventory in the ordinary course of
business or a disposition of obsolete equipment or equipment that is no longer useful in the
conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and that is disposed of in
the ordinary course of business;
(6) the grant of Liens (or foreclosure thereon) permitted by Section 4.12;
(7) the sale or transfer of Receivables Program Assets or rights therein in connection with a
Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(8) the surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of
contract, tort or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business;
(9) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of
business;
(10) grants of licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent not materially interfering with the business of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(11) any exchange of like-kind property pursuant to Section 1031 of the Code that are used or
useful in a Permitted Business;
(12) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course
of business; and
(13) the abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business, which
in the reasonable good faith determination of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries are
not material to the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as
a whole.
Attributable Indebtedness, when used with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction,
means, as at the time of determination, the present value of the total Obligations of the lessee
for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in any 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 implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided
,
however
, that if
such Sale and Leaseback Transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of
Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of Capital
Lease Obligation.
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 such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such person shall be deemed to
have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire, whether
such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent
condition.
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Board of Directors means:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the Board of Directors of the corporation or any committee
thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the
partnership;
(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any
controlling committee of managing members or managers thereof; and
(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar
function.
Board Resolution means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such 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.
Borrowing Base means as of any date, an amount, determined on a consolidated basis and in
accordance with GAAP, equal to the sum of (i) 70% of the aggregate book value of inventory plus
(ii) 85% of the aggregate book value of all accounts receivable (net of bad debt reserves) of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries. To the extent that information is not available as to the
amount of inventory or accounts receivable as of a specific date, the Company shall use the most
recent available information for purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base.
Business Day means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking
institutions in New York are authorized or required by law to close.
Capital Lease Obligation means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the
amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be
capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be
the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first
date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
Capital Stock means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership
interests (whether general or limited); and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share
of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
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Cash Equivalents means:
(a) marketable direct Obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by,
the United States government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from
the date of acquisition;
(b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or
overnight bank deposits having maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition issued by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof having combined capital and surplus of not less than
$500,000,000 and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of B or better;
(c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moodys,
or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both
of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper
issuers generally, and maturing within one year from the date of acquisition;
(d) repurchase obligations of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements
of clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not more than 7 days, with
respect to securities of the type described in clause (a) of this definition;
(e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition
issued or fully Guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United
States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state,
commonwealth or territory, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory,
political subdivision or taxing authority (as the case may be) are rated at least A
by S&P or A by Moodys; or
(f) money market mutual or similar funds that invest at least 95% of their
assets in securities satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (e) of this
definition.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the sale, lease, 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
assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any person (as such
term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);
(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation) the result of which is that any person (as defined above) becomes the Beneficial
Owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by
voting power rather than number of shares;
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(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company
are not Continuing Directors; or
(5) the Company consolidates or merges with or into another Person, other than a merger or
consolidation of the Company in which the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding
immediately prior to the consolidation or merger hold, directly or indirectly, at least a majority
of the Voting Stock of the surviving corporation immediately after such consolidation or merger.
Common Stock means with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests or other
participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or nonvoting) of
such Persons common stock whether or not outstanding on the Issue Date, and includes, without
limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.
Consolidated Cash Flow means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated
Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication:
(1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized by such Person or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent losses were deducted
in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(2) 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
(3) consolidated net 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 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 Indebtedness, commissions, discounts and
other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers acceptance financings,
and net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging Obligations but excluding amortization of debt
issuance costs), to the extent that any such expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated
Net Income;
plus
(4) 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 expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual
of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that
was paid in a prior period and any non-cash charge, expense or loss relating to write-offs,
write-downs or reserves with respect to accounts receivable or inventory) 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
(5) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than items
that were accrued in the ordinary course of business, in each case, on a
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consolidated basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries and determined in
accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and
the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash charges of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company
only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to
be dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not
been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments,
decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Subsidiary or its
stockholders.
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:
(1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is accounted for by the equity method of
accounting or is not a Restricted Subsidiary shall be included only to the extent of the amount of
dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof;
(2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall 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;
(3) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be excluded, whether or
not distributed to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries;
(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded;
(5) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation,
operations disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were classified as
discontinued) shall be excluded; and
(6) in the case of a successor to the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a
transferee of the referent Persons assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such
consolidation, merger or transfer of assets shall be excluded.
Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio means, with respect to any specified Person for
any period, the ratio of (i) Senior Secured Indebtedness of such Person on such date to (ii)
Consolidated Cash Flow for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which internal
financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of the event for which the
calculation of the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is made (for purposes of this
definition, the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Reference Period). In the
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event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes,
Guarantees, repays, repurchase, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other
than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock, in
each case, subsequent to the commencement of the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio
Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the event for which the calculation of the
Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is made (for purposes of this definition, the
Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Calculation Date), then the Consolidated Senior
Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption,
Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge 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 Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio
Reference Period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio:
(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including
any related financing transactions, after the first day of the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage
Ratio Reference Period and on or prior to the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio
Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of the Consolidated Senior
Secured Leverage Ratio Reference Period and Consolidated Cash Flow for the Consolidated Senior
Secured Leverage Ratio Reference Period shall be calculated without giving effect to clause (3) of
the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;
(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in
accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded; and
(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance
with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Consolidated Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio Calculation Date, shall 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 Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Calculation Date.
Consolidated Tangible Assets means, with respect to any specified Person as of any date of
determination, the Consolidated Total Assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on that
date minus the Intangible Assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on that date.
Consolidated Total Assets means, with respect to any specified Person as of any date of
determination, the net book value of all assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on
such date determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Continuing Director means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of
Directors of the Company who:
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(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of the Indenture; or
(2) 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 of Directors at the time of
such nomination or election.
Credit Agreement means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2005 (as
amended), by and among the Company and the banks and other financial institutions from time to time
parties thereto as agents and lenders, and any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents,
instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, modified,
renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time.
Credit Facility means, with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:
(1) the Credit Agreement; and
(2) one or more debt facilities (which may be outstanding at the same time) or other financing
arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing
for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other long-term indebtedness,
including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, any amendments, supplements, modifications,
extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or
commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other
credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or
refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder
(provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09) or alters the maturity
thereof or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and
whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
Currency Protection Agreement means any currency protection agreement entered into with one
or more financial institutions in the ordinary course of business that is designed to protect the
Person or entity entering into the agreement against fluctuations in currency exchange rates with
respect to Indebtedness incurred and not for purposes of speculation.
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.
Designated Noncash Consideration means the fair market value of noncash consideration
received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that
is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an Officers Certificate, setting
forth the basis of such valuation, executed by the principal executive officer and the principal
financial officer of the Company, less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents received in
connection with a sale of such Designated Noncash Consideration.
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
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option of the holder thereof), 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 thereof, 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 thereof have the right to require the
Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset
sale or as a result of the bankruptcy, insolvency or similar event of the issuer shall not
constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not
repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock pursuant to such provision unless such repurchase or
redemption complies with Section 4.07.
Domestic Subsidiary means, with respect to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that was
formed under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or that Guarantees or
otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or its Domestic
Subsidiaries.
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 a public or private sale for cash by the Company of its Common Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock), or options, warrants or rights with respect to its Common Stock,
other than public offerings with respect to the Companys Common Stock, or options, warrants or
rights, registered on Form S-4 or S-8.
Excluded Subsidiary means any Domestic Subsidiary as may be designated by the Company as an
Excluded Subsidiary pursuant to an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee; provided that
each such Subsidiary shall be an Excluded Subsidiary only if and only for so long as the
Consolidated Total Assets of such Subsidiary is less than 2.0% of the Companys Consolidated Total
Assets.
Existing Indebtedness means the Existing Senior Notes and any other Indebtedness of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in
existence on the date of this Supplemental Indenture, until such amounts are repaid.
Existing Senior Notes means up to $100.0 million of the Companys 6.03% Senior Notes due
2013.
fair market value means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be
negotiated in an arms-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a
willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the
transaction.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means, with respect to any specified Person for any period (for
purposes of this definition, the Reference Period), the ratio of Consolidated Cash Flow of such
Person for the Reference Period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for the Reference Period. In
the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
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incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges
any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems
preferred stock, in each case, subsequent to the commencement of the Reference Period and on or
prior to the date of the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made
(for purposes of this definition, the Calculation Date), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment,
repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge 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 Reference Period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including
any related financing transactions, after the first day of the Reference Period and on or prior to
the Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of the Reference Period and
Consolidated Cash Flow for the Reference Period shall be calculated without giving effect to clause
(3) of the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income;
(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in
accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded; and
(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance
with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, shall 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.
Fixed Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without
duplication, of:
(1) the consolidated net interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of 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 Indebtedness, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers acceptance financings, and net payments, if
any, pursuant to Hedging Obligations, but excluding amortization of debt issuance costs;
plus
(2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was
capitalized during such period;
plus
(3) 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
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(4) the product of (a) all dividend payments, whether or not in cash, on any series of
preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividend payments
on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified
Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, times (b) 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.
Foreign Subsidiary means, with respect to the Company, any Subsidiary that was not formed
under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in
effect on the Issue Date.
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.
Guarantors means:
(1) each Domestic Subsidiary of the Company on the date of this Supplemental Indenture (other
than the Excluded Subsidiaries until such Domestic Subsidiaries no longer qualify as Excluded
Subsidiaries); and
(2) any other Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee and related
supplemental indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture;
and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until such Person is released from its
Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
Hedging Obligations of any Person means the obligations of such Person under swap, cap,
collar, forward purchase or similar agreements or arrangements dealing with interest rates,
currency exchange rates or commodity prices, either generally or under specific contingencies.
