As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7,
2010
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
Form S-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933
THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES,
INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as
specified in its charter)
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Oregon
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3743
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93-0816972
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(State or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation or organization)
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(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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One Centerpointe Drive,
Suite 200
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
(503) 684-7000
(Address, including zip code,
and telephone number, including area code, of Registrants
principal executive offices)
Martin R. Baker
General Counsel
The Greenbrier Companies,
Inc.
One Centerpointe Drive,
Suite 200
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
(503) 684-7000
(Name, address, including zip
code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)
Copies to:
Stephen D.
Cooke, Esq.
Paul, Hastings,
Janofsky & Walker LLP
695 Town Center Drive, 17th
Floor
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Tel:
(714) 668-6200
Fax:
(714) 979-1921
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the
public:
From time to time after the effectiveness
of this registration statement.
If only securities being registered on this Form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans,
please check the following
box.
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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to
Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than
securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following
box.
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If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act,
please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same
offering.
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of
the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering.
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If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General
Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that
shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the
following
box.
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If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration
statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed
to register additional securities or additional classes of
securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities
Act, check the following
box.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
large accelerated filer, accelerated
filer and smaller reporting company in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Large accelerated filer
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CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Maximum
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Proposed Maximum
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Amount of
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Title of Each Class of
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Amount to
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Offering
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Aggregate
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Registration
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Securities to be Registered
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be Registered(1)
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Price per Security
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Offering Price(1)(2)
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Fee(1)
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Common stock, without par value per share(3)
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Preferred stock, without par value per share
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Debt securities(2)
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Guarantees(4)
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Units(5)
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Total
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$
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300,000,000
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300,000,000
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(1)
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The Registrant is hereby
registering an indeterminate amount and number of each
identified class of the identified securities up to a proposed
maximum offering price of $300,000,000. Except as provided in
Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, in no event will
the aggregate initial offering price of all securities issued
from time to time pursuant to this registration statement exceed
$300,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in foreign currencies,
foreign currency units or composite currencies. The Registrant
has estimated the proposed maximum aggregate offering price
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act.
Securities registered hereunder may be sold separately, together
or as units with other securities registered hereunder. Pursuant
to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers any additional securities that may be
offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock
dividend or similar transaction.
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(2)
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If any debt securities are issued
at an original issue discount, then the offering price shall be
in such greater principal amount as shall result in an aggregate
initial offering price of up to $300,000,000 or the equivalent
thereof in foreign currencies, foreign currency units or
composite currencies, less the dollar amount of any securities
previously issued hereunder. Any securities registered hereunder
may be sold separately or as units with other securities
registered hereunder. The debt securities may consist of one or
more series of senior debt securities or subordinated debt
securities as described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
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(3)
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Includes associated rights to
purchase shares of the registrants Series A
participating preferred stock or Purchase Rights that are
attached to all shares of our common stock, in accordance with
the Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated as of July 13,
2004, as amended, by and between the Registrant and
Computershare Trust Co., N.A. (formerly Equiserve Trust
Company, N.A.), as rights agent, called the Rights Agreement.
The Purchase Rights are not exercisable until the occurrence of
certain events specified in the Rights Agreement, are evidenced
by the stock certificates representing common stock and are
transferrable only with the common stock. The value attributable
to the Purchase Rights, if any, is reflected in the value of the
common stock.
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No separate consideration will be
received for any guarantee of debt securities; accordingly
pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no
separate filing fee with respect to the guarantees of debt
securities is required.
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(5)
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Each unit will be issued under a
unit agreement or indenture and will represent an interest in
two or more securities listed above, in any combination, which
may or may not be separable from one another.
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on
such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective
date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment that
specifically states that this Registration Statement shall
thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the
Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as
the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said
Section 8(a), may determine.
REGISTRANT
GUARANTORS
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Primary Standard
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State of
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Industrial
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IRS Employer
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Incorporation/
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Classification
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Identification
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Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter
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Formation
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Code Number
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Number
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Autostack Company LLC
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Oregon
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7359
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93-0981840
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Greenbrier-Concarril, LLC
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Delaware
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3743
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93-1262344
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Greenbrier Leasing Company LLC
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Oregon
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4741
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26-1269500
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Greenbrier Leasing Limited Partner, LLC
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Delaware
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7389
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93-1266038
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Greenbrier Management Services, LLC
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Delaware
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7389
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93-1266040
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Greenbrier Leasing, L.P.
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Delaware
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7389
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91-1960693
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Greenbrier Railcar LLC
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Oregon
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4741
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93-0971066
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Gunderson LLC
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Oregon
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3743
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93-0180205
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Gunderson Marine LLC
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Oregon
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3731
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93-1127982
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Gunderson Rail Services LLC
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Oregon
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7699
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93-1123815
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Greenbrier Railcar Leasing, Inc.
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Washington
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4741
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91-1158455
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Gunderson Specialty Products, LLC
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Delaware
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3460
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93-0180205
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Brandon Railroad LLC
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Oregon
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7699
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93-1123815
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Meridian Rail Holdings Corp.
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Oregon
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3743
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20-1863643
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Meridian Rail Acquisition Corp.
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Oregon
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3743
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01-0549584
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Meridian Rail Mexico City Corp.
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Oregon
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3743
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01-0549691
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Greenbrier Rail Holdings I, LLC
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Oregon
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3743
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27-2255087
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Greenbrier Rail Holdings II, LLC
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Oregon
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3743
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27-2255161
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Greenbrier Rail Holdings III, LLC
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Oregon
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3743
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93-1123815
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Except as noted below, the address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code, of the principal
executive office of each Registrant Guarantor listed above is
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., One Centerpointe Drive,
Suite 200, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035,
(503) 684-7000.
The address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of the principal executive office of each of
Gunderson LLC, Gunderson Marine LLC and Gunderson Specialty
Products, LLC is 4350 NW Front Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97210,
(503) 972-5700.
The name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of each Registrant Guarantors agent
for service is Martin R. Baker, General Counsel, The Greenbrier
Companies, Inc., One Centerpointe Drive, Suite 200, Lake
Oswego, OR 97035.
The
information in this prospectus is not complete and may be
changed. We may not sell these securities until the Registration
Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is
effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these
securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these
securities in any state where the offer or sale is not
permitted.
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED
APRIL 7, 2010
PROSPECTUS
$300,000,000
Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Debt Securities
Guarantees
Warrants
Rights
Units
From time to time, we may offer up to $300,000,000 of our common
stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants or rights to
purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities or any
combination of these securities, and units consisting of common
stock, preferred stock, debt securities or warrants or any
combination of these securities, in one or more transactions. We
may also offer common stock or preferred stock upon conversion
of debt securities, common stock upon conversion of preferred
stock, or common stock, preferred stock or debt securities upon
the exercise of warrants or rights.
We will provide the specific terms of these offerings and
securities in one or more supplements to this prospectus. We may
also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be
provided to you in connection with these offerings. The
prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus
may also add, update or change information contained in this
prospectus. You should carefully read this prospectus, the
applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing
prospectus, as well as any documents incorporated by reference,
before buying any of the securities being offered.
Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol GBX. On April 5, 2010, the last
reported sale price of our common stock on the New York Stock
Exchange was $11.99. The applicable prospectus supplement will
contain information, where applicable, as to any other listing,
if any, on the New York Stock Exchange or any securities market
or other exchange of the securities covered by the applicable
prospectus supplement.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of
risk. You should review carefully the risks and uncertainties
described under the heading Risk Factors on page 2
and contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and any
related free writing prospectus, and under similar headings in
the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this
prospectus.
This prospectus may not be used to consummate a sale of any
securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.
The securities may be sold directly by us to investors, through
agents designated from time to time or to or through
underwriters or dealers, (or through a combination of these
methods or any other method as provided in the applicable
prospectus supplement) on a continuous or delayed basis. For
additional information on the methods of sale, you should refer
to the section titled Plan of Distribution in this
prospectus. If any agents or underwriters are involved in the
sale of any securities with respect to which this prospectus is
being delivered, the names of such agents or underwriters and
any applicable fees, commissions, discounts and over-allotment
options will be set forth in a prospectus supplement. The price
to the public of such securities and the net proceeds that we
expect to receive from such sale will also be set forth in a
prospectus supplement.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or
complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
The date of this prospectus
is ,
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ABOUT
THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement on
Form S-3
that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
SEC, utilizing a shelf registration process. Under
this shelf registration process, we may offer shares of our
common stock or preferred stock, various series of debt
securities, guarantees, rights
and/or
warrants to purchase any of such securities, either individually
or in units, in one or more offerings, up to a total dollar
amount of $300,000,000. We may also offer common stock or
preferred stock upon conversion of debt securities, common stock
upon conversion of preferred stock, or common stock, preferred
stock or debt securities upon the exercise of warrants or
rights. This prospectus provides you with a general description
of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer a type or
series of securities under this prospectus, we will provide a
prospectus supplement that will contain more specific
information about the terms of those securities. We may also
authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided
to you that may contain material information relating to these
offerings. We may also add or update in the prospectus
supplement (and in any related free writing prospectus that we
may authorize to be provided to you) any of the information
contained in this prospectus or in the documents we have
incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We urge you to
carefully read this prospectus, any applicable prospectus
supplement and any related free writing prospectus, together
with the information incorporated herein by reference as
described under the heading Where You Can Find Additional
Information, before buying any of the securities being
offered. THIS PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE USED TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OF
SECURITIES UNLESS IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
You should rely only on the information that we have provided or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any applicable
prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus
that we may authorize to be provided to you. We have not
authorized anyone to provide you with different information. No
dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any
information or to represent anything not contained in this
prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related
free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to
you. You must not rely on any unauthorized information or
representation. If anyone provides you with different or
inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. This
prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered
hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where
it is lawful to do so. We will not make an offer to sell our
securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not
permitted. You should assume that the information in this
prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement, any related
free writing prospectus, is accurate only as of the date on the
front cover of this prospectus, the applicable free writing
prospectus supplement or free writing prospects, as applicable,
and that any information we have incorporated by reference is
accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by
reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this
prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related
free writing prospectus, or any sale of a security. Our
business, financial condition, results of operations and
prospects may have changed since that date.
This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions
contained in some of the documents described herein, but
reference is made to the actual documents for complete
information. All of the summaries are qualified in their
entirety by the actual documents. The registration statement
containing this prospectus, including exhibits to the
registration statement, provides additional information about us
and the securities offered under this prospectus. Copies of some
of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be
filed or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the
registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and
you may obtain copies of those documents as described below
under the heading Where You Can Find Additional
Information. The Greenbrier Companies is our registered
trademark. Gunderson, Maxi-Stack, Auto-Max and YSD are
registered trademarks of Gunderson LLC.
THE
GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
We are one of the leading designers, manufacturers and marketers
of railroad freight car equipment in North America and Europe, a
manufacturer and marketer of ocean-going marine barges in North
America and a leading provider of railcar refurbishment and
parts, leasing and other services to the railroad and related
transportation industries in North America.
We operate an integrated business model in North America that
combines freight car manufacturing, repair and refurbishment,
component parts reconditioning, leasing and fleet management
services to provide customers with a comprehensive set of
freight car solutions. This model allows us to develop synergies
between our various business activities.
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We operate in three primary business segments: Manufacturing,
Refurbishment & Parts and Leasing &
Services. Financial information about our business segments for
the years ended August 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 is located
in Note 24 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our
Annual Report on
Form 10-K,
filed November 12, 2009.
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., which was incorporated in
Delaware in 1981, consummated a merger on February 28, 2006
with its affiliate, Greenbrier Oregon, Inc., an Oregon
corporation, for the sole purpose of changing its state of
incorporation from Delaware to Oregon. Greenbrier Oregon
survived the merger and assumed the name, The Greenbrier
Companies, Inc. Our principal executive offices are located at
One Centerpointe Drive, Suite 200, Lake Oswego, Oregon
97035, our telephone number is
(503) 684-7000,
and our website is located at www.gbrx.com. The information
found on, or accessible through, our website is not part of this
prospectus.
In this prospectus, we refer to common stock, preferred stock,
debt securities, warrants, rights and units collectively as
securities. Unless otherwise mentioned or unless the
context requires otherwise, all references in this prospectus to
we, us, our, the
Company, Greenbrier and similar
references refer to The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., an Oregon
corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
RISK
FACTORS
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You
should carefully review the risks and uncertainties described
under the heading Risk Factors contained in the
applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing
prospectus, and under similar headings in the other documents,
including our most recent annual report on
Form 10-K,
any subsequent quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q
as well as any amendments thereto, and in other filings with the
SEC, that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
The occurrence of any of these risks might cause you to lose all
or part of your investment in the offered securities. Additional
risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe are
immaterial may also significantly impair our business operations
and financial condition.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference
contain forward-looking statements of Greenbrier
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the Securities Act, and Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Exchange
Act. These statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our
actual results, performance or achievements to be materially
different from any future results, performances or achievements
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions
concerning future events and include statements relating to:
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availability of financing sources and borrowing base for working
capital, other business development activities, capital spending
and railcar warehousing activities;
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ability to renew, maintain or obtain sufficient lines of credit
and performance guarantees on acceptable terms;
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ability to utilize beneficial tax strategies;
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ability to grow our refurbishment & parts and lease
fleet and management services businesses;
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ability to obtain sales contracts which provide adequate
protection against increased costs of materials and components;
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ability to obtain adequate insurance coverage at acceptable
rates;
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ability to obtain adequate certification and licensing of
products; and
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short- and long-term revenue and earnings effects of the above
items.