Indebtedness means at any time (without duplication), with respect to any Person, whether
recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of such Person, or non-recourse, the following:
(i) all indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed or for the
deferred purchase price of property, excluding any trade payables or other
current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) all Obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes, or other similar instruments (including purchase-money obligations);
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(iii) all Obligations of such Person with respect to letters of credit,
bankers acceptances or similar facilities (including reimbursement
Obligations with respect thereto, except to the extent such reimbursement
Obligations relate to a trade payable) issued for the account of such
Person;
(iv) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement with respect to property or assets acquired
by such Person (even if the rights and remedies of the seller or lender
under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or
sale of such property or assets);
(v) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person;
(vi) the maximum fixed redemption, repayment or other repurchase price
of Disqualified Stock in such Person at the time of determination;
(vii) any Hedging Obligations of such Person at the time of
determination (the amount of any such Obligations to be equal to the
termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such
Obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time);
(viii) any Attributable Indebtedness; and
(ix) all Obligations of the types referred to in clauses (i) through
(viii) of this definition of another Person and all dividends and other
distributions of another Person, the payment of which, in either case, (A)
such Person has Guaranteed, directly or indirectly, or that is otherwise its
legal liability or which such Person has agreed to purchase or repurchase or
in respect of which such Person has agreed contingently to supply or advance
funds or (B) is secured by (or the holder of such Indebtedness or the
recipient of such dividends or other distributions has an existing right,
whether contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon the
property or other assets of such Person, even though such Person has not
assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness, dividends or
other distributions.
For purposes of the foregoing:
(a) the maximum fixed repurchase price of any Disqualified Stock that does not
have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of
such Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified Stock was repurchased on any date on
which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Supplemental
Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that, if such Disqualified Stock is not then permitted
to be repurchased, the repurchase price shall be the book value of such Disqualified
Stock;
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(b) the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original
issue discount is the principal amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining
unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at such time
as determined in conformity with GAAP, but such Indebtedness shall be deemed
incurred only as of the date of original issuance thereof;
(c) in the case of any Indebtedness not issued with original issue discount,
the amount of any such Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be the principal
amount of the Indebtedness together with any interest on the Indebtedness that is
more than 30 days past due;
(d) the amount of any Indebtedness described in clause (ix)(A) above shall be
the maximum liability under any such Guarantee;
(e) the amount of any Indebtedness described in clause (ix)(B) above shall be
the lesser of (I) the maximum amount of the Obligations so secured and (II) the fair
market value of such property or other assets; and
(f) except as described in clause (e) above, interest, fees, premium, and
expenses and additional payments, if any, will not constitute Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase or sale by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of any assets or business, the term Indebtedness will exclude (x) customary
indemnification obligations and (y) post-closing payment adjustments to which the other party may
become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such
payment is otherwise contingent;
provided
,
however
, that such amount would not be required to be
reflected on the face of a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through
a Participant.
Initial Notes means the $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this
Supplemental Indenture on the Issue Date.
Intangible Assets means assets that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP,
including, without limitation, customer lists, goodwill, computer software, copyrights, trade
names, trademarks, patents, franchises, licenses, unamortized deferred charges, unamortized debt
discount and capitalized research and development costs.
Investment Grade Rating means a debt rating of the Notes of BBB- or higher by S&P and Baa3
or higher by Moodys or the equivalent of such ratings by S&P and Moodys or in the event S&P or
Moodys shall cease rating the Notes and the Company shall select any other Rating Agency, the
equivalent of such ratings by such other Rating Agency.
Investments means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other
Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of direct or indirect loans (including Guarantees of
Indebtedness or other Obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding
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commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course
of business), prepaid expenses and accounts receivable, 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 shall 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 Section 4.07(c).
Issue Date means March 2, 2010.
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.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or any successor rating agency.
Net Cash Proceeds with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, means the cash
proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys fees, accountants fees, underwriters or
placement agents fees, listing fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other
fees and charges actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid
or payable as a result of such issuance or sale (after taking into account any available tax credit
or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements).
Net Income means, with respect to any 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:
(1) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such
extraordinary gain or loss; and
(2) any premiums, fees and expenses paid in connection with the Transactions.
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 all costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal,
accounting, investment banking fees and broker fees, and sales and underwriting commissions, and
any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, 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
Indebtedness under a Credit Facility, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the
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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:
(1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit
support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute
Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes
the lender;
(2) 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 or 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
(3) 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, premium, if any, interest (including interest accruing on
or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company or
its Restricted Subsidiaries whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such
proceeding), penalties, fees, charges, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursement obligations,
damages, including liquidated damages, Guarantees and other liabilities or amounts payable under
the documentation governing any Indebtedness or in respect thereof.
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an account with the
Depositary.
Permitted Investments means:
(1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person
engaged in a Related Business, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
(b) 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 Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(4) 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 4.10;
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(5) any Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Receivables Subsidiary or
a Special Purpose Vehicle or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in
connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
provided
, that any Investment in a Receivables
Subsidiary or a Special Purpose Vehicle is in the form of a Purchase Money Note or an Equity
Interest or in the form of a purchase of Receivables and Receivables Related Assets pursuant to a
Receivables Repurchase Obligation;
(6) any Investment solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(7) Investments in accounts or notes receivable owing to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance
with customary trade terms;
provided
,
however
, that such trade terms may include such concessionary
trade terms as the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the
circumstances;
(8) loans and advances to employees and officers of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes not in excess of
$5.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(9) Investments in securities received in settlement of Obligations of trade creditors or
customers in the ordinary course of business or in satisfaction of judgments or pursuant to any
plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of trade creditors
or customers;
(10) workers compensation, utility, lease and similar deposits and prepaid expenses in the
ordinary course of business and endorsements of negotiable instruments and documents in the
ordinary course of business;
(11) commission, payroll, travel and similar advances to employees in the ordinary course of
business;
(12) Hedging Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of the Companys or its
Restricted Subsidiaries businesses and not for speculative purposes and otherwise in compliance
with this Indenture;
(13) Investments represented by Guarantees of Indebtedness that are otherwise permitted under
this Indenture; and
(14) 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 (14) that are at any time
outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $150.0 million and (b) 10% of Consolidated Tangible
Assets.
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Permitted Liens means:
(1) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary provided that the
aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured by this clause (1) shall not exceed the greater of (a) the
greater of (i) $600.0 million or (ii) the Borrowing Base and (b) the amount of Indebtedness that,
after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness secured by such Liens, does not cause
the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company to be greater than 2.5 to 1.0;
(2) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;
(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or
consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
provided
that such Liens
were not entered into in contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any
assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or such
Subsidiary;
(4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
provided
that such Liens were not entered into in
contemplation of such acquisition and only extend to the property so acquired;
(5) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (4)
of Section 4.09(b) covering only the assets financed with such Indebtedness and additions and
improvements thereon;
(6) Liens existing on the Issue Date;
(7) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent
or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted,
provided
that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall
have been made therefor;
(8) deposits and landlords, lessors, carriers, warehousemens, mechanics, suppliers,
materialmens, repairmens and other like Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of
business, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted,
provided
that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall
be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;
(9) pledges or deposits made in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance
and other types of social security or similar legislation, or good faith deposits to secure the
performance of bids, tenders, government contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or
leases to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, deposits to secure statutory
obligations or bankers acceptances of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and deposits to
secure surety and appeal bonds to which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary is a party, in each
case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(10) judgment Liens not giving rise to a Default or an Event of Default so long as such Lien
is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been
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duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the
period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
(11) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances
affecting real property which do not materially adversely affect the value of said property or
interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary;
(12) any interest or title of a lessor under any capital lease or operating lease;
provided
that such Liens do not extend to any property or assets which is not leased property subject to
such lease;
(13) Liens in favor of custom and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of non-delinquent customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(14) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit incurred in
accordance with this Supplemental Indenture which encumber documents and other property relating to
such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;
(15) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding
operating leases entered into by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business;
(16) leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses, granted to others not interfering in any
material respect with the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(17) Liens arising out of consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered
into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(18) rights of banks to set off deposits against debts owed to said bank;
(19) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness which is incurred to refinance, renew,
replace, defease or discharge any Refinanced Indebtedness which has been secured by a Lien
permitted under this Supplemental Indenture and which has been incurred in accordance with the
provisions of this Supplemental Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that such Liens: (i) are no less
favorable to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect and are not more favorable to the
lienholders in any material respect with respect to such Liens than the Liens in respect of such
Refinanced Indebtedness; and (ii) do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not securing such Refinanced Indebtedness;
(20) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing
such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances issued or created for the account of
such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
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(21) Liens securing Hedging Obligations, currency agreements and commodities agreements which
relate to Indebtedness that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09;
(22) Liens on Receivables Program Assets securing Receivables Program Obligations;
(23) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance
carriers;
(24) Liens under licensing agreements for use of intellectual property entered into in the
ordinary course of business; and
(25) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company with respect to Obligations that do not exceed $15.0 million at any one
time outstanding.
During any Suspension Period, the relevant clauses of Section 4.09 shall be deemed to be in
effect solely for purposes of determining the amount available under clauses (1) and (5) above.
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 refinance,
renew, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness) (such other Indebtedness, Refinanced
Indebtedness); provided that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus
accrued interest on, the Refinanced Indebtedness (plus the amount of reasonable fees and expenses
incurred in connection therewith including premiums paid, if any, to the holders thereof);
(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to
or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Refinanced Indebtedness;
(3) if the Refinanced Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness 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
Refinanced Indebtedness;
(4) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the
Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Refinanced Indebtedness; and
(5) (a) if the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced is earlier than the Stated
Maturity of the Notes, the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than
the Stated Maturity of the Refinanced Indebtedness or (b) if the Stated
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Maturity of the Refinanced Indebtedness is later than the Stated Maturity of the Notes, the
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity at least 91 days later than the Stated
Maturity of the Notes.
Person means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or government
or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity (including any subdivision or
ongoing business of any such entity, or substantially all of the assets of any such entity,
subdivision or business).
principal of a Note means the principal of the Notes plus the premium, if any, payable on
the Note which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time.
Prospectus Supplement means the prospectus supplement of the Company dated February 19,
2010, relating to the Notes.
Purchase Money Note means a promissory note evidencing the obligation of a Receivables
Subsidiary or a Special Purpose Vehicle to pay the purchase price for Receivables or other
Indebtedness to the Company or to any Restricted Subsidiary (or to a Receivables Subsidiary in the
case of a transfer to a Special Purpose Vehicle) in connection with a Qualified Receivables
Transaction, which note shall be repaid from cash available to the maker of such note, other than
cash required to be held as reserves pursuant to Receivables Documents, amounts paid in respect of
interest, principal and other amounts owing under Receivables Documents and amounts paid in
connection with the purchase of newly generated Receivables.
Qualified Capital Stock means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock.