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Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of
uncertainties and other factors outside our control. The
following factors, among others, could cause actual results or
outcomes to differ materially from the forward-looking
statements:
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fluctuations in demand for newly manufactured railcars or marine
barges;
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delays in receipt of orders, risks that contracts may be
canceled during their term or not renewed and that customers may
not purchase the amount of products or services under the
contracts as anticipated;
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ability to maintain sufficient availability of credit facilities
and to maintain compliance with or to obtain appropriate
amendments to covenants under various credit agreements;
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domestic and global political or economic conditions including
such matters as terrorism, war, embargoes or quotas;
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growth or reduction in the surface transportation industry;
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ability to maintain good relationships with third party labor
providers or collective bargaining units;
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steel and specialty component price fluctuations, scrap
surcharges, steel scrap prices and other commodity price
fluctuations and their impact on product demand and margin;
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a delay or failure of acquired businesses,
start-up
operations, or new products or services to compete successfully;
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changes in product mix and the mix of revenue levels among
reporting segments;
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labor disputes, energy shortages or operating difficulties that
might disrupt operations or the flow of cargo;
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production difficulties and product delivery delays as a result
of, among other matters, changing technologies or
non-performance of alliance partners, subcontractors or
suppliers;
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ability to renew or replace expiring customer contracts on
satisfactory terms;
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ability to obtain and execute suitable contracts for railcars
held for sale;
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lower than anticipated lease renewal rates, earnings on
utilization based leases or residual values for leased equipment;
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discovery of defects in railcars resulting in increased warranty
costs or litigation;
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resolution or outcome of pending or future litigation and
investigations;
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financial condition of principal customers;
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competitive factors, including introduction of competitive
products, new entrants into certain of our markets, price
pressures, limited customer base and competitiveness of our
manufacturing facilities and products;
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industry overcapacity and our manufacturing capacity utilization;
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decreases in carrying value of inventory, goodwill or other
assets due to impairment;
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severance or other costs or charges associated with lay-offs,
shutdowns, or reducing the size and scope of operations;
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changes in future maintenance or warranty requirements;
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ability to adjust to the cyclical nature of the railcar industry;
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changes in interest rates and financial impacts from interest
rates;
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ability and cost to maintain and renew operating permits;
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actions by various regulatory agencies;
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changes in fuel
and/or
energy prices;
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risks associated with our intellectual property rights or those
of third parties, including infringement, maintenance,
protection, validity, enforcement and continued use of such
rights;
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expansion of warranty and product support terms beyond those
which have traditionally prevailed in the rail supply industry;
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availability of a trained work force and availability
and/or
price
of essential raw materials, specialties or components, including
steel castings, to permit manufacture of units on order;
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failure to successfully integrate acquired businesses;
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discovery of unknown liabilities associated with acquired
businesses;
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failure of or delay in implementing and using new software or
other technologies;
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ability to replace maturing lease revenue and earnings with
revenue and earnings from additions to the lease fleet and
management services;
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credit limitations upon our ability to maintain effective
hedging programs; and
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financial impacts from currency fluctuations and currency
hedging activities in our worldwide operations.
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Any forward-looking statements should be considered in light of
these factors. Words such as anticipates,
believes, forecast,
potential, contemplates,
expects, intends, plans,
believes, seeks, estimates,
could, would, will,
may, can and similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from the results contemplated by
the forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to put
undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except as
otherwise required by law, we do not assume any obligation to
update any forward-looking statements. In evaluating an
investment in our securities, you should carefully consider the
discussion of risks and uncertainties described under the
heading Risk Factors contained in this prospectus
and the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free
writing prospectus, and under similar headings in the other
documents, including our most recent annual report on
Form 10-K
and in our most recent quarterly report on
Form 10-Q,
as well as any amendments thereto, and in other filings with the
SEC, that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
You should carefully read both this prospectus, the applicable
prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus,
together with the information incorporated herein by reference
as described under the heading Incorporation by
Reference, completely and with the understanding that our
actual future results may be materially different from what we
expect.
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RATIO OF
EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
Set forth below is information concerning our ratio of earnings
to fixed charges on a consolidated basis for the periods
indicated. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges below has been
computed by dividing earnings before fixed charges by fixed
charges. Earnings before fixed charges consist of earnings
(loss) before income tax, noncontrolling interest and equity in
unconsolidated subsidiaries, plus fixed charges. Fixed charges
consist of interest expense, including amortization of debt
issuance costs, and the portion of rental expense that we
believe is representative of the interest component of lease
expense. The ratio calculated below is not the same as the
calculation of similarly titled fixed charge coverage ratios
required by our existing debt agreements.
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Six Months Ended
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Fiscal Years Ended August 31
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February 28
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2009
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2010
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(In thousands, except for ratios)
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Earnings (loss) before income tax, noncontrolling interest and
equity in unconsolidated subsidiaries
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$
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50,000
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$
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60,144
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$
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30,914
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$
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30,488
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$
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(74,215
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$
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(19,056
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$
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(10,876
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Interest expense
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14,835
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26,317
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43,206
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44,320
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45,912
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20,917
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23,517
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Estimated interest portion of rent expense
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5,591
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6,465
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7,249
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11,371
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11,869
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5,189
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5,699
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$
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70,426
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$
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92,926
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$
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81,369
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$
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86,179
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$
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(16,434
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$
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7,050
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$
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18,340
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Fixed charges
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$
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20,426
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$
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32,782
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$
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50,455
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$
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55,691
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$
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57,781
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$
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26,106
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$
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29,216
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(1)
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3.45
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2.83
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1.61
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1.55
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(0.28
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0.27
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0.63
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Deficiency of earnings to fixed charges
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$
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74,215
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$
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19,056
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$
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10,876
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(1)
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Our earnings were insufficient to cover our fixed charges in the
twelve months ended August 31, 2009, and the six months
ended February 28, 2009 and 2010.
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5
THE
SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER
We may offer shares of our common stock or preferred stock,
various series of debt securities, rights
and/or
warrants to purchase any of such securities, either individually
or in units, in one or more offerings, with a total value of up
to $300,000,000 from time to time under this prospectus at
prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions at the
time of any offering. We may also offer common stock or
preferred stock upon conversion of debt securities, common stock
upon conversion of preferred stock, or common stock, preferred
stock or debt securities upon the exercise of warrants or
rights. This prospectus provides you with a general description
of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer a type or
series of securities under this prospectus, we will provide a
prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts,
prices and other important terms of the securities including, to
the extent applicable:
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designation or classification;
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aggregate principal amount or aggregate offering price;
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maturity;
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original issue discount;
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rates and times of payment of interest or dividends;
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redemption, conversion, exercise, exchange or sinking fund terms;
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ranking;
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restrictive covenants;
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voting or other rights;
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events of default;
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restriction on transfer, sale or other assignment;
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security and subordination;
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terms of modification;
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conversion prices; and
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important United States federal income tax considerations.
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The prospectus supplement and any related free writing
prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you may also
add or update information contained in this prospectus or in
documents we have incorporated by reference. However, no
prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus will offer a
security that is not registered and described in this prospectus
at the time of the effectiveness of the registration statement
of which this prospectus is a part.
THIS
PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE USED TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OF SECURITIES
UNLESS IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
We may sell the securities directly to investors or to or
through agents, underwriters or dealers. We, and our agents or
underwriters, reserve the right to accept or reject all or part
of any proposed purchase of securities. If we do offer
securities to or through agents or underwriters, we will include
in the applicable prospectus supplement:
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the names of those agents or underwriters;
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applicable fees, discounts and commissions to be paid to them;
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details regarding over-allotment options, if any; and
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the net proceeds to us.
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Common Stock.
We may issue shares of our
common stock from time to time. The holders of common stock are
entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all
matters submitted to a vote of shareholders and do not have
cumulative voting rights. Subject to preferences that may be
applicable to any outstanding shares of preferred stock, the
holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably only
those dividends as may be declared by our board of directors out
of legally available funds. Upon our liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, holders of our common stock are entitled to share
ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities and
the liquidation preferences of any outstanding shares of
preferred stock.
Preferred Stock.
We may issue shares of our
preferred stock from time to time, in one or more series. Under
our certificate of incorporation there are
25,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized. Our board
of directors has the authority, without further action by
shareholders, to designate the shares of preferred stock in one
or more series and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges,
qualifications and restrictions granted to or imposed upon the
preferred stock, including dividend rights, conversion rights,
voting rights, rights and terms of redemption, liquidation
preference and sinking fund terms, any or all of which may be
greater than the rights of the common stock. We have not issued
any preferred stock, but in connection with stockholder rights
agreement, have designated 200,000 shares of preferred
stock as Series A participating preferred stock.
If we sell any series of preferred stock under this prospectus,
we will fix the designations, powers, preferences and rights of
such series of preferred stock, as well as the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions thereon, in the certificate of
designation relating to that series. Convertible preferred stock
will be convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock or
our other securities at predetermined conversion rates. We may
prescribe that conversion of such securities shall be mandatory
or at your option. We will file as an exhibit to the
registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or
will incorporate by reference from reports that we file with the
SEC, the form of any certificate of designation that describes
the terms of the series of preferred stock we are offering
before the issuance of the related series of preferred stock. We
urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplement (and any
free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to
you) related to the series of preferred stock being offered, as
well as the complete certificate of designation that contains
the terms of the applicable series of preferred stock.
Debt Securities.
We may issue debt securities
from time to time, in one or more series, as either senior or
subordinated debt or as senior or subordinated convertible debt
and may be secured or unsecured. The senior debt securities will
rank equally with any unsubordinated debt. The subordinated debt
securities will rank equally with all of our other subordinated
debts. Convertible debt securities will be convertible into or
exchangeable for our common stock or our other securities at
predetermined conversion rates. We may prescribe that conversion
of such securities shall be mandatory or at your option.
The debt securities will be issued under one or more indentures,
which are contracts between us and a national banking
association or other eligible party, as trustee. In this
prospectus, we have summarized certain general features of the
debt securities. We urge you, however, to read the applicable
prospectus supplement (and any free writing prospectus that we
may authorize to be provided to you) related to the series of
debt securities being offered, as well as the complete
indentures that contain the terms of the debt securities. We
have filed these indentures as exhibits to the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part, and supplemental
indentures and forms of debt securities containing the terms of
the debt securities being offered will be filed as exhibits to
the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or
will be incorporated by reference from reports that we file with
the SEC.
Guarantees.
Our debt securities may be
guaranteed by any of the Subsidiary Guarantors listed on this
prospectus. The specific terms and provisions of each guarantee
will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Warrants.
We may issue warrants for the
purchase of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities or
other securities in one or more series. We may issue warrants
together with common stock, preferred stock
and/or
debt
securities, and the warrants may be attached to or separate from
these securities. In this prospectus, we have summarized certain
general features of the warrants. We urge you, however, to read
the applicable prospectus supplement (and any free writing
prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you) related
to the particular series of warrants being offered, as well as
the complete warrant agreements and warrant certificates that
contain the
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terms of the warrants. We will file as an exhibit to the
registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or
will incorporate by reference from reports that we file with the
SEC, forms of the warrant agreements and forms of warrant
certificates containing the terms of the warrants being offered.
We will evidence each series of warrants by warrant certificates
that we will issue. Warrants may be issued under an applicable
warrant agreement that we enter into with a warrant agent. We
will indicate the name and address of the warrant agent, if
applicable, in the prospectus supplement relating to the
particular series of warrants being offered.
Rights.
We may issue rights for the purchase
of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities or other
securities in one or more series. These rights may be issued
independently or together with any other security offered hereby
and may or may not be transferable by the stockholder receiving
the rights in such offering. In this prospectus, we have
summarized certain general features of the rights. We urge you,
however, to read the applicable prospectus supplement (and any
free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to
you) related to the particular series of rights being offered,
as well as the complete rights agreements that contain the terms
of the rights. We will file as exhibits to the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will
incorporate by reference from reports that we file with the SEC,
the form of rights agreements that describes the terms of the
rights we are offering, and any supplemental agreements, before
the issuance of the related series of rights.
Units.
We may issue, in one or more series,
units consisting of common stock, preferred stock, debt
securities
and/or
warrants for the purchase of common stock, preferred stock
and/or
debt
securities in any combination. In this prospectus, we have
summarized certain general features of the units. We urge you,
however, to read the applicable prospectus supplement (and any
free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to
you) related to the series of units being offered, as well as
the complete unit agreement that contains the terms of the
units. We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of
which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by
reference from reports that we file with the SEC, the form of
unit agreement and any supplemental agreements that describe the
terms of the series of units it is offering before the issuance
of the related series of units.
DESCRIPTION
OF OUR CAPITAL STOCK
The following description is a general summary of the terms of
our common stock and preferred stock. The description below does
not include all of the terms of the common stock and preferred
stock and should be read together with our Articles of
Incorporation, Bylaws, as amended, the rights agreement
governing our stockholder rights plan, as amended, and our
investor rights and restrictions agreement, copies of which have
been filed with the SEC.
General
Under our Articles of Incorporation, we are authorized to issue
75,000,000 shares, of which 50,000,000 have been designated
shares of common stock, without par value, and 25,000,000 have
been designated shares of preferred stock, without par value.
Further, in connection with the stockholders rights agreement
described below, the board of directors has designated
200,000 shares of preferred stock as Series A
participating preferred stock. As of April 6, 2010,
17,382,560 shares of common stock were issued and
outstanding. We have not issued any shares of our preferred
stock.
Common
Stock
Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share on
all matters to be voted upon by the shareholders. There are no
cumulative voting rights. Holders of common stock have no
preemptive or conversion rights and are entitled to receive
ratable dividends when and if declared by the board of directors
out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends,
subject to any preferential rights of any then-outstanding
preferred stock. There are no redemption or sinking fund
provisions applicable to common stock. Subject to the rights of
holders of any preferred stock, holders of common stock are
entitled to share ratably in our assets legally available for
distribution to shareholders in the event of our liquidation,
dissolution or winding up after payment of or adequate provision
for all
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our known debts and liabilities. Our common stock is listed on
the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GBX.
Preferred
Stock
The board of directors may, without further action by the
shareholders, issue preferred stock in one or more series and
fix the rights and preferences of the preferred stock, including
voting rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, terms of
redemption (including sinking fund provisions) and liquidation
preferences. The issuance of preferred stock by action of the
board of directors could adversely affect the voting power,
dividend rights and other rights of holders of common stock.
Issuance of a series of preferred stock also could, depending
upon the terms of series, impede the completion of a merger,
tender offer or other takeover attempt. In connection with the
stockholders rights plan described below, the board has
designated 200,000 shares of preferred stock as
Series A participating preferred stock, without par value.
None of these shares of preferred stock have been issued or are
outstanding. The number of shares of Series A participating
preferred stock may be increased or decreased by the board
without shareholder approval provided that the number of shares
of Series A participating preferred stock is at least equal
to the number of shares outstanding plus the number of shares
issuable upon exercise of outstanding rights, options or
warrants or upon conversion of outstanding securities.
When the Series A participating preferred stock is issued,
each holder of one one-hundredth of a share of Series A
participating preferred stock will be entitled to one vote on
all matters to be voted upon by the shareholders. Except as
otherwise provided, holders of Series A participating
preferred stock and common stock will vote together as a single
class. The Series A participating preferred stock will rank
junior to all other series of our preferred stock as to the
payment of dividends and the distribution of assets on
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, but senior to our common
stock. Such shares of Series A participating preferred
stock will not be redeemable.
Antitakeover
Provisions
Our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, as currently in
effect, contain provisions that may have the effect of delaying,
deferring or preventing a change in control of our ownership or
management. They provide for:
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a classified board of directors, with each class containing as
nearly as possible one-third of the total number of members of
the board of directors and the members of each class serving for
staggered three-year terms;
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a vote of at least 55% of our voting securities to amend some
provisions of the Articles of Incorporation;
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no less than 120 days advance notice with respect to
nominations of directors or other matters to be voted on by
shareholders other than by or at the direction of the board of
directors;
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removal of directors only with cause;
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the calling of special meetings of shareholders only by the
president, a majority of the board of directors or the holders
of not less than 25% of all votes entitled to be cast on the
matters to be considered at such meeting;
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the issuance of preferred stock by the board without further
action by the shareholders; and
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the designation of the terms of preferred stock issuable
pursuant to a stockholder rights agreement, as described below.
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Antitakeover
Effects of Provisions of Oregon Law
Oregon Takeover Statute; Hostile
Takeovers.
The Oregon Control Share Act, or OCSA,
regulates the process by which a person may acquire control of
certain Oregon-based corporations without the consent and
cooperation of the board of directors. The OCSA provisions
restrict a shareholders ability to vote shares of stock
acquired in certain transactions not approved by the board that
cause the acquiring person to gain control of a voting position
exceeding one-fifth, one-third, or one-half of the votes
entitled to be cast in an election of directors. Shares acquired
in a control share acquisition have no voting rights except as
authorized by a vote of the shareholders. A corporation
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may opt out of the OCSA by provision in the corporations
articles of incorporation or bylaws. We have not opted out of
the coverage of the OCSA.
Interested Shareholder Transactions.
Except
under certain circumstances, the Oregon Business Corporation
Act, or OBCA, prohibits a business combination
between a corporation and an interested shareholder
within three years of the shareholder becoming an
interested shareholder. Generally, an
interested shareholder is a person or group that
directly or indirectly owns, controls, or has the right to
acquire or control, the voting or disposition of 15% or more of
the outstanding voting stock or is an affiliate or associate of
the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of such voting
stock at any time within the previous three years. A
business combination is defined broadly to include,
among others, (i) mergers and sales or other dispositions
of 10% or more of the assets of a corporation with or to an
interested shareholder, (ii) certain transactions resulting
in the issuance or transfer to the interested shareholder of any
stock of the corporation or its subsidiaries, (iii) certain
transactions which would result in increasing the proportionate
share of the stock of a corporation or its subsidiaries owned by
the interested shareholder, and (iv) receipt by the
interested shareholder of the benefit (except proportionately as
a shareholder) of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or
other financial benefits. A business combination between a
corporation and an interested shareholder is prohibited for
three years following the date that the shareholder became an
interested shareholder unless (i) prior to the
date the person became an interested shareholder, the board of
directors approved either the business combination or the
transaction which resulted in the person becoming an interested
shareholder, (ii) upon consummation of the transaction that
resulted in the person becoming an interested shareholder, that
person owns at least 85% of the corporations voting stock
outstanding at the time the transaction is commenced (excluding
shares owned by persons who are both directors and officers and
shares owned by employee stock plans in which participants do
not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares
will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer), or
(iii) the business combination is approved by the board of
directors and authorized by the affirmative vote (at an annual
or special meeting and not by written consent) of at least
two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock not owned by the
interested shareholder.
These restrictions placed on interested shareholders by the OBCA
do not apply under certain circumstances, including, but not
limited to, the following: (i) if the corporations
original articles of incorporation contain a provision expressly
electing not to be governed by the applicable section of the
OBCA; or (ii) if the corporation, by action of its
shareholders, adopts an amendment to its bylaws or articles of
incorporation expressly electing not to be governed by the
applicable section of the OBCA, provided that such an amendment
is approved by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority
of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Such an amendment,
however, generally will not be effective until 12 months
after its adoption and will not apply to any business
combination with a person who became an interested shareholder
at or prior to such adoption. We have not elected to be outside
the coverage of the applicable sections of the OBCA.
Board Of Directors Criteria For Evaluating Business
Combinations.
Under the OBCA, members of the
board of directors of a corporation are authorized to consider
certain factors in determining the best interests of the
corporation when evaluating any (i) offer of another party
to make a tender or exchange offer, (ii) merger or
consolidation proposal, or (iii) offer of another party to
purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the
assets of the corporation. These factors include the social,
legal and economic effects on employees, customers and suppliers
of the corporation and on the communities and geographical areas
in which the corporation and its subsidiaries operate, the
economy and the state of the nation, the long-term and
short-term interests of the corporation and its shareholders,
including the possibility that these interests may be best
served by the continued independence of the corporation, and
other relevant factors.
Investor
Rights and Restrictions Agreement
On June 10, 2009, we entered into (i) a credit
agreement with WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P., WLR IV Parallel
ESC, L.P., WL Ross & Co. LLC, and certain other
parties thereto providing us a $75 million secured term
loan; and (ii) a warrant agreement with Recovery
Fund IV, L.P., WLR IV Parallel ESC, L.P., and other holders
from time to time party thereto, the Warrant Agreement, whereby
we issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of
3,377,903 shares of our common stock, referred to herein
as, WLR Warrants. The initial exercise price of the WLR Warrants
is $6.00 per share, and the exercise price and the number of
shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the WLR
Warrants are subject to adjustment as provided for in the
Warrant Agreement. In connection
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with the WLR Credit Agreement and the Warrant Agreement, we
entered into the Investor Rights and Restrictions Agreement,
dated as of June 10, 2009, with WL Ross & Co. LLC
and certain affiliates, referred to herein as the WLR Funds, and
the holders of the WLR Warrants from time to time party thereto.
Among other things, the Investor Rights Agreement provides that
we will cause two designees of Recovery Fund IV, L.P., to
be appointed to our board of directors, each of whom shall be
appointed to a separate class. In addition, the Investor Rights
Agreement also provides that subject to certain exceptions, we
may not issue common stock or securities convertible into, or
exercisable or exchangeable for, common stock, without
consideration or for consideration per share (or having a
conversion or exercise price per share) that is less than $6.00
per share (as adjusted for stock splits, dividends,
combinations, etc.), without the prior consent, not to be
unreasonably withheld, of a majority of the holders of the WLR
Warrants.
The Investor Rights Agreement also provides, if permitted by law
and the rules and regulations of the applicable stock exchange,
if we conduct a primary, public offering of our common stock
(other than one where we reasonably believe that the price per
share to the public will be in excess of $6.00), certain holders
of the WLR Warrants the right to participate in proportion to
their ownership of our common stock (calculated as if the
warrants were exercised). The Investor Rights Agreement also
grants the holders of the WLR Warrants certain registration
rights. The terms and conditions of such participation rights
and registration rights are set forth in the Investor Rights
Agreement.
Stockholder
Rights Agreement
We entered into a stockholder rights agreement, dated
July 13, 2004, as amended on November 9, 2004,
February 5, 2005, and June 10, 2009, between us and a
rights agent. Pursuant to the rights agreement, each stockholder
of record as of July 26, 2004 received a dividend
distribution of one preferred stock purchase right per share of
common stock. Each right initially entitles the registered
holder to purchase one one-hundredth of a share of Series A
participating preferred stock, at a price of $100 per right,
subject to adjustment. The rights are not presently exercisable.
Until they become exercisable, the rights will automatically
trade with the underlying common stock and no separate preferred
stock purchase rights certificates will be distributed at this
time. The rights can be exercised on a cashless basis at the
discretion of the board of directors. The rights will expire at
the earlier of July 26, 2014 or the redemption or exchange
of the rights.
Subject to certain exceptions, the rights become exercisable ten
days following the date any person or group becomes an Acquiring
Person, as defined in the agreement. The agreement provides that
an Acquiring Person is, subject to certain
exceptions, any person who first acquires 12% or more of our
common stock or any person or group, commencing a tender offer,
the consummation of which would result in that person or group
beneficially owning 12% or more of our outstanding common stock.
In connection with the Investor Rights and Restrictions
Agreement, we amended the stockholder rights agreement to
provide the WLR Funds shall not be deemed to be an Acquiring
Person unless their beneficial ownership exceeds 19.9% of our
common stock.
If the rights become exercisable as described in the preceding
paragraph, each holder of rights will be entitled to exercise
such rights in order to receive that number of shares of our
common stock equal to twice the exercise price of the rights. In
addition, in the event of a business combination or certain sale
transactions, the rights permit their holders to receive, upon
the exercise at the then-current exercisable price, that number
of shares of the acquirers or surviving corporations
common stock having a market value of two times the exercise
price of the right. In each case, the rights associated with the
shares of our common stock owned by the Acquiring Person become
null and void.
At any time after a person or group becomes an Acquiring Person
and before the person or group acquires 50% or more of our
common stock, we may exchange all of the then-outstanding
rights, other than rights held by the Acquiring Person, for
common stock at an exchange ratio of one share of common stock
per rights, subject to readjustment. The agreement also provides
that in accordance with certain provisions we may, by action of
our board of directors, at any time until 10 days after a
person meets the triggering threshold under the plan redeem the
rights for $0.01 per right and terminate the rights agreement.
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Number of
Directors; Filling Vacancies
Our Bylaws, as currently in effect, provide that the number of
directors shall be eleven. The shareholders and the board of
directors have the authority to adopt, repeal or amend the
bylaws. The affirmative vote of a majority of the total number
of votes of the then-outstanding shares of our capital stock
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting
together as a single class, may remove any director only with
cause. Unless previously filled by the holders of at least a
majority of the shares of capital stock entitled to vote for the
election of directors, vacancies and newly created directorships
resulting from any increase in the authorized number of
directors may be filled by a majority vote of the directors then
in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
director.
DESCRIPTION
OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following description, together with the additional
information we include in any applicable prospectus supplement,
summarizes the material features, terms and provisions of any
debt securities that we may offer under this prospectus. This
summary does not purport to be exhaustive and may not contain
all the information that is important to you. Therefore, you
should read the applicable prospectus supplement relating to
those debt securities and any other offering materials that we
may provide. We may issue debt securities, in one or more
series, as either senior or subordinated debt or as senior or
subordinated convertible debt. Unless otherwise stated in the
applicable prospectus supplement, we will not be limited in the
amount of debt securities that we may issue, and neither the
senior debt securities nor the subordinated debt securities will
be secured by any of our property or assets. As of the date of
this prospectus, substantially all of our assets are pledged to
secure indebtedness under our existing credit facilities. While
the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any
debt securities that we may offer under this prospectus, we will
describe the particular terms of any debt securities that we may
offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement.
The terms of any debt securities offered under a prospectus
supplement may differ from the terms described below. For any
debt securities that we may offer, an indenture (and any
relevant supplemental indenture) will contain additional
important terms and provisions and will be incorporated by
reference as an exhibit to the registration statement that
includes this prospectus, or as an exhibit to a current report
on
Form 8-K,
incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Unless the context
requires otherwise, whenever we refer to the indentures, we also
are referring to any supplemental indentures that specify the
terms of a particular series of debt securities.
We conduct substantially all of our operations though
subsidiaries. As a result, claims of holders of debt securities
will generally have a junior position to claims of creditors of
our subsidiaries, except to the extent that we may be recognized
as a creditor of those subsidiaries. In addition, our right to
participate as a shareholder in any distribution of assets of
any subsidiary (and thus the ability of holders of debt
securities to benefit from such distribution as our creditors)
is junior to creditors of each subsidiary.
We may issue senior debt securities or subordinated debt
securities under one or separate indentures, which may be
supplemented or amended from time to time. Senior debt
securities will be issued under one or more senior indentures
that we will enter into with the trustees named in such senior
indentures and subordinated debt securities will be issued under
one or more subordinated indentures that we will enter into with
the trustees named in such subordinated indentures. Any senior
debt indentures and subordinated debt indentures are referred to
individually in this prospectus as the indenture and
collectively as the indentures. The particular terms
of a series of debt securities will be described in a prospectus
supplement relating to such series of debt securities. Any
indentures will be subject to, governed by and qualified under,
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and may be
supplemented or amended from time to time following their
execution. We use the term debenture trustee to
refer to either a trustee under a senior indenture or a trustee
under a subordinated indenture, as applicable. We have filed
forms of indentures to the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part, and supplemental indentures and forms of
debt securities containing the terms of the debt securities
being offered will be filed as exhibits to the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part or will be
incorporated by reference from reports that we file with the SEC.
Any indentures will contain the full legal text of the matters
described in this section of the prospectus, as applicable.