Qualified Receivables Transaction means any transaction or series of transactions that may
be entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to which the
Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to a Receivables
Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and any
other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security
interest in, any Receivables Program Assets (whether existing on the Issue Date or arising
thereafter); provided that:
(1) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other Obligations (contingent or otherwise) of a
Receivables Subsidiary or Special Purpose Vehicle:
(a) is Guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other
than a Receivables Subsidiary), excluding Guarantees of Obligations pursuant to
Standard Securitization Undertakings,
(b) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) in any way other than pursuant to
Standard Securitization Undertakings, or
(c) subjects any property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary), directly or
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indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction of Obligations
incurred in such transactions, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization
Undertakings;
(2) neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables
Subsidiary) has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding with a Receivables
Subsidiary or a Special Purpose Vehicle (except in connection with a Purchase Money Note or
Qualified Receivables Transaction) other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not
Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection
with servicing accounts receivable; and
(3) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) do not
have any obligation to maintain or preserve the financial condition of a Receivables Subsidiary or
a Special Purpose Vehicle or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results other
than Standard Securitization Undertakings.
Rating Agency means each of S&P and Moodys, or if S&P or Moodys or both shall not make a
rating on the Notes publicly available (for reasons outside the control of the Company), a
statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, nationally recognized in the United
States and selected by the Company (as certified by a Board Resolution) which shall be substituted
for S&P or Moodys, or both, as the case may be.
Receivables means all rights of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other
than a Receivables Subsidiary) to payments (whether constituting accounts, chattel paper,
instruments, general intangibles or otherwise, and including the right to payment of any interest
or finance charges), which rights are identified in the accounting records of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary as accounts receivable.
Receivables Documents means:
(1) one or more receivables purchase agreements, pooling and servicing agreements, credit
agreements, agreements to acquire undivided interests or other agreements to transfer or obtain
loans or advances against, or create a security interest in, Receivables Program Assets, in each
case as amended, modified, supplemented or restated and in effect from time to time and entered
into by the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary and/or a Receivables Subsidiary, and
(2) each other instrument, agreement and other document entered into by the Company, a
Restricted Subsidiary or a Receivables Subsidiary relating to the transactions contemplated by the
agreements referred to in clause (1) above, in each case as amended, modified, supplemented or
restated and in effect from time to time.
Receivables Program Assets means:
(1) all Receivables which are described as being transferred by the Company, a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company or a Receivables Subsidiary pursuant to the Receivables Documents;
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(2) all Receivables Related Assets; and
(3) all collections (including recoveries) and other proceeds of the assets described in the
foregoing clauses.
Receivables Program Obligations means:
(1) Indebtedness and other Obligations owing in respect of notes, trust certificates,
undivided interests, partnership interests or other interests sold, issued and/or pledged, or
otherwise incurred, in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; and
(2) related obligations of the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or a Special Purpose
Vehicle (including, without limitation, Standard Securitization Undertakings).
Receivables Related Assets means:
(1) any rights arising under the documentation governing or relating to Receivables (including
rights in respect of Liens securing such Receivables and other credit support in respect of such
Receivables);
(2) any proceeds of such Receivables and any lockboxes or accounts in which such proceeds are
deposited;
(3) spread accounts and other similar accounts (and any amounts on deposit therein)
established in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(4) any warranty, indemnity, dilution and other intercompany claim arising out of Receivables
Documents; and
(5) other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests
are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts
receivable.
Receivables Repurchase Obligation means any obligation of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) in a Qualified Receivables
Transaction to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty
or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject
to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action
taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Receivables Subsidiary).
Receivables Subsidiary means a special purpose Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company created in connection with the transactions contemplated by a Qualified Receivables
Transaction, which Restricted Subsidiary engages in no activities other than those incidental to
such Qualified Receivables Transaction and which is designated as a Receivables Subsidiary by the
Companys Board of Directors. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced by
filing with the Trustee a Board Resolution of the Company giving effect to such designation and an
Officers Certificate certifying, to the best of
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such officers knowledge and belief after consulting with counsel, such designation, and the
transactions in which the Receivables Subsidiary will engage, comply with the requirements of the
definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction.
Related Business means the business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the
Issue Date and any and all businesses that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of
the Company are similar or reasonably related, ancillary or complementary thereto or reasonable
extensions thereof.
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 an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
S&P means Standard & Poors Rating Services, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc., a New York
corporation, or any successor rating agency.
Sale and Leaseback Transactions means with respect to any Person an arrangement with any
bank, insurance company or other lender or investor or to which such lender or investor is a party,
providing for the leasing by such Person of any asset of such Person which has been or is being
sold or transferred by such Person to such lender or investor or to any Person to whom funds have
been or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the security of such asset.
Senior Secured Indebtedness means the sum of (i) Indebtedness and letters of credit under
Credit Facilities (with letters of credit being deemed to have an amount equal to the maximum
potential liability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder), (ii) the undrawn
availability of revolving credit Indebtedness under Credit Facilities and (iii) other Indebtedness
that is not subordinated in right of payment to the Notes which is secured by a Lien on any assets
or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Significant Subsidiary means (1) any Subsidiary that would be a significant subsidiary as
defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act, as
such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof, and (2) any Restricted Subsidiary that when
aggregated with all other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Significant Subsidiaries
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under clause (1) of this definition.
Special Purpose Vehicle means a trust, partnership or other special purpose Person
established by the Company and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to implement a Qualified
Receivables Transaction.
Standard Securitization Undertakings means representations, warranties, covenants and
indemnities entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which, in the good faith
judgment of the Board of Directors of the appropriate company, are reasonably customary in an
accounts receivable transaction and includes, without limitation, any Receivables Repurchase
Obligation.
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Stated Maturity means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any
series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be
paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall 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.
Sturm Acquisition means the acquisition pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase Agreement
dated as of December 20, 2009 of all of the outstanding Common Stock of Sturm Foods, Inc., a
Wisconsin corporation, from each of the shareholders listed on the signature pages to such Stock
Purchase Agreement.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person:
(1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership) of which
more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof
is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the
other Subsidiaries of such Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is
such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such
Person or of one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
Subsidiary Guarantee means, individually, any Guarantee of payment of the Notes by a
Guarantor pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, and, collectively, all such Guarantees.
Each such Subsidiary Guarantee will be in the form prescribed by the Base Indenture.
Transactions means (i) the Sturm Acquisition, (ii) the offering of the Notes hereby, (iii)
the offering of Common Stock of the Company in an underwritten public offering to finance a portion
of the Sturm Acquisition and (iv) the payment of fees and expenses related to each of clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) above.
Treasury Rate means the yield to maturity at the time of computation 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 March 1, 2014;
provided
,
however
, that if the period from the Redemption Date to March 1, 2014 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 March 1, 2014 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.
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Unrestricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company 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:
(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company 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;
(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests
or (b) to maintain or preserve such Persons financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve
any specified level of operating results; and
(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries unless such Guarantee or credit
support is released upon its designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be
evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving
effect to such designation and an Officers Certificate certifying that such designation complied
with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07. If, at any time, any Unrestricted
Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall
thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and
any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such
date under Section 4.09, the Company shall be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors
of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided
that such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such
designation shall only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09,
calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the
four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence
following such designation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary of the Company shall be designated an
Unrestricted Subsidiary during any Suspension Period.
U.S. Dollar Equivalent means, with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than
U.S. dollars, at any time for determination thereof, the amount of U.S. dollars obtained by
converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into U.S. dollars at the spot rate
for the purpose of U.S. dollars with the applicable foreign currency as published in The Wall
Street Journal in the Exchange Rates column under the heading Currency Trading on the date two
Business Days prior to such determination.
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U.S. Government Obligations means direct non-callable Obligations of, or Guaranteed by, the
United States of America for the payment of which Guarantee or Obligations the full faith and
credit of the United States is pledged.
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:
(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including
payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the
nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by
(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of any Person means a Restricted Subsidiary of such
Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than
directors qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person and/or by one or more
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.
SECTION 1.03
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SECTION 1.04
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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(a) Whenever this Supplemental Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture.
(b) The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Supplemental Indenture have the
following meanings:
indenture securities means the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees;
indenture security holder means a Holder;
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture;
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee; and
obligor on the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees means the Company, each Guarantor and any
successor obligor upon the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees.
(c) All other terms used in this Supplemental Indenture that are defined by the Trust
Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule
under the Trust Indenture Act and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
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so assigned to them either in the Trust Indenture Act, by another statute or SEC rule, as
applicable.
SECTION 1.05
Rules of Construction
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(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
without reference to the Base Indenture are to the designated Articles, Sections and
subdivisions of this Supplemental Indenture as originally executed;
(vi) the words herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import
refer to this Supplemental 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 Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor
sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time thereunder.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 of the Base Indenture, the provisions of this Article 2
establish the form of the Notes under this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 2.01
Form and Dating
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(a)
General
. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of
Exhibit A
hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and
expressly made part of this Supplemental Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage in addition to those set forth on
Exhibit A
. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms and
provisions
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contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this
Supplemental Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and
delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be
bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express
provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall
govern and be controlling.
(b)
Book-Entry Provisions
. This Section 2.01(b) shall only apply to Global Notes
deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary. Participants and Indirect
Participants shall have no rights under this Supplemental Indenture with respect to any Global Note
held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as the custodian for the Depositary or
under such Global Note, 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.
(c)
Certificated Notes
. Except as otherwise provided in this Supplemental Indenture,
owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of
certificated Notes.
SECTION 2.02
Registrar and Paying Agent
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(a) The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (DTC) to act as Depositary
with respect to the Global Notes.
(b) The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent with
respect to the Notes, and the Trustee hereby initially agrees so to act.
SECTION 2.03
Additional Notes
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The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section 4.09, to issue
Additional Notes under this Supplemental Indenture in an unlimited aggregate principal amount which
shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes, other than with respect to the date of issuance
and issue price and first payment of interest. The Initial Notes and any Additional Notes shall be
treated as a single class for all purposes under this Supplemental Indenture, including, without
limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a resolution of its Board
of Directors and an Officers Certificate, a copy of each 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 Supplemental Indenture; and
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(b) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number(s) of such Additional Notes.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
SECTION 3.01
Notices to Trustee
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If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of
Section 3.02 of this Supplemental Indenture and paragraph 5 of the Notes, it shall furnish to the
Trustee an Officers Certificate setting forth (i) the Section of this Supplemental Indenture
pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the Redemption Date, (iii) the principal amount
of Notes to be redeemed, and (iv) the Redemption Price. If the Company elects to redeem Notes
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.02 of this Supplemental Indenture and paragraph 5 of the
Notes, it shall furnish such Officers Certificate to the Trustee at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before a Redemption Date unless a shorter notice shall be reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee. Each Officers Certificate shall be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel from the
Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein. Any such notice
may be cancelled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and
shall, therefore, be void and of no effect.