Because this section is a summary, it does not describe every
aspect of the debt securities or any applicable indentures. This
summary is therefore subject to and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to all the
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provisions of any applicable indenture, including any
definitions of terms used in such indenture. Your rights will be
defined by the terms of any applicable indenture, not the
summary provided herein or in any prospectus supplement or
supplements. This summary is also subject to and qualified by
reference to the description of the particular terms of a
particular series of debt securities described in the applicable
prospectus supplement or supplements.
The debt securities may be denominated and payable in
U.S. dollars. We may also issue debt securities, from time
to time, with the principal amount, interest or other amounts
payable on any relevant payment date to be determined by
reference to one or more currency exchange rates, securities or
baskets of securities, commodity prices, indices or any other
financial, economic or other measure or instrument, including
the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event or circumstance.
In addition, we may issue debt securities as part of any units
issued by us. All references in this prospectus or any
prospectus supplement to other amounts will include premiums, if
any, other cash amounts payable under the applicable indenture,
and the delivery of securities or baskets of securities under
the terms of the debt securities. Debt securities may bear
interest at a fixed rate, which may be zero, or a floating rate.
Some of the debt securities may be issued as original issue
discount debt securities. Original issue discount securities
bear no interest or bear interest at below market rates and will
be sold at a discount below their stated principal amount. A
prospectus supplement relating to an issue of original issue
discount securities will contain information relating to United
States federal income tax, accounting, and other special
considerations applicable to original issue discount securities.
We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement the
terms, if any, on which a series of debt securities may be
convertible into or exchangeable for our preferred stock, common
stock or other securities. We will include provisions as to
whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of
the holder or at our option. We may include provisions pursuant
to which the number of shares of our preferred stock, common
stock or other securities that holders of the series of debt
securities receive would be subject to adjustment.
We will generally have no obligation to repurchase, redeem, or
change the terms of debt securities upon any event (including a
merger, consolidation, change in control or disposition of
substantially all of our assets) that might have an adverse
effect on our credit quality.
The following summaries of material provisions of the senior
debt securities, the subordinated debt securities and the
indentures are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by
reference to, all of the provisions of the indenture applicable
to a particular series of debt securities. We urge you to read
the applicable prospectus supplements and any related free
writing prospectuses related to the debt securities that we may
offer under this prospectus, as well as the complete indentures
that contains the terms of the debt securities. Except as we may
otherwise indicate, the terms of the senior indenture and the
subordinated indenture are identical.
General
We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement,
documents incorporated by reference, or free writing prospectus
with respect to any debt securities, the terms of the debt
securities being offered, including, but not limited to:
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the title and series of debt securities;
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the principal amount being offered, and if a series, the total
amount authorized and the total amount outstanding;
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any limit on the amount that may be issued;
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whether or not we will issue the series of debt securities in
global form, the terms and who the depositary will be;
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the date or dates and method or methods by which principal and
any premium on such debt securities is payable;
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the principal amount due at maturity;
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whether and under what circumstances, if any, we will pay
additional amounts on any debt securities held by a person who
is not a United States person for tax purposes, and whether we
can redeem the debt securities if we have to pay such additional
amounts;
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the interest rate, which may be fixed or variable, or the method
for determining the rate and the date interest will begin to
accrue, the dates interest will be payable and the regular
record dates for interest payment dates or the method for
determining such dates;
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whether or not the debt securities will be convertible into
shares of common stock, preferred stock or other securities or
property and, if so, the terms of such conversion;
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whether or not the debt securities will be secured or unsecured,
and the terms of any secured debt;
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the terms of the subordination of any series of subordinated
debt;
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the terms of any guarantee of the payment of principal, interest
and premium, if any, with respect to debt securities of the
series and any corresponding changes to the provisions of the
applicable indenture;
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the place where payments will be payable;
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restrictions on transfer, sale or other assignment, if any;
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our right, if any, to defer payment of interest and the maximum
length of any such deferral period;
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the date, if any, after which, and the price at which, we may,
at our option, redeem the series of debt securities pursuant to
any optional or provisional redemption provisions and the terms
of those redemption provisions;
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the date, if any, on which, and the price at which we are
obligated, pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund or analogous
fund provisions or otherwise, to redeem, or at the holders
option to purchase, the series of debt securities and the
currency or currency unit in which the debt securities are
payable;
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whether and under what circumstances any additional amounts are
payable with respect to such debt securities;
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the notice, if any, to holders of such debt securities regarding
the determination of interest on a floating rate debt security;
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the denominations of such debt securities, if other than $1,000
and integral multiples thereof;
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the terms, if any, by which the amount of payments of principal
or any premium, interest or additional amounts on such debt
securities may be determined by reference to an index, formula,
financial or economic measure or other methods;
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if other than the principal amount hereof, the portion of the
principal amount of such debt securities that will be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof or
provable in bankruptcy;
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any events of default or covenants in addition to or in lieu of
those described herein and remedies therefor;
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whether such debt securities will be subject to defeasance or
covenant defeasance;
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the terms, if any, upon which such debt securities are to be
issuable upon the exercise of warrants, units or rights;
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whether such debt securities will be guaranteed and the terms
thereof; and
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any other terms of the series of debt securities (which shall
not be inconsistent with the provisions of the indentures,
except as permitted by a supplemental indenture, but which may
modify or delete any provisions of the indentures insofar as it
applies to such series), including any terms which may be
required by or advisable under the laws of the U.S. or
regulations thereunder or advisable (as determined by us) in
connection with the marketing of the debt securities of the
series.
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Guarantee
Our debt securities may be guaranteed by any of the Subsidiary
Guarantors listed on this prospectus. The specific terms and
provisions of each guarantee will be described in the applicable
prospectus supplement.
Conversion
or Exchange Rights
We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement the
terms on which a series of debt securities may be convertible
into or exchangeable for our common stock or our other
securities. We will include provisions as to whether conversion
or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at our
option. We may include provisions pursuant to which the number
of shares of our common stock or our other securities that the
holders of the series of debt securities receive would be
subject to adjustment.
Consolidation,
Merger or Sale
Unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement
applicable to a particular series of debt securities, the
indentures will not contain any covenant that restricts our
ability to merge or consolidate, or sell, convey, transfer or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets.
However, any successor to or acquirer of such assets must assume
all of our obligations under the indentures or the debt
securities, as appropriate. If the debt securities are
convertible into or exchangeable for our other securities or
securities of other entities, the person with whom we
consolidate or merge or to whom we sell all of our property must
make provisions for the conversion of the debt securities into
securities that the holders of the debt securities would have
received if they had converted the debt securities before the
consolidation, merger or sale.
DESCRIPTION
OF WARRANTS
We may issue warrants for the purchase of common stock,
preferred stock, debt securities or other securities, in one or
more series. We may issue warrants independently or together
with common stock, preferred stock
and/or
debt
securities, and the warrants may be attached to or separate from
these securities. While the terms summarized below will apply
generally to any warrants that we may offer, we will describe
the particular terms of any series of warrants in more detail in
the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms of any warrants
offered under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms
described below.
We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from
reports that we file with the SEC, the form of warrant agreement
that describes the terms of the particular series of warrants we
are offering. The following summaries of material provisions of
the warrants and the warrant agreements are subject to, and
qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions
of the warrant agreement and warrant certificate applicable to
the particular series of warrants that we may offer under this
prospectus. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus
supplements related to the particular series of warrants that it
may offer under this prospectus, as well as any related free
writing prospectuses, and the complete warrant agreements that
contain the terms of the warrants.
General
We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement,
documents incorporated by reference, or free writing prospectus
with respect to any warrants, the terms of the warrants being
offered, including, but not limited to:
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the offering price of securities that include such warrants and
aggregate number of warrants offered;
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if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with
which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued
with each such security or each principal amount of such
security;
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in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the
principal amount of debt securities purchasable upon exercise of
one warrant and the price at, and currency in which, this
principal amount of debt securities may be purchased upon such
exercise;
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in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred
stock, the number of shares of common stock or preferred stock,
as the case may be, purchasable upon the exercise of one warrant
and the price at which these shares may be purchased upon such
exercise;
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the effect of any merger, consolidation, sale or other
disposition of our business on the warrant agreements and the
warrants;
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the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants;
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any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the exercise
price or number of securities issuable upon exercise of the
warrants;
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the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants will
commence and expire;
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the manner in which the warrant agreements may be modified;
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a discussion of any material or special United States federal
income tax consequences of holding or exercising the warrants;
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the terms of the securities issuable upon exercise of the
warrants; and
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any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of
or restrictions on the warrants.
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Before exercising their warrants, holders of warrants will not
have any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable
upon such exercise, including:
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in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the right
to receive payments of principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest on, the debt securities purchasable upon exercise or to
enforce covenants in the applicable indenture; or
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in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred
stock, the right to receive dividends, if any, or payments upon
our liquidation, dissolution or winding up or to exercise voting
rights, if any.
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Exercise
of Warrants
Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase the securities
that we specify in the applicable prospectus supplement at the
exercise price or prices that we describe in the applicable
prospectus supplement. Holders of the warrants may exercise the
warrants at any time up to the specified time on the expiration
date that we set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised
warrants will become void.
Holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants by delivering
the warrant agreement representing the warrants to be exercised
together with specified information, and paying the required
amount to us in immediately available funds, as provided in the
applicable prospectus supplement.
Upon receipt of the required payment and the warrant agreement
properly completed and duly executed at our or any other office
indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue
and deliver the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If
fewer than all of the warrants represented by the warrant
agreement are exercised, then we will issue a new warrant
agreement for the remaining amount of warrants. Holders of the
warrants may surrender securities as all or part of the exercise
price for warrants.
Enforceability
of Rights by Holders of Warrants
Each warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the
applicable warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation
or relationship of agency or trust with any holder of any
warrant. A single bank or trust company may act as warrant agent
for more than one issue of warrants. A warrant agent will have
no duty or responsibility in case of any default by us under the
applicable warrant agreement or warrant, including any duty or
responsibility to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise,
or to make any demand upon us. Any holder of a warrant may,
without the consent of the related warrant agent or the holder
of any other warrant, enforce by appropriate legal action its
right to exercise, and receive the securities purchasable upon
exercise of, its warrants.
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DESCRIPTION
OF RIGHTS
We may issue rights to purchase our common stock, preferred
stock, debt securities or other securities in one or more
series. These rights may be issued independently or together
with any other security offered hereby and may or may not be
transferable by the stockholder receiving the rights in such
offering. In connection with any offering of such rights, we may
enter into a standby arrangement with one or more underwriters
or other purchasers pursuant to which the underwriters or other
purchasers may be required to purchase any securities remaining
unsubscribed for after such offering.
We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from
reports that we file with the SEC, the form of rights agreements
that describes the terms of the rights we are offering, and any
supplemental agreements, before the issuance of the related
series of rights. The following summaries of material terms and
provisions the rights are subject to, and qualified in their
entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the rights
agreement and any supplemental agreements applicable to a
particular series of rights. We urge you to read the applicable
prospectus supplements related to the particular series of
rights that we may offer under this prospectus, as well as any
related free writing prospectuses and the complete rights
agreement and any supplemental agreements that contain the terms
of the rights.
General
We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement,
documents incorporated by reference, or free writing prospectus
with respect to any rights, the terms of the rights being
offered, including, but not limited to:
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in the case of a distribution of rights to our stockholders, the
date of determining the stockholders entitled to the rights
distribution;
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in the case of a distribution of rights to our stockholders, the
number of rights issued or to be issued to each stockholder;
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the exercise price payable for the underlying debt securities,
common stock, preferred stock or other securities upon the
exercise of the rights;
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the number and terms of the underlying debt securities, common
stock, preferred stock or other securities which may be
purchased per each right;
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the extent to which the rights are transferable;
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the date on which the holders ability to exercise the
rights shall commence, and the date on which the rights shall
expire;
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the extent to which the rights may include an over-subscription
privilege with respect to unsubscribed securities;
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the effect of any merger, consolidation, sale or other
disposition of our business on the rights agreements and the
rights;
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the manner in which the rights agreements may be modified;
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a discussion of any material or special United States federal
income tax consequences of holding or exercising the rights;
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if applicable, the material terms of any standby underwriting or
purchase arrangement entered into by us in connection with the
offering of such rights; and
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any other terms of the rights, including, but not limited to,
the terms, procedures, conditions and limitations relating to
the exchange and exercise of the rights.
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Exercise
of Rights
Each right will entitle the holder to purchase the securities
that we specify in the applicable prospectus supplement at the
exercise price or prices that we describe in the applicable
prospectus supplement. Holders of the
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rights may exercise the rights at any time up to the specified
time on the expiration date that we set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the
expiration date, unexercised rights will become void.
Holders of the rights may exercise the rights by delivering the
rights agreement representing the rights to be exercised
together with specified information, and paying the required
amount to us in immediately available funds, as provided in the
applicable prospectus supplement.
Upon receipt of the required payment and the rights agreement
properly completed and duly executed at our or any other office
indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue
and deliver the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If
fewer than all of the rights represented by the rights agreement
are exercised, then we will issue a new rights agreement for the
remaining amount of rights. Holders of the rights may surrender
securities as all or part of the exercise price for rights.
DESCRIPTION
OF UNITS
We may issue, in one or more series, units consisting of common
stock, preferred stock, debt securities
and/or
warrants for the purchase of common stock, preferred stock
and/or
debt
securities in any combination. While the terms we have
summarized below will apply generally to any units that we may
offer under this prospectus, we will describe the particular
terms of any series of units in more detail in the applicable
prospectus supplement. The terms of any units offered under a
prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below.
We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from
reports that we file with the SEC, the form of unit agreement
that describes the terms of the series of units we are offering,
and any supplemental agreements, before the issuance of the
related series of units. The following summaries of material
terms and provisions of the units are subject to, and qualified
in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the
unit agreement and any supplemental agreements applicable to a
particular series of units. We urge you to read the applicable
prospectus supplements related to the particular series of units
that we may offer under this prospectus, as well as any related
free writing prospectuses and the complete unit agreement and
any supplemental agreements that contain the terms of the units.