SECTION 3.02
Optional Redemption
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(a) On or after March 1, 2014, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of
principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable Redemption
Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on March 1 of the years indicated below:
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(b) Prior to March 1, 2013, the Company may, at its option, on any one or more occasions
redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Supplemental
Indenture with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings at a Redemption Price of
107.750% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to 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); provided that:
(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this
Supplemental Indenture remains Outstanding after each such redemption; and
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(2) the redemption occurs within 120 days after the closing of such Equity Offering.
(c) In addition, at any time prior to March 1, 2014, the Company may, at its option, on any
one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the
Applicable Premium plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.
(d) Notices of redemption to Holders may not be conditional.
(e) If an optional Redemption Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the
related Interest Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Person
in whose name the Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no
additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Notes will be subject to redemption by the
Company.
SECTION 3.03
Mandatory Redemption
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The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with
respect to the Notes. The foregoing shall not affect the Companys obligations under Sections 4.10
and 4.13.
SECTION 3.04
Repurchase at the Option of Holders
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(a) In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.13, the Company shall be required
to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes and, at the Companys option, holders of
other Pari Passu Indebtedness (each, an Offer to Purchase), it shall follow the procedures
specified below.
(b) Within 25 days following a Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date and within 30 days following a
Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee,
describing the transaction or transactions that triggered the Offer to Purchase and offering to
purchase Notes on the date (the Purchase Date) specified in such notice. The notice shall
contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to
the Offer to Purchase. The Offer to Purchase shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which
shall govern the terms of the Offer to Purchase, shall state:
(1) that the Offer to Purchase is being made pursuant to this Section 3.04 and Section
4.10 or 4.13, as the case may be, and the length of time the Offer to Purchase shall remain
open;
(2) that either (a) in the case of a Change of Control Offer, a Change of Control has
occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Company to purchase such holders
Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof or (b) in
the case of a Net Proceeds Offer, there are Net Proceeds in an amount such that such Holder
has the right to require the Company to purchase such Holders Notes at 100% of the
principal amount thereof, in each case, plus
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accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Purchase Date (subject to the right of
Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest on an Interest
Payment Date that is on or prior to the date fixed for purchase);
(3) the Purchase Date (which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later
than 60 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, in the case of a Net
Proceeds Offer, or the date such notice is mailed, in the case of a Change of Control
Offer);
(4) the aggregate principal amount of Notes (and in the case of a Net Proceeds Offer,
Pari Passu Indebtedness) being offered to be purchased (the Offer Amount), which shall be
equal to the Net Proceeds Offer Amount in the case of a Net Proceeds Offer and the principal
amount of all Notes Outstanding in the case of a Change of Control Offer; information as to
any other Pari Passu Indebtedness included in the Offer to Purchase (in the case of a Net
Proceeds Offer); and the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(5) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrete or
accrue interest;
(6) 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;
(7) 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
Purchase on the reverse of the Note completed, or in accordance with Applicable Procedures
by transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the
Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before
the Purchase Date;
(8) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the
Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the second
Business Day prior to the Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter
setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered
for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note
purchased;
(9) that, in the case of a Net Proceeds Offer and subject to Applicable Procedures, if
the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered by Holders into an Offer to Purchase
exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased (i) if the
Notes are listed, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities
exchange on which the Notes are then listed or (ii) if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro
rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only
Notes in denominations of $2,000, or integral multiples of $1,000, shall be purchased);
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(10) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes
equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or
transferred by book-entry transfer); and
(11) in the case of a Change of Control Offer, the circumstances and relevant facts
regarding such Change of Control.
(c) If the Purchase Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related
Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a
Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no additional interest
shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.
(d) On or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, accept for
payment, in accordance with clause (9) of Section 3.04(b), the Offer Amount of Notes or portions
thereof tendered pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, or if less than the Offer Amount has been
tendered, all Notes tendered, shall deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the purchase
price for all Notes so accepted for purchase and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers
Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in
accordance with the terms of this Section 3.04. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent,
as the case may be, shall promptly mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the
purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and
the Company shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company
shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to
any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered, or transferred by book-entry transfer in
accordance with Applicable Procedures. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or
delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of
the Offer to Purchase on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01
Payment of Notes
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The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on,
the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Supplemental Indenture.
Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying
Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 11:00 a.m., New York time, on
the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and
sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due and the Paying Agent is not
prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date. Interest shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 4.02
Maintenance of Office or Agency
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(a) The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which unless otherwise provided will be
the office of the Trustee) where Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and
this Supplemental Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time
the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee
as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
(b) The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies
where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to
time rescind such designations. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
(c) The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, as one such
office, drop facility or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 4.02(a).
SECTION 4.03
Reports
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(a) Whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, the
Company will furnish to the Holders of Notes and the Trustee, within the time periods specified in
the Commissions rules and regulations for a company subject to reporting under Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act:
(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be
contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were
required to file such Forms, including a Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations and, with respect to the annual information only, a
report on the annual financial statements by the Companys certified independent
accountants; and
(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form
8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.
(b) In addition, whether or not required by the Commission, the Company will file a copy of
all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for
public availability within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and regulations for
a company subject to reporting under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (unless the
Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities
analysts and prospective investors upon request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the
Company files the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the
Commission and such information is publicly available on the Internet, the Company shall be deemed
to be in compliance with its obligations
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to furnish such information to the Holders of the Notes and to make such information available
to securities analysts and prospective investors. The Company will not take any action for the
purpose of causing the Commission not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Commission will not accept the Companys filings for any reason, the Company will
post the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above on its website within the time periods
that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports with the Commission.
(c) In addition, for so long as any Notes remain Outstanding, the Company and the Guarantors
will furnish to the Holders of the Notes and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon
their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) of the
Securities Act.
(d) Delivery of any reports, information and documents by the Company or Guarantors to the
Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only and the
Trustees receipt of same shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained
therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys or any
Guarantors compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
SECTION 4.04
Limitation on Layering Indebtedness
. The Company will not, and will not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness that
is or purports to be by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing such Indebtedness)
subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or of such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is also by its terms (or by the terms of
any agreement governing such Indebtedness) made expressly subordinated in the right of payment to
the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, to the same extent and in the
same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to such other Indebtedness of
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.
For purposes of this Section 4.04, no Indebtedness shall be deemed to be subordinated in right
of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries solely by
virtue of being unsecured or secured by a junior priority Lien or by virtue of the fact that the
holders of such Indebtedness have entered into intercreditor agreements or other arrangements
giving one or more of such holders priority over the other holders in the collateral held by them,
including intercreditor agreements that contain customary provisions requiring turnover by holders
of junior priority Liens of proceeds of collateral in the event that the security interests in
favor of the holders of the senior priority in such intended collateral are not perfected or
invalidated and similar customary provisions protecting the holders of senior priority Liens.
SECTION 4.05
Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions
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The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into
any Sale and Leaseback Transaction unless:
(a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to:
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(1) incur Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Indebtedness with respect
to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set
forth in Section 4.09(a); and
(2) create a Lien on such property securing such Attributable Indebtedness without also
securing the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.12;
(b) the gross cash proceeds of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to the
fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and set
forth in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the property that is the subject of
such Sale and Leaseback Transaction; and
(c) such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is effected in compliance with Section 4.10.
SECTION 4.06
Payments for Consent
.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes
for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of
this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all
Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the
solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
SECTION 4.07
Restricted Payments
.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly:
(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of
the Companys or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests (including, without
limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Companys
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other
than (i) dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company or (ii) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company);
(2) purchase, repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value
(including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the
Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the
Company, in each case held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company;
(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, repurchase, redeem, defease or
otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes or
the Subsidiary Guarantees, except a payment of
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interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof (other than intercompany
Indebtedness between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries); or
(4) make any Restricted Investment;
(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively
referred to as Restricted Payments), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such
Restricted Payment:
(A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(B) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment
and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted
Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable
four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
test set forth in Section 4.09(a); and
(C) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount
of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries after the date of this Supplemental
Indenture (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clause (2),
(3), (4), (5) or (9) of Section 4.07(b)), is less than the sum,
without duplication, of:
(i) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken
as one accounting period) commencing on the first day of the fiscal quarter in which the
Issue Date occurs to and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter ended immediately
prior to the date of such calculation for which internal financial statements are available
at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period
is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit);
plus
(ii) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the fair market value of property
other than cash) received by the Company after the date of this Supplemental Indenture as a
contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of
the Company (other than Disqualified Stock and other than the net proceeds received in
connection with the Common Stock offering used to fund a portion of the Sturm Acquisition)
or from the issue or sale of Disqualified Stock or debt securities of the Company that have
been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or
Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company);
plus
(iii) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the date of this
Supplemental Indenture is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the
lesser of (x) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted
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Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (y) the initial amount of such
Restricted Investment;
plus
(iv) upon redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the
lesser of (x) the fair market value of the Companys Investment in such Subsidiary as of the
date of redesignation and (y) such fair market value as of the date such Subsidiary was
originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not prohibit:
(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof,
if at said date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this
Supplemental Indenture;
(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any
subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Equity
Interests of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in exchange for, or out of
the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified
Stock); provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any
such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition shall be excluded
from clause (C)(ii) of Section 4.07(a);
(3) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of
subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(4) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any
Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any
member of the Companys (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) management pursuant to any
management equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, employment agreement,
severance agreement or other executive compensation arrangement;
provided
that the aggregate
price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall
not exceed $5.0 million in any twelve-month period (provided that the Company may carry over
and make in a subsequent calendar year, commencing with 2011, in addition to the amounts
permitted for such calendar year, up to $2.0 million of unutilized capacity under this
clause (4) attributable to the immediately preceding calendar year;
(5) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock
options to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of
those stock options;
(6) payments to holders of the Companys capital stock in lieu of the issuance of
fractional shares of its Capital Stock;
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(7) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of
Disqualified Stock of the Company in exchange for Disqualified Stock of the Company that is
permitted to be issued pursuant to Section 4.09;
(8) the purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement for a
nominal value per right of any rights granted to all the holders of Common Stock of the
Company pursuant to any shareholders rights plan adopted for the purpose of protecting
shareholders from unfair takeover tactics;
provided
, that any such purchase, redemption,
acquisition, cancellation or other retirement of such rights is not for the purpose of
evading the limitations of this Section 4.07 (all as determined in good faith by a senior
financial officer of the Company); and
(9) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount since the Issue Date not to exceed
$100.0 million under this clause (9).
provided
that in the case of clause (4), (5) or (9), no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
(c) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on
the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or
issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted
Payment. The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this
covenant shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose resolution with respect
thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee. With respect to any Restricted Payment permitted
pursuant to clause (2), (3) or (7) of Section 4.07(b), not later than 10 days following the end of
the fiscal quarter in which such Restricted Payment was made, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment is permitted and setting
forth the basis upon which the calculations required by this Section 4.07 were computed.
(d) The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted
Subsidiary in accordance with the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary if the designation would
not cause a Default. All outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the designated Unrestricted Subsidiary will be treated as an Investment made at the
time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section
4.07(a) or Permitted Investments, as applicable. All such outstanding Investments will be treated
as Restricted Investments equal to the fair market value of such Investments at the time of the
designation. The designation will not be permitted if such Restricted Payment would not be
permitted at that time and if such Restricted Subsidiary does not otherwise meet the definition of
an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to
be a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary.
SECTION 4.08
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries
.
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(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company
or any of the Companys Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or
participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company
or any of the Companys Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of the Companys Restricted
Subsidiaries; or
(3) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of the Companys
Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) Section 4.08(a) will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason
of:
(1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and the Credit Agreement as in effect on
the date of this Supplemental Indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements,
renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those
agreements,
provided
that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive,
taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those
contained in such agreements on the Issue Date;
(2) this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes and the related Subsidiary Guarantees;
(3) applicable law;
(4) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition
(except to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred or Capital Stock was issued in
connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction
is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the
Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired,
provided
that, in the case of
Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Supplemental Indenture to
be incurred;
(5) customary non-assignment provisions in leases, licenses, contracts and other
agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practices;
(6) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business
that impose restrictions on the property so acquired of the nature described in clause (3)
of Section 4.08(a);
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(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the
Capital Stock or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by such
Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or other disposition;
(8) agreements governing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness,
provided
that the
restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the
agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(9) any agreement creating a Lien securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be
incurred pursuant to Section 4.12, to the extent limiting the right of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to dispose of the assets subject to such Lien;
(10) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property
in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course
of business;
(11) customary restrictions on a Receivables Subsidiary and Receivables Program Assets
effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
(12) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under
contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
(13) agreements governing Indebtedness incurred in compliance with Section 4.09(b)(4),
provided that such encumbrances or restrictions apply only to assets financed with the
proceeds of such Indebtedness.
SECTION 4.09
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly
liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, incur) any Indebtedness
(including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock;
provided
,
however
, that the Company and any of the Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired
Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Guarantors may issue preferred stock, if the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio for the Companys most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which
internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional
Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued would have been at
least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net
proceeds therefrom) as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock
or preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter
period.
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(b) Section 4.09(a) will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of
Indebtedness (collectively, Permitted Debt):
(1) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness and
letters of credit under Credit Facilities in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding
(with letters of credit being deemed to have an amount equal to the maximum potential
liability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed the
greater of $600.0 million or the Borrowing Base, less the aggregate amount of all Net
Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
repay Indebtedness and permanently reduce commitments under Credit Facilities pursuant to
Section 4.10;
(2) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Existing
Indebtedness;
(3) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the
Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees to be issued on the Issue Date;
(4) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations,
in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or
cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount, including all
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding;
(5) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund,
refinance or replace, Indebtedness incurred under clause (2) or (3) above or this clause (5)
or pursuant to Section 4.09(a);
(6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided
,
however
, that:
(a) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such
Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of
all Obligations with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the
Subsidiary Guarantee of such Guarantor, in the case of a Guarantor; and
(b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in
any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a
Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof shall be
deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such
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Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
that was not permitted by this clause (6);
(7) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
under Hedging Obligations entered into for
bona fide
hedging purposes of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary and not for the purpose of speculation;
provided
that in the case of
Hedging Obligations relating to interest rates, (a) such Hedging Obligations relate to
payment obligations on Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred by this Section 4.09
and (b) the notional principal amount of such Hedging Obligations at the time incurred does
not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such Hedging Obligations
relate;
(8) the Guarantee by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was permitted to be incurred
by another provision of this Section 4.09 and could have been incurred (in compliance with
this Section 4.09) by the Person so Guaranteeing such Indebtedness;
(9) the incurrence of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other
financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the
case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of
business;
provided
,
however
, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business
Days of incurrence;
(10) the incurrence of Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in respect of security for workers compensation claims, payment obligations in
connection with self- insurance, performance, surety and similar bonds and completion
guarantees provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business;
provided
, that the underlying obligation to perform is that of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and not that of the Companys Unrestricted
Subsidiaries;
provided further
, that such underlying obligation is not in respect of
borrowed money;
(11) the incurrence of Indebtedness that may be deemed to arise as a result of
agreements of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company providing for
indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-out or similar Obligations, in each
case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business or assets of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided
that (a) any amount of such Obligations included on the face of the balance sheet
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall not be permitted under this clause (11)
and (b) the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Obligations outstanding under
this clause (11) shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company
and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;
(12) Indebtedness incurred under commercial letters of credit issued for the account of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
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ordinary course of business (and not for the purpose of, directly or indirectly,
incurring Indebtedness or providing credit support or a similar arrangement in respect of
Indebtedness),
provided
that any drawing under any such letter of credit is reimbursed in
full within seven days or Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
under letters of credit and bank guarantees backstopped by letters of credit under the
Credit Facilities;
(13) Indebtedness of Foreign Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $50.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(14) any Attributable Indebtedness; provided that the aggregate Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to this clause (14) shall not exceed $25 million at any time outstanding;
(15) Indebtedness in respect of Receivables Program Obligations; and
(16) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time
outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance
or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (16), not to exceed $100.0
million.
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item
of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt
described in clauses (1) through (16) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section
4.09(a), the Company will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its
incurrence (or later reclassify such Indebtedness in whole or in part) in any manner that complies
with this Section 4.09. In addition, the accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of
original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional
Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of
additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be treated as an incurrence of
Indebtedness;
provided
, in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of
the Company as accrued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to
the Credit Agreement on the date of this Supplemental Indenture will be deemed to have been
incurred pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred
pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded with respect to any outstanding
Indebtedness due solely to the result of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies.
(e) For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar denominated restriction on the
incurrence of Indebtedness where the Indebtedness incurred is denominated in a different currency,
the amount of such Indebtedness will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent determined on the date of the
incurrence of such Indebtedness;
provided
,
however
,
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that if any such Indebtedness denominated in a different currency is subject to a Currency
Protection Agreement with respect to U.S. dollars covering all principal, premium, if any, and
interest payable on such Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness expressed in U.S. dollars
will be as provided in such Currency Protection Agreement. The principal amount of any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in the same currency as the Indebtedness being refinanced will be
the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the Indebtedness refinanced, except to the extent that (1) such U.S.
Dollar Equivalent was determined based on a Currency Protection Agreement, in which case the
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness will be determined in accordance with the preceding sentence,
and (2)the principal amount of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness exceeds the principal amount
of the Indebtedness being refinanced, in which case the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of such excess, as
appropriate, will be determined on the date such Permitted Refinancing Debt is incurred.
SECTION 4.10
Limitation on Asset Sales
.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives
consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value
(measured as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such Asset Sale) of the
assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of, as approved in good
faith by the Companys Board of Directors; and
(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this
provision only (and specifically not for the purposes of the definition of Net Proceeds),
each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:
(i) any liabilities (as shown on the Companys or such Restricted Subsidiarys most
recent balance sheet) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent
liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any
Subsidiary Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets;
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such
Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that within 180 days are converted by the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received in that
conversion);
(iii) the fair market value of (x) any assets (other than securities or current assets)
received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that will be used or useful in a
Related Business, (y) Equity Interests in a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary or in a
Person engaged in a Related Business that shall become a Restricted Subsidiary immediately
upon the acquisition of such Equity Interests by the Company or the applicable Restricted
Subsidiary or (z) a combination of (x) and (y);
provided
that the determination of the fair
market value of assets or Equity Interests in excess of $25.0
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million received in any transaction or series of related transactions shall be
evidenced by an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and
(iv) any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all
other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iv) since the Issue
Date that is at the time outstanding, not to exceed 5.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at
the time of receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration, with the fair market value of
each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and
without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
(b) Within a period of 360 days (commencing after the Issue Date) after the receipt of any Net
Proceeds of any Asset Sale (provided that if during such 360-day period after the receipt of any
such Net Proceeds, the Company (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary) enters into a definitive
binding agreement committing it to apply such Net Proceeds in accordance with the requirements of
clause (B) or (D) of this Section 4.10(b) after such 360th day, such 360-day period will be
extended with respect to the amount of Net Proceeds so committed for a period not to exceed 180
days until such Net Proceeds are required to be applied in accordance with such agreement (or, if
earlier, until termination of such agreement)), the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its
option, may apply an amount equal to the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
(A) to repay, prepay, redeem or repurchase Indebtedness (other
than securities) under Credit Facilities and, if such Indebtedness
is revolving credit Indebtedness, effect a permanent reduction in
the availability under such revolving credit facility (or effect a
permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit
facility regardless of the fact that no prepayment is required in
order to do so (in which case no prepayment shall be required));
(B) to acquire Equity Interests in a Person that is engaged in
a Related Business that shall become a Restricted Subsidiary
immediately upon the acquisition of such Equity Interests by the
Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary;
(C) to make capital expenditures in a Related Business;
(D) to acquire other assets (other than securities or current
assets) that will be used or useful in a Related Business; or
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(E) to a combination of prepayments and investments permitted
by the foregoing clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D).