General
Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also
the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the
holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a
holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which
a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the
unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or
at any time before a specified date.
We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement,
documents incorporated by reference, or free writing prospectus
with respect to any series of units, the terms of the series of
units being offered, including, but not limited to:
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the designation and terms of the units and of the securities
comprising the units, including whether and under what
circumstances those securities may be held or transferred
separately;
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any provisions of the governing unit agreement that differ from
those described below; and
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any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer
or exchange of the units or of the securities comprising the
units.
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The provisions described in this section, as well as those
described under Description of Our Capital Stock,
Description of Debt Securities and Description
of Warrants will apply to each unit to the extent
comprised of any such security included in each unit, as well as
the underlying, relevant securities, respectively.
Issuance
in Series
We may issue units in such amounts and in such numerous distinct
series as we determine.
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Enforceability
of Rights by Holders of Units
Each unit agent will act solely as our agent under the
applicable unit agreement and will not assume any obligation or
relationship of agency or trust with any holder of any unit. A
single bank or trust company may act as unit agent for more than
one series of units. A unit agent will have no duty or
responsibility in case of any default by us under the applicable
unit agreement or unit, including any duty or responsibility to
initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any
demand upon us. Any holder of a unit may, without the consent of
the related unit agent or the holder of any other unit, enforce
by appropriate legal action its rights as holder under any
security included in the unit.
Title
We, and any unit agent and any of their agents, may treat the
registered holder of any unit certificate as an absolute owner
of the units evidenced by that certificate for any purpose and
as the person entitled to exercise the rights attaching to the
units so requested, despite any notice to the contrary. See
Legal Ownership of Securities below.
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USE OF
PROCEEDS
Except as described in any prospectus supplement or in any
related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be
provided to you, we currently intend to use the net proceeds
from the sale of the securities offered hereby for general
corporate purposes, including, among other things, working
capital, financing possible acquisitions, repayment of
obligations that have matured, and reducing or refinancing
indebtedness that may be outstanding at the time of any offering
under this prospectus.
We have not specifically allocated the proceeds to those
purposes as of the date of this prospectus. Pending these uses,
we may invest the net proceeds in short-term, investment-grade
securities. The precise amount and timing of the application of
proceeds from the sale of securities will depend on our funding
requirements and the availability and cost of other funds at the
time of sale. Allocation of proceeds of a particular series of
securities, or the principal reason for the offering if no
allocation has been made, will be described in the applicable
prospectus supplement or in any related free writing prospectus.
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LEGAL
OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
We can issue securities in registered form to
holders and indirect holders or as
global securities. We refer to those persons who have securities
registered in their own names on the books that we or any
applicable trustee or depositary maintain for this purpose as
the holders of those securities. These persons are
the legal holders of the securities. We refer to those persons
who, indirectly through others, own beneficial interests in
securities that are not registered in their own names, as
indirect holders of those securities. As discussed
below, indirect holders are not legal holders, and investors in
securities issued in book-entry form or in street name will be
indirect holders.
Book-Entry
Holders
We may issue securities in book-entry form only, as we will
specify in the applicable prospectus supplement. This means
securities may be represented by one or more global securities
registered in the name of a financial institution that holds
them as depositary on behalf of other financial institutions
that participate in the depositarys book-entry system.
These participating institutions, which are referred to as
participants, in turn, hold beneficial interests in the
securities on behalf of themselves or their customers.
Only the person in whose name a security is registered is
recognized as the holder of that security. Securities issued in
global form will be registered in the name of the depositary or
its participants. Consequently, for securities issued in global
form, we will recognize only the depositary as the holder of the
securities, and we will make all payments on the securities to
the depositary. The depositary passes along the payments it
receives to its participants, which in turn pass the payments
along to their customers who are the beneficial owners. The
depositary and its participants do so under agreements they have
made with one another or with their customers; they are not
obligated to do so under the terms of the securities.
As a result, investors in a book-entry security will not own
securities directly. Instead, they will own beneficial interests
in a global security, through a bank, broker or other financial
institution that participates in the depositarys
book-entry system or holds an interest through a participant. As
long as the securities are issued in global form, investors will
be indirect holders, and not holders, of the securities.
Street
Name Holders
We may terminate a global security or issue securities in
non-global form. In these cases, investors may choose to hold
their securities in their own names or in street
name. Securities held by an investor in street name would
be registered in the name of a bank, broker or other financial
institution that the investor chooses, and the investor would
hold only a beneficial interest in those securities through an
account he or she maintains at that institution.
For securities held in street name, we will recognize only the
intermediary banks, brokers and other financial institutions in
whose names the securities are registered as the holders of
those securities, and will make all payments, if any, on those
securities to them. These institutions pass along the payments
they receive to their customers who are the beneficial owners,
but only because they agree to do so in their customer
agreements or because they are legally required to do so.
Investors who hold securities in street name will be indirect
holders, not holders, of those securities.
Legal
Holders
Our obligations, as well as the obligations of any applicable
trustee and of any third parties employed by us or a trustee,
run only to the legal holders of the securities. We do not have
obligations to investors who hold beneficial interests in global
securities, in street name or by any other indirect means. This
will be the case whether an investor chooses to be an indirect
holder of a security or has no choice because we are issuing the
securities only in global form.
For example, once we make a payment, if any, or give a notice to
the holder, we have no further responsibility for the payment or
notice even if that holder is required, under agreements with
depositary participants or customers or by law, to pass it along
to the indirect holders but does not do so. Similarly, we may
want to obtain the approval of the holders to amend an
indenture, to relieve us of the consequences of a default or of
our obligation to comply with a particular provision of the
indenture or for other purposes. In such an event, we would seek
approval only from the
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holders, and not the indirect holders, of the securities.
Whether and how the holders contact the indirect holders is up
to the holders.
Special
Considerations For Indirect Holders
If you hold securities through a bank, broker or other financial
institution, either in book-entry form or in street name, you
should check with your own institution to find out:
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how it handles securities payments and notices;
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whether it imposes fees or charges;
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how it would handle a request for the holders consent, if
ever required;
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whether and how you can instruct it to send you securities
registered in your own name so you can be a holder, if that is
permitted in the future;
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how it would exercise rights under the securities if there were
a default or other event triggering the need for holders to act
to protect their interests; and
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if the securities are in book-entry form, how the
depositarys rules and procedures will affect these matters.
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Global
Securities
A global security is a security that represents one or any other
number of individual securities held by a depositary. Generally,
all securities represented by the same global securities will
have the same terms.
Each security issued in book-entry form will be represented by a
global security that we deposit with and register in the name of
a financial institution or its nominee that we select. The
financial institution that we select for this purpose is called
the depositary. Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable
prospectus supplement, The Depository Trust Company, New
York, New York, known as DTC, will be the depositary for all
securities issued in book-entry form.
A global security may not be transferred to or registered in the
name of anyone other than the depositary, its nominee or a
successor depositary, unless special termination situations
arise. We describe those situations below under Special
Situations When a Global Security Will Be Terminated. As a
result of these arrangements, the depositary, or its nominee,
will be the sole registered owner and holder of all securities
represented by a global security, and investors will be
permitted to own only beneficial interests in a global security.
Beneficial interests must be held by means of an account with a
broker, bank or other financial institution that in turn has an
account with the depositary or with another institution that
does. Thus, an investor whose security is represented by a
global security will not be a holder of the security, but only
an indirect holder of a beneficial interest in the global
security.
If the prospectus supplement for a particular security indicates
that the security will be issued in global form only, then the
security will be represented by a global security at all times
unless and until the global security is terminated. If
termination occurs, we may issue the securities through another
book-entry clearing system or decide that the securities may no
longer be held through any book-entry clearing system.
Special
Considerations For Global Securities
The rights of an indirect holder relating to a global security
will be governed by the account rules of the investors
financial institution and of the depositary, as well as general
laws relating to securities transfers. We do not recognize an
indirect holder as a holder of securities but instead deal only
with the depositary that holds the global security.
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If securities are issued only in the form of a global security,
an investor should be aware of the following:
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an investor cannot cause the securities to be registered in his
or her name, and cannot obtain non-global certificates for his
or her interest in the securities, except in the special
situations described below;
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an investor will be an indirect holder and must look to his or
her own bank or broker for payments on the securities and
protection of his or her legal rights relating to the
securities, as described above;
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an investor may not be able to sell interests in the securities
to some insurance companies and to other institutions that are
required by law to own their securities in non-book-entry form;
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an investor may not be able to pledge his or her interest in a
global security in circumstances where certificates representing
the securities must be delivered to the lender or other
beneficiary of the pledge in order for the pledge to be
effective;
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the depositarys policies, which may change from time to
time, will govern payments, transfers, exchanges and other
matters relating to an investors interest in a global
security;
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we and any applicable trustee have no responsibility for any
aspect of the depositarys actions or for its records of
ownership interests in a global security, nor do we or any
applicable trustee supervise the depositary in any way;
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the depositary may, and we understand that DTC will, require
that those who purchase and sell interests in a global security
within its book-entry system use immediately available funds,
and your broker or bank may require you to do so as
well; and
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financial institutions that participate in the depositarys
book-entry system, and through which an investor holds its
interest in a global security, may also have their own policies
affecting payments, notices and other matters relating to the
securities.
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There may be more than one financial intermediary in the chain
of ownership for an investor. We do not monitor and are not
responsible for the actions of any of those intermediaries.
Special
Situations When a Global Security Will Be Terminated
In a few special situations described below, the global security
will terminate and interests in it will be exchanged for
physical certificates representing those interests. After that
exchange, the choice of whether to hold securities directly or
in street name will be up to the investor. Investors must
consult their own banks or brokers to find out how to have their
interests in securities transferred to their own name, so that
they will be direct holders. We have described the rights of
holders and street name investors above.
Unless we provide otherwise in the applicable prospectus
supplement, the global security will terminate when the
following special situations occur:
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if the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling, unable or no
longer qualified to continue as depositary for that global
security and we do not appoint another institution to act as
depositary within 90 days;
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if we notify any applicable trustee that we wish to terminate
that global security; or
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if an event of default has occurred with regard to securities
represented by that global security and has not been cured or
waived.
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The prospectus supplement may also list additional situations
for terminating a global security that would apply only to the
particular series of securities covered by the applicable
prospectus supplement. When a global security terminates, the
depositary, and not us or any applicable trustee, is responsible
for deciding the names of the institutions that will be the
initial direct holders.
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PLAN OF
DISTRIBUTION
We may sell the securities from time to time pursuant to
underwritten public offerings, negotiated transactions, block
trades or a combination of these methods. We may sell the
securities to or through underwriters or dealers, with or
without an underwriting syndicate, through agents, or directly
to one or more purchasers through a specific bidding or auction
process, a rights offering, or otherwise, or through a
combination of these methods or through any other method
described in a prospectus supplement. We may distribute
securities from time to time in one or more transactions:
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at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed;
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at market prices prevailing at the time of sale;
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at prices related to such prevailing market prices; or
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at negotiated prices or in competitively bid transactions.
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A distribution of the securities offered by this prospectus may
also be effected through the issuance of derivative securities,
including without limitation, warrants, subscriptions,
exchangeable securities, forward delivery contracts and the
writing of options. In addition, the manner in which we may sell
some or all of the securities covered by this prospectus
includes, without limitation, through:
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a block trade in which a broker-dealer will attempt to sell as
agent, but may position or resell a portion of the block, as
principal, in order to facilitate the transaction;
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purchases by a broker-dealer, as principal, and resale by the
broker-dealer for its account;
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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a
broker solicits purchasers; or
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privately negotiated transactions.
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We may also enter into hedging transactions. For example, we may:
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enter into transactions with a broker-dealer or affiliate
thereof in connection with which such broker-dealer or affiliate
will engage in short sales of the common stock pursuant to this
prospectus, in which case such broker-dealer or affiliate may
use shares of common stock received from us to close out its
short positions;
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sell securities short and redeliver such shares to close out our
short positions;
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enter into option or other types of transactions that require us
to deliver common stock to a broker-dealer or an affiliate
thereof, who will then resell or transfer the common stock under
this prospectus; or
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loan or pledge the common stock to a broker-dealer or an
affiliate thereof, who may sell the loaned shares or, in an
event of default in the case of a pledge, sell the pledged
shares pursuant to this prospectus.
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In addition, we may enter into derivative or hedging
transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered
by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated
transactions. In connection with such a transaction, the third
parties may sell securities covered by and pursuant to this
prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement or pricing
supplement, as the case may be. If so, the third party may use
securities borrowed from us or others to settle such sales and
may use securities received from us to close out any related
short positions. We may also loan or pledge securities covered
by this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to
third parties, who may sell the loaned securities or, in an
event of default in the case of a pledge, sell the pledged
securities pursuant to this prospectus and the applicable
prospectus supplement or pricing supplement, as the case may be.
A prospectus supplement or supplements will describe the terms
of the offering of the securities, including:
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the terms of the offering;
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the name or names of the underwriters, dealers or agents, if
any, and the types and amounts of securities underwritten or
purchased by each of them;
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the purchase price of the securities and the proceeds we will
receive from the sale;
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any over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase
additional securities from us;
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any agency fees or underwriting discounts and other items
constituting agents or underwriters compensation;
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the terms of any rights;
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any public offering price;
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any delayed delivery arrangements;
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any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to
dealers; and
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any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be
listed.
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Only underwriters named in the prospectus supplement will be
underwriters of the securities offered by the prospectus
supplement.
If underwriters are used in the sale, they will acquire the
securities for their own account and may resell the securities
from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed public
offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of
sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the
securities will be subject to the conditions set forth in the
applicable underwriting agreement. We may offer the securities
to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by
managing underwriters or by underwriters without a syndicate.