(c) Pending the final application of such Net Proceeds, the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary may temporarily reduce borrowings under the Credit Facilities or any other revolving
credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this
Supplemental Indenture. Subject to the last sentence of this Section 4.10(c), on the 361st day (as
extended pursuant to the provisions in Section 4.10(b)) after an Asset Sale or such earlier date,
if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to
apply the Net Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in clause (A), (B), (C), (D) or (E)
of Section 4.10(b) (each, a Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date), such aggregate amount of Net
Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted
in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) or (E) of Section 4.10(b) (each a Net Proceeds Offer Amount) shall
be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (the Net
Proceeds Offer) on the Purchase Date, from all Holders (and, if required by the terms of any other
Indebtedness of the Company ranking
pari passu
with the Notes in right of payment and which has
similar provisions requiring the Company either to make an offer to repurchase or to otherwise
repurchase, redeem or repay such Indebtedness with the proceeds from Asset Sales (the Pari Passu
Indebtedness), from the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness) on a
pro rata
basis (in
proportion to the respective principal amounts or accreted value, as the case may be, of the Notes
and any such Pari Passu Indebtedness) an aggregate principal amount of Notes (plus, if applicable,
an aggregate principal amount or accreted value, as the case may be, of Pari Passu Indebtedness)
equal to the Net Proceeds Offer Amount. The offer price in any Net Proceeds Offer shall be equal
to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes (or 100% of the principal amount or accreted value, as
the case may be, of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if
any, to the Purchase Date;
provided
,
however
, that if at any time any non-cash consideration
received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any
Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest
received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition
shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Proceeds thereof shall be applied
in accordance with this Section 4.10. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer until there is
an aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $35.0 million resulting
from one or more Asset Sales (at which time the entire unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount, and
not just the amount in excess of $35.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this
Section 4.10(c), and in which case the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date shall be deemed to be the
earliest date that the Net Proceeds Offer Amount is equal to or in excess of $35.0 million).
(d) To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes (plus, if applicable, the
aggregate principal amount or accreted value, as the case may be, of Pari Passu Indebtedness)
validly tendered by the Holders thereof and not withdrawn exceeds the Net Proceeds Offer Amount,
Notes of tendering Holders (and, if applicable, Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered by the holders
thereof) will be purchased in accordance with Applicable Procedures if the Notes are Global
Securities, otherwise on a
pro rata
basis (based on the principal amount of the Notes and, if
applicable, the principal amount or accreted value, as the case may be, of any such Pari Passu
Indebtedness tendered and not withdrawn). To the extent that the aggregate
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principal amount of the Notes (plus, if applicable, the aggregate principal amount or accreted
value, as the case may be, of any Pari Passu Indebtedness) tendered pursuant to a Net Proceeds
Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use such excess Net Proceeds
Offer Amount for general corporate purposes or for any other purpose not prohibited by this
Supplemental Indenture. Upon completion of any such Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer
Amount shall be reset at zero. A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business
Days or such longer period as may be required by applicable law.
(e) The Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, will comply with
the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase
of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities
laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.10 or Section 3.04, the Company
or such Restricted Subsidiary shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture by virtue
thereof.
SECTION 4.11
Transactions with Affiliates
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(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its
properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend
any transaction, contract, agreement, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any
Affiliate of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each, an Affiliate Transaction),
unless:
(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or
the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable
transaction at such time by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with a Person who is
not an Affiliate of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
(a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, a
resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers Certificate
certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.11 and that
such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested
members of the Board of Directors; and
(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $20.0 million, an
opinion as to the fairness to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary of
such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting,
appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.
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(b) The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will
not be subject to Section 4.11(a):
(1) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries or
exclusively between or among such Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section 4.07;
(3) reasonable fees and compensation paid to (including issuances and grants of Equity
Interests of the Company, employment agreements and stock option and ownership plans for the
benefit of), and indemnity and insurance provided on behalf of, officers, directors,
employees or consultants of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course
of business as approved in good faith by the Companys Board of Directors or senior
management;
(4) transactions pursuant to any agreement in effect on the Issue Date and disclosed in
the Prospectus Supplement (including by incorporation by reference), as in effect on the
Issue Date or as thereafter amended or replaced in any manner, that, taken as a whole, is
not more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes or the Company in any material respect
than such agreement as it was in effect on the Issue Date;
(5) loans or advances to employees and officers of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries permitted by clause (8) of the definition of Permitted Investments.
(6) any transaction or series of transactions between the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary and any of their joint ventures;
provided
that (a) such transaction or series of
transactions is in the ordinary course of business between the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary and such joint venture and (b) with respect to any such Affiliate Transaction
involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, such Affiliate Transaction
complies with Section 4.11(a)(1) and such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by the
Board of Directors of the Company;
(7) any service, purchase, lease, supply or similar agreement entered into in the
ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, pursuant to any joint venture
agreement) between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Affiliate that is a
customer, client, supplier, purchaser or seller of goods or services, so long as the senior
management or Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that any such
agreement is on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than
those that could be obtained in a comparable arms-length transaction with an entity that is
not an Affiliate;
(8) the issuance and sale of Qualified Capital Stock; or
(9) any transaction effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction.
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SECTION 4.12
Liens
.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, (1) assign or convey any right to receive income on any property or asset now owned or
hereafter acquired or (2) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind securing
Indebtedness or trade payables on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired or on any
income or profits therefrom other than, in each case, Permitted Liens, unless the Notes and the
Subsidiary Guarantees, as applicable, are
(1) in the case of any Lien securing an Obligation that ranks pari passu with the Notes
or a Subsidiary Guarantee, effective provision is made to secure the Notes or such
Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, at least equally and ratably with or prior to such
Obligation with a Lien on the same properties or assets of the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be; and
(2) in the case of any Lien securing an Obligation that is subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes or a Subsidiary Guarantee, effective provision is made to secure the
Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, with a Lien on the same properties
or assets of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that is prior to
the Lien securing such subordinated obligation, in each case, for so long as such Obligation
is secured by such Lien.
SECTION 4.13
Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control
.
(a) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the
Company to purchase all or a portion (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof) of such Holders Notes (the Change of Control Offer) at a purchase price equal to 101%
of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of
purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive
interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the date fixed for redemption).
(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each
Holder of Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
3.04, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased.
(c) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e)
of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the purchase of
Notes pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture. To the extent that the provisions of any securities
laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall
comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached
its obligations under any covenant of this Supplemental Indenture by virtue of this compliance.
(d) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if (1) a third party
makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements set forth in this Supplemental Indenture
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applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly
tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer or (2) a notice of redemption has
been given prior to the Change of Control pursuant to Section 3.02, unless and until there is a
default in payment of the applicable Redemption Price.
(e) A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control and conditioned
upon the consummation of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement with respect to the
Change of Control is in place at the time the Change of Control Offer is made.
SECTION 4.14
Corporate Existence
.
Except as otherwise permitted by Article 5, the Company will do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.
SECTION 4.15
Additional Subsidiary Guarantees
.
If, on or after the date of this Supplemental Indenture, the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries acquires or creates another Domestic Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary
or an Excluded Subsidiary), then that newly acquired or created Domestic Subsidiary will become a
Guarantor and, within 10 Business Days of the date on which it was acquired or created, the Company
shall cause such Restricted Subsidiary to:
(i) execute and deliver to the Trustee (a) a supplemental indenture in form and
substance satisfactory to the Trustee pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall
unconditionally Guarantee all of the Companys obligations under the Notes and this
Indenture and (b) a notation of Subsidiary Guarantee in respect of its Subsidiary Guarantee
substantially in the form of Exhibit B; and
(ii) deliver to the Trustee one or more Opinions of Counsel that such supplemental
indenture and Subsidiary Guarantee (a) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
such Restricted Subsidiary and (b) constitute valid and legally binding obligations of such
Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with their terms.
SECTION 4.16
Compliance Certificate
.
In addition to the statements of the Company and the Guarantors required pursuant to Section
1004 of the Base Indenture, the Company will, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver
to the Trustee, as soon as possible, but in no event later than five days after any officer
becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default
or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposed to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.17
Covenant Suspension
.
If on any date following the Issue Date the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from both
Rating Agencies and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
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continuing under this Indenture, then beginning on that day and subject to the provisions of the
following paragraph, the following Sections in this Supplemental Indenture shall be suspended:
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(collectively, the Suspended Covenants). The period during which covenants are suspended pursuant
to this Section 4.17 is called the Suspension Period. The Company will notify the Trustee in
writing of the commencement and termination of any Suspension Period.
In the event that the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended
Covenants for any period of time as a result of the third preceding sentence and, subsequently, one
of the Rating Agencies withdraws its ratings or downgrades the rating assigned to the Notes so that
the Notes no longer have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies or a Default or Event
of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will from
such time and thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants and compliance with the
Suspended Covenants with respect to Restricted Payments made after the time of such withdrawal,
Default or Event of Default will be calculated in accordance with the terms of Section 4.07 and
Section 4.09 as though such covenants had been in effect during the entire period of time from the
Issue Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing and any other provision of this Supplemental Indenture,
the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to exist
under this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the
Suspended Covenants based on, and none of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall
bear any liability with respect to the Suspended Covenants for, (a) any actions taken or events
occurring during a Suspension Period (including without limitation any agreements, Liens, preferred
stock, obligations (including Indebtedness), or of any other facts or circumstances or obligations
that were incurred or otherwise came into existence during a Suspension Period) or (b) any actions
required to be taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligation entered into during a
Suspension Period, regardless of whether such actions or events would have been permitted if the
applicable Suspended Covenants remained in effect during such period.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.01
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
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(a) The Company will not, directly or indirectly, in a single transaction or series of related
transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease,
convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets (determined on
a consolidated basis) to any Person or group of affiliated Persons, or permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or transactions if such transaction or
transactions, in the aggregate, would result in the sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance
or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any other Person or group of Persons unless:
(i) either:
(1) the Company shall be the surviving or continuing corporation or
(2) the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the
Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition has been made is (the Surviving Entity) a corporation organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia;
(ii) the Surviving Entity, if applicable, expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture
(in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to
the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on all of the Notes and the performance of every covenant of the Notes and this
Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(iii) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction or series of
transactions and the assumption contemplated by clause (ii) above (including giving effect
to any Indebtedness and Acquired Debt, in each case, incurred or anticipated to be incurred
in connection with or in respect of such transaction), the Company or such Surviving Entity,
as the case may be, shall be (a) able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
(other than Permitted Debt) pursuant to Section 4.09 or (b) have a Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio that is greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior
to such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition;
provided
,
however
, that this clause (iii) shall not apply during any Suspension Period;
(iv) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions and
the assumption contemplated by clause (ii) above (including, without limitation, giving
effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Debt, in each case, incurred or anticipated to be
incurred and any Lien granted in connection with
or in respect of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing; and
(v) the Company or the Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance
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or other disposition
and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture, comply with the applicable provisions of this Supplemental Indenture
and that all conditions precedent in this Supplemental Indenture relating to such
transaction have been satisfied.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the merger of the Company with an Affiliate incorporated solely
for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction shall be permitted without
regard to clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph. For purposes of the foregoing, the
transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of
transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Company, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all of the
properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially
all of the properties and assets of the Company.
(b) Each Guarantor will not, and the Company will not cause or permit any Guarantor to,
directly or indirectly, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or
merge with or into any Person other than the Company or any other Guarantor unless:
(i) if the Guarantor was a corporation or limited liability company under the laws of
the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, the entity formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Guarantor) is a corporation or
limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia;
(ii) such entity assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the
Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(iv) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the use of any net
proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, the Company could satisfy the provisions of clause
(iii) of Section 5.01(a).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirements of this Section 5.01(b) will not apply to any
transaction pursuant to which such Guarantor is permitted to be released from its Subsidiary
Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.02 of this Supplemental Indenture or
Section 1304 of the Base Indenture.
SECTION 5.02
Successor Corporation Substituted
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Upon any consolidation or merger of the Company or Guarantor or any sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company or Guarantor in accordance with Section 5.01 in which the Company or Guarantor is not the
continuing corporation, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
or Guarantor is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
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exercise every right and
power of, the Company or Guarantor under this Indenture and the Notes or Subsidiary Guarantees, as
applicable, with the same effect as if such Surviving Entity had been named as such;
provided
,
however
, that the Company shall not be released from its obligations under this Indenture or the
Notes in the case of a lease.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01
Events of Default and Remedies
.
(a) In addition to those specified in Section 501 of the Base Indenture, each of the following
is an Event of Default with respect to the Notes:
(1) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with the
provisions of Section 5.01;
(2) a default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be
issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (or the payment of which is
Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) whether such
Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the Issue Date, if that default:
(A) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or
premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the
grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such
default (a
Payment Default
); or
(B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to
express maturity; and
(C) in each case, the principal amount of any such
Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such
Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the
maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million,
or more;
(3) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $25.0 million (to the
extent not covered by independent third party insurance as to which the insurer has not
disclaimed coverage) shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged,
unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become
final and nonappealable;
(b) Clause (3) of Section 501 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.
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(c) Clauses (2), (4), (5), (6) and (7) of Sections 501 of the Base Indenture are deleted and
replaced in their entirety by the following:
(2) default in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes
(including default in payment when due in connection with the purchase of Notes tendered pursuant
to a Change of Control Offer or Net Proceeds Offer on the date specified for such payment in the
applicable offer to purchase); or
(4) a default in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement contained
in this Indenture or the Notes which default continues for a period of 60 days after the Company
receives written notice specifying the default (and demanding that such default be remedied) from
the Trustee or the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee) of at least 25% of the Outstanding
principal amount of the Notes; or
(5) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters (x) a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (y) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in
respect of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary under
any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or
order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(6) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary:
(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or any other case or proceeding
to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent;
(ii) consents to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case
or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or
proceeding against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant
Subsidiary;
(iii) files a petition, as debtor, or answer or consent seeking reorganization or
relief under any applicable federal or state law;
(iv) consents to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator
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or similar
official of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant
Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property;
(v) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(vi) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; or
(vii) takes corporate action in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee of any Significant
Subsidiary shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease
for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary, or
any Person acting on behalf of any such Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under
its Subsidiary Guarantee; or
ARTICLE 7
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 7.01
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth
in an Officers Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 7.02 or 7.03 hereof be
applied to all Outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article 7.
SECTION 7.02
Legal Defeasance and Discharge
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Upon the Companys exercise under Section 7.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section
7.02, the Company and the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in Section 7.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all
Outstanding Notes and to have each Guarantors obligations discharged with respect to its
Subsidiary Guarantee on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, Legal
Defeasance). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Notes,
which will thereafter be deemed to be Outstanding only for the purposes of Section 7.05 hereof
and other Sections of this Supplemental Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have
satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on
demand of and at the expense of the Company, will execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), except for the following provisions which
will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of
Outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust fund described in Section 7.04 hereof, (b)
the Companys and the Guarantors obligations with respect to the Notes and the Subsidiary
Guarantees under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 of the Base Indenture, (c) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture, and the Companys
obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article 7. Subject to
compliance
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with this
Article 7, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 7.02 notwithstanding the prior
exercise of its option under Section 7.03 hereof.
SECTION 7.03
Covenant Defeasance
.
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 7.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section
7.03, the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary will, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 7.04 hereof, be released from their obligations under the covenants
contained in Sections 3.04, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15,
5.01(a)(iii) and 5.01(b)(iv) with respect to the Outstanding Notes, and the Events of Default set
forth in Sections 6.01(a)(2) or (3) of this Supplemental Indenture shall cease to apply, in each
case, on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 7.04 are satisfied (hereinafter,
Covenant Defeasance), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not Outstanding for the purposes
of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any
thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed Outstanding for all
other purposes hereunder (it being understood that it is intended that such Notes shall not be
deemed Outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that,
with respect to the Outstanding Notes, the Company, each Guarantor and each Restricted Subsidiary
may omit to comply with and will have not liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation
set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any
other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a
Default or Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof or Section 501 of the Base Indenture, but,
except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes will be unaffected
hereby.
SECTION 7.04
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
.
The following will be the conditions to the application of either Section 7.02 or 7.03 hereof
to the Outstanding Notes:
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof,
in such amounts as will be sufficient (without consideration of any reinvestment of interest), in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants delivered to the
Trustee, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Notes on the
Stated Maturity or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may
be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a
particular Redemption Date;
(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (1) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (2) since
the Issue Date , there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case
to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm
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that, the Holders of
the Outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in
the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not
occurred;
(c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the
Outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts,
in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance
had not occurred;
(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either: (1) on the
date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of
funds to be applied to such deposit); or (2) insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or
insolvency events are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of
deposit;
(e) (such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under this Indenture or any material agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
bound (other than any such default under this Indenture resulting solely from the borrowing of
funds to be applied to such deposit);
(f) the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors rights
generally;
(g) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that the deposit
was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other
creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors
of the Company or others; and
(h) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the
Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
SECTION 7.05
Deposited Money and Governmental Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
.
Subject to Section 7.06 hereof, all cash and U.S. Governmental Obligations (including the
proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for
purposes of this Section 7.05, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 7.04 hereof in respect of the
Outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon
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in respect of
principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
The Company and the Guarantors will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or U.S. Government Obligations deposited
pursuant to Section 7.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other
than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the
Outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article 7 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee will deliver or pay to
the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any cash or U.S. Government
Obligations held by its as provided in Section 7.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered
to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 7.04(a) hereof), are in excess of
the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
SECTION 7.06
Reinstatement
.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash or U.S. Government Obligations in
accordance with Section 7.02 or 7.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment
of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the Notes will be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 7.02 or 7.03 hereof until such
time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section
7.02 or 7.03 hereof, as the case may be;
provided
,
however
, that, if the Company makes any payment
of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive
such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 8
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 8.01
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to the
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes, as expressly provided for in
this Indenture) as to all Outstanding Notes when:
(1) either:
(a) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed
Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from their trust as provided in this Indenture) have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, or
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(b) all the Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due
and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and
payable with one year; and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in
U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof, in such amounts as
will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants delivered to the Trustee, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay
and discharge the entire Indebtedness (including all principal and accrued interest) on the Notes
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and
accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(2) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or
violation of or default under any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party
or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;
(3) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable under
this Indenture; and
(4) The Company has delivered irrevocable written instructions to the Trustee to apply such
funds to the payment of the Notes at maturity or redemption, as the case may be.
In addition, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Supplemental Indenture relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
SECTION 9.01
Without Consent of Holders of Notes
.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Supplemental Indenture, the Company, the Guarantors and
the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees without
the consent of any Holder of a Note:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;
(c) to provide for the assumption of the Companys obligations to Holders of Notes in the case
of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Companys assets;
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(d) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of
Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder;
(e) to add any Person as a Guarantor;
(f) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(g) to remove a Guarantor which, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, ceases to be
liable in respect of its Subsidiary Guarantee;
(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture by a
successor Trustee;
(i) to secure all of the Notes;
(j) to add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders or
to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;
(k) to conform the text of this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees
to any provision of the Description of the Notes in the Prospectus Supplement to the extent that
such provision in the Description of the Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a
provision in this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees;
(l) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set
forth in this Indenture as of the Issue Date; and
(m) to comply with the provisions of DTC or the Trustee with respect to the provisions in this
Indenture and the Notes relating to transfers and exchanges of Notes or beneficial interests in
Notes.
SECTION 9.02
With Consent of Holders of Notes
.
Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may
amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees with the consent of the
Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding voting
as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender
offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes, and, subject to Sections 508 and 513 of the
Base Indenture) and any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of
Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment
default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or
compliance with any provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees may
be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
Outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender
offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes).
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It will not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it will be sufficient if such
consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment or waiver.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the
Company will mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the
amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect
therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or
supplemental indenture or waiver. However, without the consent of each Holder of Notes affected,
an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held
by a non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment,
supplement or waiver, including the waiver of Defaults or Events of Default, or to a rescission and
cancellation of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes;
(b) reduce the rate of or change or have the effect of changing the time for payment of
interest, including defaulted interest, on any Notes;
(c) reduce the principal of or change or have the effect of changing the fixed maturity of any
Notes or alter or waive the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (other than
provisions relating to Section 3.04);
(d) make any Notes payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;
(e) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or
the rights of Holders to receive payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on the
Notes on or after the due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce such payment;
(f) change the price payable by the Company for Notes repurchased pursuant Section 4.10 or
Section 4.13 or after the occurrence of a Change of Control, modify or change in any material
respect the obligation of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer or modify
any of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto;
(g) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium
on, the Notes;
provided
that this clause (g) shall not limit the right of the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to rescind and cancel a declaration
of acceleration of the Notes following delivery of an acceleration notice as described in Article
FIVE of the Base Indenture;
(h) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee or this
Indenture, except as permitted by this Indenture;
(i) contractually subordinate the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees to any other
Indebtedness; or
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(j) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.