Subject to certain conditions, the underwriters will be
obligated to purchase all of the securities offered by the
prospectus supplement, other than securities covered by any
over-allotment option. Any public offering price and any
discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers
may change from time to time. We may use underwriters with whom
we have a material relationship. We will describe in the
prospectus supplement, naming the underwriter, the nature of any
such relationship.
If we use dealers in the sale of securities, we will sell
securities to such dealers as principals. The dealers may then
resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be
determined by such dealers at the time of resale. We may solicit
offers to purchase the securities directly, and we may sell the
securities directly to institutional or other investors, who may
be deemed underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act
with respect to any resales of those securities. The terms of
these sales will be described in the applicable prospectus
supplement. If we use agents in the sale of securities, unless
otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, they will use
their reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases for the
period of their appointment. Unless otherwise indicated in a
prospectus supplement, if we sell directly, no underwriters,
dealers or agents would be involved. We will not make an offer
of securities in any jurisdiction that does not permit such an
offer.
We may sell securities directly or through agents we designate
from time to time. We will name any agent involved in the
offering and sale of securities and will describe any
commissions we will pay the agent in the prospectus supplement.
Unless the prospectus supplement states otherwise, our agent
will act on a best-efforts basis for the period of its
appointment.
We may choose to sell the offered securities directly to
multiple purchasers or a single purchaser. In this case, no
underwriters or agents would be involved.
We may also make direct sales through rights distributed to our
existing stockholders on a pro rata basis, which may or may not
be transferable. In any distribution of rights to our
stockholders, if all of the underlying securities are not
subscribed for, we may then sell the unsubscribed securities
directly to third parties or may engage the services of one or
more underwriters, dealers or agents, including standby
underwriters, to sell the unsubscribed securities to third
parties. In addition, whether or not all of the underlying
securities are subscribed for, we may concurrently offer
additional securities to third parties directly or through
underwriters or agents. If securities are to be sold through
rights, the rights will be distributed as a dividend to the
stockholders for which they will pay no separate consideration.
The prospectus supplement, the documents incorporated by
reference or the free writing prospectus with respect to the
offer of securities under the rights will set forth the relevant
terms of the rights.
We may authorize underwriters, dealers, or agents to solicit
offers by certain types of institutional investors or other
purchasers to purchase our securities from them at the public
offering price set forth in the prospectus
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supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for
payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. The
contracts will be subject to those conditions set forth in the
prospectus supplement, and the prospectus supplement will set
forth any commissions or discounts we pay for solicitation of
these contracts.
We may provide agents and underwriters with indemnification
against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act, or contribution with respect to payments that
the agents or underwriters may make with respect to these
liabilities. Agents and underwriters may engage in transactions
with, or perform services for, us in the ordinary course of
business.
Unless otherwise specified in an applicable prospectus
supplement, each class or series of securities will be a new
issue with no established trading market, other than our common
stock, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol GBX. Any common stock sold pursuant to a
prospectus supplement will be listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance. We may elect
to list any other class or series of securities on any exchange,
but we are not obligated to do so. It is possible that one or
more underwriters may make a market in a class or series of
securities, but the underwriters will not be obligated to do so
and may discontinue any market making at any time without
notice. We cannot give any assurance as to the liquidity of the
trading market for any of the securities. We cannot guarantee
the liquidity of the trading markets for any securities.
In connection with any offering, the underwriters may purchase
and sell securities in the open market. Any underwriter may
engage in short sales, over-allotment, stabilizing transactions,
short-covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with
Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Short sales involve
the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of securities
than they are required to purchase in an offering.
Over-allotment involves sales in excess of the offering size,
which create a short position. Stabilizing transactions permit
bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the
stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum price and are
made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the
market price of the securities while an offering is in progress.
Syndicate-covering or other short-covering transactions involve
purchases of the securities, either through exercise of the
over-allotment option or in the open market after the
distribution is completed, to cover short positions. Penalty
bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession
from a dealer when the securities originally sold by the dealer
are purchased in a stabilizing or covering transaction to cover
short positions. These activities by the underwriters may
stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the
securities. As a result, the price of the securities may be
higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open
market. If these activities are commenced, they may be
discontinued by the underwriters at any time. These transactions
may be effected on an exchange or automated quotation system, if
the securities are listed on an exchange or admitted for trading
on an automated quotation system, in the
over-the-counter
market, or otherwise.
Any underwriters that are qualified market makers on the New
York Stock Exchange may engage in passive market making
transactions in our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange
in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act,
during the business day prior to the pricing of the offering,
before the commencement of offers or sales of the common stock.
Passive market makers must comply with applicable volume and
price limitations and must be identified as passive market
makers. In general, a passive market maker must display its bid
at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid for such
security; if all independent bids are lowered below the passive
market makers bid, however, the passive market
makers bid must then be lowered when certain purchase
limits are exceeded. Passive market making may stabilize the
market price of the securities at a level above that which might
otherwise prevail in the open market and, if commenced, may be
discontinued at any time.
In compliance with guidelines of the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, the maximum consideration or
discount to be received by any FINRA member or independent
broker dealer may not exceed 8% of the aggregate amount of the
securities offered pursuant to this prospectus and any
applicable prospectus supplement.
If more than 10% of the net proceeds of any offering of
securities made under this prospectus will be received by FINRA
members participating in the offering or affiliates or
associated persons of such FINRA members, the offering will be
conducted in accordance with FINRA Conduct Rule 5110(h).
To the extent required, this prospectus may be amended or
supplemented from time to time to describe a specific plan of
distribution.
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LEGAL
MATTERS
Tonkon Torp LLP, Portland, Oregon will pass upon the validity of
the securities being offered by this prospectus. Any
underwriter, dealer or agent may be advised about issues
relating to any offering by its own legal counsel. The name of
the law firm or law firms advising any underwriters, dealers or
agents with respect to certain issues relating to any offering
will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements incorporated in this
prospectus by reference from the Companys Current Report
on
Form 8-K
dated April 6, 2010, and the effectiveness of the
Companys internal control over financial reporting
incorporated by reference from the Companys Annual Report
on
Form 10-K
have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an
independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in
their reports (which reports (1) express an unqualified
opinion on the consolidated financial statements and includes an
explanatory paragraph relating to the adoption of accounting
guidance related to convertible debt and noncontrolling
interests and, (2) express an unqualified opinion on the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting),
which are incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated
financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon
the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts
in accounting and auditing.
WHERE YOU
CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements
and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any
document we filed at the SECs Public Reference Room at
100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.
Please call the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330
for further information on the Public Reference Room. Our SEC
filings are also available to the public on the website
maintained by the SEC at
http://www.sec.gov.
You may also obtain free copies of the documents that we file
with the SEC by going to the Investors Information section of
our website,
http://www.gbrx.com.
The information provided on our website is not part of this
prospectus.
INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the
information we file with it, which means that we can disclose
important information to you by referring you to another
document that we have filed separately with the SEC. You should
read the information incorporated by reference because it is an
important part of this prospectus. Any information incorporated
by reference into this prospectus is considered to be part of
this prospectus from the date we file that document. We
incorporate by reference the following information or documents
that we have filed with the SEC (Commission File
No. 001-13146)
which shall not include, in each case, documents, or information
deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with
SEC rules:
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Our Annual Report of
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009 filed with the
SEC on November 12, 2009.
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Our Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2009 filed with
the SEC on January 8, 2010, and for the fiscal quarter
ended February 28, 2010 filed with the SEC on April 7,
2010.
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Our Current Reports on
Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on December 15, 2009, January 13,
2010, March 9, 2010, and April 7, 2010 concerning a
disclosure pursuant to Item 8.01 Other Items;
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The description of our common stock set forth in our
registration statement on
Form S-1,
as declared effective on July 11, 1994 (Registration
No. 33-78852),
which description has been updated by our registration statement
on
Form S-3
filed with the SEC on July 25, 2006; and
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The description of our preferred share purchase rights set forth
in our registration statement on
Form 8-A
filed with the SEC on July 16, 2004, which description has
been updated by our registration statement on
Form S-3
filed with the SEC on July 25, 2006.
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Any information in any of the foregoing documents will
automatically be deemed to be modified or superseded to the
extent that information in this prospectus or in a later filed
document or other report that is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference modifies or replaces such
information.
We also incorporate by reference any future filings (other than
current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01
of
Form 8-K
and exhibits filed on such form that are related to such items)
made with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, until we file a post-effective
amendment that indicates the termination of the offering of the
securities made by this prospectus. Information in such future
filings updates and supplements the information provided in this
prospectus. These documents include proxy statements and
periodic reports, such as Annual Reports on
Form 10-K,
Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q,
and, to the extent they are considered filed and except as
described above, Current Reports on
Form 8-K.
Any statements in any such future filings will automatically be
deemed to modify and supersede any information in any document
we previously filed with the SEC that is incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference to the extent that
statements in the later filed document modify or replace such
earlier statements.
We will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner,
to whom a prospectus is delivered, without charge upon written
or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents that are
incorporated by reference into this prospectus but not delivered
with the prospectus, including exhibits which are specifically
incorporated by reference into such documents. If you would like
to request documents from us, please send a request in writing
or by telephone to us at the following address:
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.
One Centerpointe Drive, Suite 200
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
(503) 684-7000
Attn: Secretary
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$300,000,000
Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Debt Securities
Guarantees
Warrants
Rights
Units
PROSPECTUS
,
20
PART II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
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Item 14.
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Other
Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
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The following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses,
other than underwriting discounts and commissions payable by us
in connection with the offering of the securities being
registered. All the amounts shown are estimates, except for the
SEC registration fee:
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SEC Registration Fee
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$
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21,390
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Legal Fees and Expenses
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$
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50,000
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Accounting Fees and Expenses
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$
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10,000
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*
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Miscellaneous
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$
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5,000
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*
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Total
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$
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86,390
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Item 15.
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Indemnification
of Directors and Officers
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The Oregon Business Corporation Act, or the OBCA, authorizes the
indemnification of a director or officer made party to a
proceeding because the director or officer is or was a director
or officer against liability (including amounts paid in
settlement) incurred in the proceeding and against expenses with
respect to the proceeding (including attorney fees) if:
(a) the conduct of the director or officer was in good
faith, (b) the director or officer reasonably believed that
his conduct was in the best interests of the corporation or at
least not opposed to its best interests, (c) in the case of
a criminal proceeding, the director or officer had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, (d) in the case
of any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, if the
director or officer was not adjudged liable, and (e) in
connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal
benefit to the director or officer, if the director or officer
was not adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was
improperly received by the director or officer. The OBCA also
authorizes a court to order indemnification, whether or not the
above standards of conduct have been met, if the court
determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant
circumstances. The Companys Articles of Incorporation
permit, and the Companys Bylaws require, the Company to
indemnify directors and officers to the fullest extent
permissible by law.
The OBCA further provides that the articles of incorporation of
a corporation may provide that no director shall be personally
liable to a corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages
for conduct as a director, except that such provision does not
eliminate the liability of a director (i) for any breach of
the directors duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith
or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of the law, (iii) for any unlawful distribution as defined
under the OBCA, or (iv) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit. The
Companys Articles of Incorporation provide that, to the
fullest extent permissible by law, no director shall be
personally liable to the Company or its shareholders for
monetary damages.
In addition to the indemnification and exculpation provided by
the Companys Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, the
Company has entered into an indemnification agreement with its
directors and certain officers. The indemnification agreements
provide that no director or officer shall have a monetary
liability of any kind in respect of the directors or
officers errors or omissions in serving the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, shareholders or related enterprises, so
long as such errors are not shown by clear and convincing
evidence to have involved: (i) any breach of the duty of
loyalty to such entities; (ii) any act or omission not in
good faith or which involved intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of the law; (iii) any transaction from which the
director or officer derived an improper personal benefit;
(iv) any unlawful corporate distribution; or
(v) profits made from the purchase and sale by the director
or officer of securities of the Company within the meaning of
Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Furthermore, regardless of the theory of liability asserted and
to the fullest extent permitted by law, no director or officer
shall have personal liability for (i) punitive, exemplary
or consequential damages;
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(ii) treble or other damages computed based upon any
multiple of damages actually and directly proved to have been
sustained; (iii) fees of attorneys, accountants, expert
witnesses or professional consultants; or (iv) civil fines
or penalties of any kind or nature whatsoever.
The indemnification agreements also require the Company to
indemnify any director or officer who is a party to, or is
threatened to be made a party to, any proceeding, against all
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement,
actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer in
connection with such proceeding, if the director or officer:
(i) acted in good faith and in a manner the director or
officer reasonably believed was in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company; and (ii) with respect to any
criminal proceeding, the director or officer also had no
reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was
unlawful. In any proceeding charging a director or officer with
improper personal benefit to the director or officer, the
Company will indemnify the director or officer if the
appropriate court determines that the director or officer is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.
The indemnification agreements also provide indemnity to a
director or officer in proceedings brought by or in the right of
the Company, as long as the director or officer acted in good
faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be
in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company. If a
director or officer is adjudged liable to the Company, he or she
will not be indemnified unless the appropriate court determines
that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled
to indemnification.
The Company maintains directors and officers
liability insurance under which the Companys directors and
officers are insured against claims for errors, neglect, breach
of duty and other matters.
The Subsidiary Guarantors include a Delaware limited
partnership, Delaware limited liability companies, a Washington
corporation, Oregon corporations and Oregon limited liability
companies. Delaware limited partnership and limited liability
company law provide that, subject to any standards or
restrictions set forth in a partnership agreement or limited
liability company agreement, as the case may be, an entity may
indemnify and hold harmless any partner, member, manager or
other person from and against any and all claims and demands
whatsoever. Oregon limited liability company law provides that
the articles of organization or operating agreement may provide
for indemnification of any person for any acts or omissions as a
member, manager, employee or agent and may eliminate or limit
liability of a member, manager, employee or agent for damages
from such acts or omissions; provided, that indemnification and
elimination or limitation of liability is not permitted for any
breach of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good
faith which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation
of the law, or any unlawful distribution or any transaction from
which the member or manager derives an improper personal
benefit. A description of the authorization for indemnity for
directors and officers of an Oregon corporation under the OBCA
is provided above.