ARTICLE 10
GUARANTEES
SECTION 10.01
Guarantees
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Each Guarantor hereby agrees that Article THIRTEEN of the Base Indenture shall be applicable
to the Notes.
SECTION 10.02
Release of Guarantor
.
(a) In addition to those set forth in Section 1304 of the Base Indenture, the Guarantee of any
Restricted Subsidiary will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged if such
Guarantor is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture
or otherwise ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (including by way of liquidation or dissolution)
in a transaction permitted by this Indenture.
(b) With respect to the Notes, Section 1304(ii) of the Base Indenture is deleted and replaced
in its entirety by the following:
(ii) either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance occurs with
respect to such Notes in compliance with Article 7 of this
Supplemental Indenture or
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01
Trust Indenture Act Controls
.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which
is required to be included in this Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, the provision required by
the Trust Indenture Act shall control.
SECTION 11.02
Notices
.
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the other is duly
given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified,
return receipt requested), facsimile or electronic transmission or overnight air courier
guaranteeing next-day delivery, to the others address:
If to the Company or any Guarantor:
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Two Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 1070
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Westchester, Illinois 60154
Attention: Thomas E. ONeill, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer,
Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary
Facsimile No.: (708) 409-1062
With a copy to:
Winston & Strawn LLP
35 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Attention: Bruce A. Toth
Facsimile No.: (312) 558-5700
If to the Trustee:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
230 West Monroe Street, Suite 2900
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Gregory S. Clarke, Vice President
Facsimile No.: (312) 726-2158
The Company, Guarantors or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to the Trustee or Holders) shall be
deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt
acknowledged, if sent by facsimile transmission; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to
the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery. All notices and
communications to the Trustee or Holders shall be deemed duly given and effective only upon
receipt.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or
registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery to
its address shown on the security register for the Notes. Any notice or communication shall also be
so mailed to any Person described in Trust Indenture Act § 313(c), to the extent required by the
Trust Indenture Act. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it
shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time
prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee
and each Agent at the same time.
SECTION 11.03
Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
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Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act §312(b) with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar
and anyone else shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act §312(c).
SECTION 11.04
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
(which shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.05) stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to
the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which
shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.05) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with.
SECTION 11.05
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Trust Indenture Act §
314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act § 314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or
covenant has been satisfied.
SECTION 11.06
Rules by Trustee and Agents
.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar
or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
SECTION 11.07
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
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No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the
Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the
Company or of the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture, the Guarantees or for any claim based
on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a
Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration
for issuance of the Notes.
SECTION 11.08
Governing Law
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THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED
THEREBY.
SECTION 11.09
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
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This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the
Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may
not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 11.10
Successors
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All covenants and agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its
successors. All covenants and agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its
successors.
SECTION 11.11
Severability
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In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 11.12
Counterpart Originals
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The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy
shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the same agreement.
SECTION 11.13
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc
.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings in this Supplemental Indenture have
been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this
Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
SECTION 11.14
Force Majeure.
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In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly,
forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts
of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of
God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are
consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as
practicable under the circumstances.
SECTION 11.15
Note Purchases by Company and Affiliates
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The Company and its Affiliates shall be permitted to purchase Notes, whether through private
purchase, open market purchase, tender offer, or otherwise. Such purchase or acquisition shall not
operate as or be deemed for any purpose to be a redemption of the Indebtedness represented by such
Notes. Any Notes purchased or acquired by the Company may be delivered to the Trustee and, upon
such delivery the Indebtedness represented thereby shall be deemed to be satisfied. The proviso to
the definition of Outstanding in the Base Indenture shall be applicable to any Notes acquired by
the Company and its Affiliates.
[Signatures on following page]
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SIGNATURES
Dated as the date first written above.
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COMPANY:
TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Dennis F. Riordan
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Name:
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Dennis F. Riordan
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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GUARANTORS:
BAY VALLEY FOODS, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Dennis F. Riordan
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Dennis F. Riordan
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Senior Vice President and Treasurer
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EDS HOLDINGS, LLC
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/s/ Dennis F. Riordan
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Dennis F. Riordan
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Chief Financial Officer
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TRUSTEE:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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Gregory S. Clarke
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
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CUSIP No. 89469A AA2
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7.750% Senior Notes due 2018
TreeHouse Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to [ ], or registered
assigns, the principal sum of [ ] Dollars ($[ ]) on March 1, 2018.
Interest Payment Dates: March 1 and September 1, commencing September 1, 2010.
Record Dates: February 15 and August 15.
Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.
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TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
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Dated:
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Global Notes referred to
in the within mentioned Indenture.
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[GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND]
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE BASE 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 MAYBE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 1107 OF THE BASE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL
NOTE MAYBE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 1107 OF THE BASE INDENTURE, (III)
THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAYBE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 310 OF THE
BASE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAYBE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR
WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
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 IS
REQUESTED BYAN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH
OTHER ENTITY AS IS 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.
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
7.750% Senior Notes due 2018
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture
referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1.
Interest
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to, being herein called the Company), promises to pay interest on the
principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest
semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, or, if such date is not a
Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an Interest Payment Date), commencing
September 1, 2010.
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Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from March 2, 2010.
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Interest
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2.
Method of Payment
The Company will pay interest on the Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes
at the close of business on the February 15 or August 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date,
even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date,
except with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and
interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the
City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by
check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided
that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to
principal of and interest and premium on all Global Notes, subject to Applicable Procedures, and
all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions no later than
30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee
may accept in its judgment), to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin
or currency of the United States of America at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts.
3.
Paying Agent and Registrar
Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the Trustee ), will act as Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any
holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
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4.
Indenture
The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of March 2, 2010 (the Base
Indenture), as supplemented by that First Supplemental Indenture dated March 2, 2010 (the
Supplemental Indenture and together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), each among the
Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the
Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (15 U.S.C. § § 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the Trust
Indenture Act). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the
Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of those terms. To the extent any provision
of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the
Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section 4.09 of the Supplemental
Indenture, to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Supplemental Indenture. The
Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes will be treated as a single class
for all purposes under the Indenture.
5.
Optional Redemption
At any time prior to March 1, 2014, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or a part of
the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any), at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to the date of redemption (the Redemption Date), subject to the rights of
Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest
payment date.
On or after March 1, 2014, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem all or a
portion of the Notes at the Redemption Prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount) set
forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the applicable Redemption Date
(subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant date to receive interest due on the
relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on March 1 on
the years indicated below:
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In addition, at any time on or prior to March 1, 2013, the Company shall be entitled at its
option on one or more occasions to redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 35%
of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under the Supplemental Indenture at a
Redemption Price of 107.250% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the
Redemption Date, with the Net Cash Proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings;
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Outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; and (2) each such
redemption occurs within 120 days after the date of the closing of the related Equity Offering.
6.
Notice of Redemption
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the
Redemption Date to each Holder to be redeemed at his or her registered address.
7.
Repurchase at Option of Holder
If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder shall have the right to require that the Company
purchase all or a portion of such Holders Notes pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture
(the Change of Control Offer), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof
plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record
on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior
to the date fixed for redemption). Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of
Control occurred, the Company must send a notice to each Holder that shall govern the terms of the
Change of Control Offer and shall be in compliance with the Indenture. Holders electing to have a
Note purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with
the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase on the reverse of the Note completed, to the
Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice.
8.
Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal
and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in
accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish
appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or
permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes
selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the
Note not to be redeemed) or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be
redeemed or 15 days before an Interest Payment Date.
9.
Persons Deemed Owners
The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
10.
Discharge and Defeasance
Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be entitled to terminate some or
all of its and the Guarantors obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company
deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and
interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
11.
Amendment, Waiver
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Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be
amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount
of the then Outstanding Notes voting as a single class, and provisions of the Indenture, the
Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including consents
obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes).
Without the consent of any Holder, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be
amended to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; to provide for
uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; to provide for the
assumption of the Companys or any Guarantors obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a
merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Companys or any Guarantors
assets; or to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders
of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder.
12.
Defaults and Remedies
If any Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may declare all the
Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the
respective Event of Default and that it is a notice of acceleration, and the same shall become
immediately due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided
in the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any
trust or power. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or
the Indenture or that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other
Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability. The Company is required to
deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the
Company is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the
Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
13.
Guarantee
The full and punctual payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Notes is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior
unsecured basis by each of the Guarantors.
14.
Trustee Dealings with the Company
Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee under the
Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and
may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may
make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and
may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
15.
No Recourse Against Others
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Any past, present, or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as
such, of the Company, any Guarantors or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees or for
any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting
a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of the Notes.
16.
Authentication
This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an
authenticating agent) signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.
17.
Abbreviations
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM
(=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors
Act).
18.
CUSIP Numbers
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification
Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the
Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices, including notices of redemption, as a convenience to
Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the
Notes or as contained in any such notice and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers placed thereon.
19.
Governing Law
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS NOTE
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE
APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the Holder a
copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Two Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 1070
Westchester, Illinois 60154
Attention: Thomas E. ONeill, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice
President and Corporate Secretary
Facsimile No.: (708) 409-1062
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer
Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE
The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to either Section
4.10 or Section 4.13 of the Supplemental Indenture, as applicable, check the corresponding box:
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Section 4.10 or Section 4.13 of the Supplemental Indenture, as applicable, state the amount in
principal amount: $
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Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements
of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer
Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined
by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture), jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees, to the extent set forth in and
subject to the provisions in the Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2010 (the Base Indenture), as
supplemented by that First Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 2, 2010 (the Supplemental
Indenture and together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), among TreeHouse Foods, Inc., as
issuer (the Company), the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as trustee (the Trustee), the full and punctual payment of the principal of
and interest on the Notes when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise,
and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Notes by the Company (all the
foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the Guaranteed Obligations). Each Guarantor
further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part,
without notice or further assent from such Guarantor and that such Guarantor will remain bound
hereunder notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the
Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article THIRTEEN of the Base Indenture and
Article 10 of the Supplemental Indenture and reference is hereby made such provisions for the
precise terms of the Guarantee. Each Holder, by accepting the same agrees to and shall be bound by
such provisions. This Guarantee is subject to release as and to the extent set forth in the Base
Indenture and Sections 7.02, 8.01 and 10.02 of the Supplemental Indenture. Capitalized terms used
herein and not defined are used herein as so defined in the Indenture.
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