The Washington Business Corporation Act, or the WBCA, in
general, empowers Washington corporations to indemnify a person
made a party to a threatened, pending or completed action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative and whether formal or informal, other than an
action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the
fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee,
employee or agent of another enterprise, against expenses,
including attorneys fees, judgments, amounts paid in
settlements, penalties and fines actually and reasonably
incurred in connection therewith if the person acted in good
faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its
shareholders and, with respect to a criminal action or
proceeding, if the person had no reasonable cause to believe his
or her conduct was unlawful. Washington corporations may not
indemnify a person in connection with such proceedings if the
person was adjudged to have received an improper personal
benefit. The WBCA also empowers Washington corporations to
provide similar indemnity to such a person in connection with
actions or suits by or in the right of the corporation if the
person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the interests of the
corporation or its shareholders, unless the person was adjudged
liable to the corporation. If authorized by the articles of
incorporation of a Washington corporation or by its
shareholders, a Washington corporation may indemnify and advance
expenses to the persons described above without regard to the
limitations described above, provided that such indemnity will
not cover acts or omissions of the person finally adjudged to be
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, conduct
finally adjudged to involve a violation of WBCA
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Section 310 (related to certain unlawful distributions),
and any transaction with respect to which it was finally
adjudged that the person received a benefit to which such person
was not legally entitled.
The WBCA also permits a Washington corporation to purchase and
maintain on behalf of such person insurance against liabilities
incurred in such capacities. The WBCA further permits Washington
corporations to eliminate or limit the personal liability of
directors to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary
damages for conduct as a director. However, the WBCA does not
eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any of the
following: (i) acts or omissions that involve intentional
misconduct by a director or a knowing violation of law by a
director; (ii) conduct violating WBCA Section 310; or
(iii) any transaction from which the director will
personally receive a benefit in money, property or services to
which the director is not legally entitled.
Each of the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company
Agreement of Greenbrier-Concarril, LLC (a Delaware limited
liability company) and the Limited Liability Company Agreements
of each of Autostack LLC, Greenbrier Leasing Company LLC,
Greenbrier Railcar LLC, Gunderson LLC, Gunderson Marine LLC,
Gunderson Rail Services LLC and Brandon Railroad LLC (each an
Oregon limited liability company) provides that the member and
manager shall be indemnified and held harmless from and against
any costs and expenses (including attorneys fees and
disbursements), losses, liabilities, damages or claims incurred
by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by them in
good faith and in a manner the indemnified persons in their
business judgment reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the company. The Operating Agreement of
Gunderson Specialty Products, LLC (a Delaware limited liability
company) provides that the member shall be indemnified and held
harmless from and against any costs and expenses (including
attorneys fees and disbursements), losses, liabilities,
damages or claims incurred by reason of any act or omission
performed or omitted by the member in good faith and in a manner
the indemnified persons in their business judgment reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
company. The organizational documents of Greenbrier Leasing,
L.P. (a Delaware limited partnership) are silent as to the
indemnification of directors and officers. The organizational
documents of each of Meridian Rail Holdings Corp., Meridian Rail
Acquisition Corp. and Meridian Rail Mexico City Corp. (each an
Oregon corporation) provide that the Board of Directors may
provide that the corporation shall indemnity the directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by law. The
organizational documents of all other Subsidiary Guarantors
provide that directors and officer shall be indemnified to the
full extent permitted by law.
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Item 16.
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Exhibits
and Financial Statement Schedules
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(a)
Exhibit Index
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Exhibit
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No.
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Exhibit Description
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1
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.1*
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Form of Underwriting Agreement
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1
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.2*
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Form of Placement Agent Agreement
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3
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.1
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Registrants Articles of Incorporation are incorporated
herein by reference by Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrants
Form 10-Q
filed April 5, 2006.
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3
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.2
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Articles of Merger amending the Registrants Articles of
Incorporation are incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrants
Form 10-Q
filed April 5, 2006.
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3
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.3
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Registrants Bylaws, as amended January 11, 2006, are
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the
Registrants
Form 10-Q
filed April 5, 2006.
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3
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Amendment to the Registrants Bylaws dated October 31,
2006, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Registrants
Form 8-K
filed November 6, 2006.
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3
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Amendment to the Registrants Bylaws dated November 6,
2007, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Registrants
Form 8-K
filed November 8, 2007.
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3
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Amendment to the Registrants Bylaws dated April 8,
2008, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Registrants
Form 8-K
filed April 11, 2008.
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3
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Amendment to the Registrants Bylaws dated April 7,
2009, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Registrants
Form 8-K
filed April 13, 2009.
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3
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Amendment to the Registrants Bylaws dated June 8,
2009, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Registrants
Form 8-K
filed June 10, 2009.
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Exhibit
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No.
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Exhibit Description
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3
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.9
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Amendment to the Registrants Bylaws dated June 10,
2009, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Registrants
Form 8-K
filed June 12, 2009.
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4
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.1
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Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Registrant
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4
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.2
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Rights Agreement, dated as of July 13, 2004, as amended, by
and between the Registrant and Computershare Trust Co.,
N.A. (formerly Equiserve Trust Company, N.A.), is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrants
Form 8-A
filed September 16, 2004.
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4
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.3
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Form of Registrants Right Certificate (included in
Exhibit 4.2)
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4
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.4
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Amendment No. 1, dated November 9, 2004, to the Rights
Agreement, dated as of July 13, 2004, is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrants
Form 8-K
filed November 15, 2004.
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4
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Amendment No. 2, dated February 5, 2005, to the Rights
Agreement, dated as of July 13, 2004, is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrants
Form 8-K
filed February 9, 2005.
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4
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Amendment No. 3, dated June 10, 2009, to the Rights
Agreement, dated as of July 13, 2004, is incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrants
Form 8-K
filed June 12, 2009.
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4
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Warrant Agreement, dated June 10, 2009, among the
Registrant, WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P., WLR IV Parallel
ESC, L.P. and each other holder from time to time party thereto,
is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the
Registrants
Form 8-K
filed June 12, 2009.
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4
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Credit Agreement dated June 10, 2009, among the Registrant,
WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P., WLR IV Parallel ESC, L.P., and
the other holders from time to time party hereto, and WL
Ross & Co. LLC, as Administrative Agent is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrants
Form 8-K
filed June 12, 2009.
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4
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Investor Rights and Restrictions Agreement, dated June 10,
2009, among the Registrant, WLR Recovery Fund IV, L.P., WLR
IV Parallel ESC, L.P., WL Ross & Co. LLC and the other
holders from time to time party thereto, is incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrants
Form 8-K
filed June 12, 2009.
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4
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.10*
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Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock
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4
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.11*
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Form of Specimen Preferred Stock Certificate
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4
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.12*
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Form of Warrant Agreement (including form of Warrant Certificate)
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4
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.13*
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Form of Rights Agreement (including form of Rights Certificate)
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4
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.14*
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Form of Unit Agreement (including form of Unit Certificate)
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4
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.15
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Senior Debt Indenture
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4
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.16
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Subordinated Debt Indenture
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4
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.17*
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Form of Senior Note
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4
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.18*
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Form of Guarantee
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4
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.19*
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Form of Subordinated Note
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5
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Opinion of Tonkon Torp LLP
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12
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Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for the years
ended August 31, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 and for
the six months ended February 28, 2009 and 2010.
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.1
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Consent of Deloitte & Touche, LLP Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm to the Registrant
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.3
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Consent of Tonkon Torp LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)
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.1*
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Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on
Form T-1
under the Senior Debt Indenture
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25
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.2*
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Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on
Form T-1
under the Subordinated Debt Indenture
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To be filed by amendment or by a report field under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and incorporated
herein by reference, if applicable.
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(a) Each of the undersigned registrants hereby undertakes
as follows:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
Calculation of Registration Fee table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii)
and (a)(1)(iii) above do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or
is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the
registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the
registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was
deemed part of and included in the registration
statement; and
(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration
statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering
made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for
the purpose of providing the information required by
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed
to be part of and included in the registration statement as of
the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used
after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of
securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As
provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer
and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date
shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration
statement relating to the securities in the registration
statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement
made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of
the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement
or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will,
as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such
effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made
in
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the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the
registration statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date.
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability under
the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the securities: the undersigned registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement,
regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or
sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to
the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such
securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of an
undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to an offering
prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used
or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus
relating to the offering containing material information about
an undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of an undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by an undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(6) That, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrants
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant
to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof:
(7) That, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the
form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement
in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of
prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)
(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be
deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time
it was declared effective.
(8) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment
that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(9) To file an application for the purpose of determining
the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a)
of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in
accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the
Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.
(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Exchange Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ William
A. Furman
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William A. Furman
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
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President and Chief Executive
Officer, Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
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Executive Vice President And Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ James
W. Cruckshank
James
W. Cruckshank
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Senior Vice President And Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Benjamin
R. Whiteley
Benjamin
R. Whiteley
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Chairman of the Board
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Graeme
A. Jack
Graeme
A. Jack
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Director
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April 6, 2010
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II-7
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Duane
C. McDougall
Duane
C. McDougall
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Director
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Victoria
McManus
Victoria
McManus
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Director
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ A.
Daniel ONeal Jr.
A.
Daniel ONeal Jr.
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Director
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Wilbur
L. Ross, Jr.
Wilbur
L. Ross, Jr.
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Director
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Charles
J. Swindells
Charles
J. Swindells
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Director
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Wendy
L. Teramoto
Wendy
L. Teramoto
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Director
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ C.
Bruce Ward
C.
Bruce Ward
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Director
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Donald
A. Washburn
Donald
A. Washburn
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Director
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April 6, 2010
|
II-8
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
AUTOSTACK COMPANY LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company.
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By:
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature
|
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Title
|
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Date
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/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Chief Executive Officer and Manager (Principal Executive Officer)
|
|
April 6, 2010
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|
|
|
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Vice President And Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
II-9
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GREENBRIER-CONCARRIL, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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|
Signature
|
|
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
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|
|
/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Principal Executive Officer and Manager
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Vice President
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
II-10
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GREENBRIER LEASING COMPANY LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Executive Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature
|
|
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Chief Executive Officer, Principal
Executive Officer and Manager
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Executive Vice President
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
II-11
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GREENBRIER LEASING LIMITED PARTNER, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
|
|
|
|
By:
|
Greenbrier Leasing
Company LLC
Sole Member
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Executive Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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|
|
|
|
|
Signature
|
|
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Principal Executive Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
II-12
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GREENBRIER MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
|
|
|
|
By:
|
Greenbrier Leasing
Company LLC
|
Sole Member
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Executive Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Signature
|
|
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Principal Executive Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
II-13
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GREENBRIER LEASING, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
|
|
|
|
By:
|
Greenbrier Management
Services, LLC
|
General Partner
|
|
|
|
By:
|
Greenbrier Leasing
Company LLC
|
Sole Member
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Executive Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Signature
|
|
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Principal Executive Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
II-14
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GREENBRIER RAILCAR LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company.
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Signature
|
|
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Manager and Principal Executive Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Vice President
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
II-15
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GUNDERSON LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Executive Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Signature
|
|
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Manager and Principal Executive Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Executive Vice President
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
II-16
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GUNDERSON MARINE LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Signature
|
|
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Manager and Principal Executive Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Vice President and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
II-17
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GUNDERSON RAIL SERVICES LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Signature
|
|
Title
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
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Manager and Principal Executive Officer
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
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Vice President and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
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April 6, 2010
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GREENBRIER RAILCAR LEASING, INC.,
a Washington corporation
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By:
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
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Mark J. Rittenbaum
Executive Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
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Sole Director
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ James
T. Sharp
James
T. Sharp
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President
(Principal Executive Officer)
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
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Vice President and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
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April 6, 2010
|
II-19
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GUNDERSON SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
Sole Member
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By:
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
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Mark J. Rittenbaum
Executive Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
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Principal Executive Officer
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
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Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
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April 6, 2010
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II-20
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
BRANDON RAILROAD LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company
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By:
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
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Mark J. Rittenbaum
Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
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Manager
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Timothy
A. Stuckey
Timothy
A. Stuckey
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President
(Principal Executive Officer)
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
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Vice President
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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April 6, 2010
|
II-21
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
MERIDIAN RAIL HOLDINGS CORP.,
an Oregon corporation
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By:
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
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Mark J. Rittenbaum
Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
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Sole Director
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April 6, 2010
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/s/ Timothy
A. Stuckey
Timothy
A. Stuckey
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President
(Principal Executive Officer)
|
|
April 6, 2010
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Vice President
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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|
April 6, 2010
|
II-22
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
MERIDIAN RAIL ACQUISITION CORP.,
an Oregon corporation
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|
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By:
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Sole Director
|
|
April 6, 2010
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/s/ Timothy
A. Stuckey
Timothy
A. Stuckey
|
|
President
(Principal Executive Officer)
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
|
|
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Vice President
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
II-23
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
MERIDIAN RAIL MEXICO CITY CORP.,
an Oregon corporation
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|
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By:
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Sole Director
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
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/s/ Timothy
A. Stuckey
Timothy
A. Stuckey
|
|
President
(Principal Executive Officer)
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Vice President
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
II-24
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GREENBRIER RAIL HOLDINGS I, LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company
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|
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By:
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The Greenbrier Companies,
Inc.
|
Sole Member
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ William
A. Furman
|
William A. Furman
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
|
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Date
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|
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/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Manager and Principal Executive Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
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|
|
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
|
II-25
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GREENBRIER RAIL HOLDINGS II, LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company
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By:
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Greenbrier Leasing
Company LLC
|
Sole Member
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Executive Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
|
|
Manager and Principal Executive Officer
|
|
April 6, 2010
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|
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
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|
April 6, 2010
|
II-26
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the
city of City of Lake Oswego, State of Oregon, on April 6,
2010.
GREENBRIER RAIL HOLDINGS III, LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company
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By:
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Gunderson Rail Services
LLC
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Sole Member
|
|
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|
By:
|
/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
Mark J. Rittenbaum
Vice President
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints William A.
Furman and Mark J. Rittenbaum, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ William
A. Furman
William
A. Furman
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Manager and Principal Executive Officer
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April 6, 2010
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|
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/s/ Mark
J. Rittenbaum
Mark
J. Rittenbaum
|
|
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
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|
April 6, 2010
|
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Exhibit 4.15
THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
as the Company
and
THE SUBSIDIARIES NAMED HEREIN
as Guarantors
to
[
]
as Trustee
Senior Indenture
Dated as of
, 20___
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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1
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Section 1.01 Definitions
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1
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Section 1.02 Other Definitions
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7
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Section 1.03 Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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7
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Section 1.04 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
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7
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Section 1.05 Acts of Holders; Record Dates
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8
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Section 1.06 Notices to Trustee, the Company or a Guarantor
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9
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Section 1.07 Notice to Holders; Waiver
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10
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Section 1.08 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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10
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Section 1.09 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
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10
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Section 1.10 Successors and Assigns
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10
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Section 1.11 Separability Clause
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10
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Section 1.12 Benefits of Indenture
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10
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Section 1.13 Governing Law
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10
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Section 1.14 Legal Holidays
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10
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Section 1.15 Waiver of Jury Trial
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11
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Section 1.16 Force Majeure
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11
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ARTICLE II SECURITY FORMS
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11
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Section 2.01 Form and Dating
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11
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ARTICLE III THE SECURITIES
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11
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Section 3.01 Title and Terms
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11
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Section 3.02 Denominations
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12
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Section 3.03 Execution and Authentication
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12
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Section 3.04 Temporary Securities
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12
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Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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13
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Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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14
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Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Rights Preserved
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14
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Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners
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15
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Section 3.09 Cancellation
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15
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Section 3.10 Computation of Interest
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15
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Section 3.11 CUSIP and CINS Numbers
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15
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Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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Section 3.12 Deposits of Monies
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16
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Section 3.13 Issuance of Additional Securities
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16
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ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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16
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Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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16
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Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money
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17
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ARTICLE V REMEDIES
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18
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Section 5.01 Events of Default
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18
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Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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18
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Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected
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Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits
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Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
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Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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Section 5.12 Control by Holders
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Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs
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Section 5.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
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Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities
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Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults
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Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee
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Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement
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Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
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Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company or a Guarantor
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Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE VII HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
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Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee
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Section 7.04 Reports by Company
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ARTICLE VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Section 8.02 Successor Substituted
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ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS; SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.07 Waiver of Certain Covenants
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ARTICLE X COVENANTS
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Section 10.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
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Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section 11.04 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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Miscellaneous Provisions
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SCHEDULE A
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APPENDIX
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EXHIBIT A
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EXHIBIT B
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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE(1)
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Trust Indenture Act Selection
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Indenture Section
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310(a)(1)
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6.09
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310(a)(2)
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6.09
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310(a)(3)
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N.A.
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(2)
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310(a)(4)
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N.A.
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310(a)(5)
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N.A.
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310(b)
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6.08; 6.10
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310(c)
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N.A.
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311(a)
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6.13
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311(b)
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6.13
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311(c)
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N.A.
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312(a)
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7.01; 7.02
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312(b)
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7.02
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312(c)
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7.02
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313(a)
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7.03
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313(b)
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7.03
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313(c)
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1.07; 7.03
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313(d)
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7.03
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314(a)
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7.04
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314(a)(4)
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1.03; 10.05
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314(b)
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N.A.
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314(c)(1)
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1.03
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314(c)(2)
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1.03
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314(c)(3)
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N.A.
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314(d)
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N.A.
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314(e)
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1.03
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314(f)
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N.A.
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315(a)
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6.01
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315(b)
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6.02
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315(c)
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6.01
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315(d)
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6.01
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315(e)
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5.14
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316(a)(1)(A)
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5.12
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316(a)(1)(B)
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5.13
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316(a)(2)
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N.A.
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316(a)(last sentence)
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1.01
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316(b)
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5.07; 5.08
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316(c)
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1.05
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317(a)(1)
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5.03
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317(a)(2)
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5.03; 5.04
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317(b)
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10.03
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318(a)
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1.08
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(1)
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this Indenture.
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(2)
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Not Applicable.
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Definition of
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SENIOR INDENTURE, dated as of [ ], 20[ ], among THE
GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Oregon (herein called the
Company
), having its principal office at One Centerpointe Drive,
Suite 200, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035, the Subsidiaries of the Company named in Schedule A (herein
called the
Guarantors
and [ ], having its principal corporate
trust office at [ ], as trustee (herein called the
Trustee
).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of [ ]% Senior Notes due
[ ] of substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor,
the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.
Each Guarantor desires to make the Guarantee provided herein and has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture.
All things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Company, authenticated and
delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, and each Guarantee, when executed and delivered
hereunder by each Guarantor, the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and each
Guarantor, and to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each
Guarantor, in accordance with their and 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 (as
defined herein) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate
benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
SECTION 1.01
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 have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article 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 GAAP (whether or not such is indicated herein);
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an Article or a Section
refers to an Article or 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;
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(6) each reference herein to a rule or form of the Commission shall mean such rule or
form and any rule or form successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time;
(7) or is not exclusive;
(8) including means including without limitation;
(9) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured
Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness;
(10) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any
date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the
issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP; and
(11) all references to the date the Securities were originally issued shall refer to
the Issue Date, except as otherwise specified.
Whenever this Indenture requires that a particular ratio or amount be calculated with respect
to a specified period after giving effect to certain transactions or events on a pro forma basis,
such calculation shall be made as if the transactions or events occurred on the first day of such
period, unless otherwise specified.
Act
, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.05.
Additional Securities
means, any additional amount of the Securities issued from time to
time after the Issue Date under the terms of this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 3.04,
Section 3.05 or Section 3.06 or Section 11.08 of this Indenture).
Affiliate
means, with respect to any specified Person, (i) any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Person, (ii) any other Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of such
specified Persons Capital Stock or (iii) any officer or director of (A) any such specified Person,
(B) any Subsidiary of such specified Person or (C) any Person described in clauses (i) or (ii)
above.
Authenticating Agent
means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14
hereof to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
Board of Directors
means the board of directors of a company or its equivalent, including
managers of a limited liability company, general partners of a partnership or trustees of a
business trust, or any duly authorized committee thereof.
Board Resolution
means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of a company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such company and to
be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day
means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day
on which banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
Capital Stock
means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated) of such Persons capital stock
or equity participations,
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and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into capital stock), warrants or
options exchangeable for or convertible into such capital stock and, including, without limitation,
with respect to partnerships, limited liability companies or business trusts, ownership interests
(whether general or limited) and 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, such
partnerships, limited liability companies or business trusts.
Commission
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as 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 Order
or
Company Request
means a written order or request signed in the name of
the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief
Financial Officer, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent, as
applicable.
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 ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
Corporate Trust Office
means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
principal corporate trust business shall be administered, which address as of the date of this
Indenture is located at [ ], Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and
the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other
address as a successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the
Company).
corporation
means (except in the definition of
Subsidiary
) a corporation, association,
company, joint stock company or business trust.
Default
means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an
Event of Default.
Depositary
means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, or its successor.
Exchange Act
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Federal Bankruptcy Code
means Title 11, U.S. Code.
GAAP
means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession of the United States of America, as in effect on the date of any calculation
or determination required hereunder;
provided
that the Company, on any date, may elect to establish
that GAAP shall mean
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GAAP as in effect on such date;
provided further
that any such election, once made, shall be
irrevocable. The Company shall give notice of any such election to the Trustee and the Holders of
Securities.
Global Security
has the meaning specified in the Appendix.
guarantee
means, as applied to any obligation, (i) a guarantee (other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in
any manner, of any part or all of such obligation and (ii) an agreement, direct or indirect,
contingent or otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the payment or
performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of all or any part of such
obligation, including, without limiting the foregoing, the payment of amounts available to be drawn
down under letters of credit of another Person. The term guarantee used as a verb has a
corresponding meaning. The term guarantor shall mean any Person providing a guarantee of any
obligation.
Guarantee
means each guarantee of the Securities contained in Article XIII given by each
Guarantor.
Guarantors
means the Persons named as Guarantors in the first paragraph of this
instrument.
Holder
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indenture
means this instrument as originally executed or 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.
Interest Payment Date
means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the
Securities.
Issue Date
means [ ], 20[ ].
Notice of Default
means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.02.
Officers Certificate
means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers Certificate given pursuant to
Section 10.05 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
Opinion of Counsel
means a written opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee,
who may be counsel for the Company.
Outstanding
, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) 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 segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
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Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities;
provided
,
however
, 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;
(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 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; and
(iv) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 12.02;
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, Securities owned by the Company
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding (it being understood that Securities to be
acquired by the Company pursuant to an offer to purchase shall not be deemed to be owned by the
Company until legal title to such Securities passes to the Company), 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 a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee actually 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 or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor.
Paying Agent
means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company has initially
appointed the Trustee as its Paying Agent pursuant to Section 10.02 hereof.
Person
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
principal
of a Security means the principal of the Security plus the premium, if any,
payable on that Security which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time.
Record Expiration Date
has the meaning specified in Section 1.05.
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 means the
[ ]
or [ ] (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Responsible Officer
, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the
Corporate Trust Office, including, any vice president, any assistant vice president, any assistant
secretary,
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any assistant treasurer, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to
a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of
his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Securities
means the securities issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Securities.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Special Record Date
for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
Stated Maturity
means, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of interest
thereon, the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such installment of interest is due and payable, and when used with respect to any
other Indebtedness, means the date specified in the instrument governing such Indebtedness as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Indebtedness, or any installment of interest thereon, is
due and payable.
Subsidiary
means, with respect to any Person, (i) a corporation a majority of whose Voting
Stock is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of
such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof and (ii) any other Person (other
than a corporation), including, without limitation, a partnership, limited liability company,
business trust or joint venture, in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries thereof or such
Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination
thereof, has at least majority ownership interest entitled to vote in the election of directors,
managers or trustees thereof (or other Person performing similar functions). For purposes of this
definition, any directors qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals mandated by
applicable law shall be disregarded in determining the ownership of a Subsidiary. For purposes of
this Agreement, this definition does not include any special purpose entity or joint venture.
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.
Trustee
means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean such successor Trustee.
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.
Voting Stock
means any class or classes of Capital Stock pursuant to which the holders
thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of
the board of directors, managers or trustees of any Person (irrespective of whether or not, at the
time, stock of any other class or classes shall have, or might have, voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency).
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SECTION 1.02
Other Definitions
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Term
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Defined in Section
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Covenant Defeasance
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Section 12.03
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Defaulted Interest
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Section 3.07
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Defeasance
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Section 12.02
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Definitive Security
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Appendix
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Depositary
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Appendix
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Event of Default
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Section 5.01
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Global Security
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Appendix
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Guarantee Obligations
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Section 13.01
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Securities Custodian
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Appendix
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Security Register
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Security Registrar
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Section 3.05
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U.S. Government Obligation
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Section 12.03
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SECTION 1.03
Compliance Certificates and Opinions
. Upon any application or request by the
Company or a Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the
Company or the Guarantor 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 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 requirement set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture shall include:
(i) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) 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;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.04
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 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 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 his 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
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opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or a Guarantor
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company or such 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 1.05
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 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 or a Guarantor, as applicable. 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 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. 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 exclusively by the Security Register for all
purposes.
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, the Company or
a Guarantor 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 entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or
taken by Holders of Securities,
provided
,
however
, 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 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
,
however
, that no such action shall be effective hereunder
unless taken on or prior to the applicable Record Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
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 cancelled and of no effect), nor
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shall anything in this paragraph be construed to render ineffective any action taken
pursuant to or in accordance with any other provision of this Indenture by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities 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 Record Expiration Date to be
given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section
1.07.
The Trustee may but need not set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(i) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
5.12. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities
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
,
however
, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Record Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Trustee from setting a new record date for any action (whereupon the record date previously set
shall automatically and without any action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), nor shall
anything in this paragraph be construed to render ineffective any action taken pursuant to or in
accordance with any other provision of this Indenture by Holders of the requisite principal amount
of Outstanding Securities 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 matter(s) to be submitted for potential action by Holders and the applicable
Record Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities in
the manner set forth in Section 1.07.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that sets such
record date may designate any day as the
Record Expiration Date
and from time to time may change
the Record Expiration Date to any earlier or later day,
provided
,
however
, that no such change
shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Record Expiration Date is given to the other
party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 1.07,
on or before the existing Record Expiration Date. If a Record Expiration Date is not designated
with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that set such record
date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the
Record Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Record Expiration
Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Record 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 1.06
Notices to Trustee
,
the Company or a Guarantor
. 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,
(i) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or a Guarantor shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration,
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(ii) the Company or a 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, to the Company or such Guarantor addressed to it 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.
SECTION 1.07
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 any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case
where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail or receive such notice, nor
any defect in any such notice, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency or validity of
such notice. 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 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 1.08
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under the Trust
Indenture Act to be part of and govern this Indenture, such provision of the Trust Indenture
Act shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the
Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, such provision shall be deemed to be so
modified or excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 1.09
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 1.10
Successors and Assigns
. Without limiting Article VIII and Article XIII hereof,
all covenants and agreements in this Indenture by each of the Company or the Guarantors shall bind
their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.11
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 1.12
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 of Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture.
SECTION 1.13
Governing Law
. This Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 1.14
Legal Holidays
. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if
any) need not be
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made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and
effect (including with respect to the accrual of interest) as if made on the Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity.
SECTION 1.15
Waiver of Jury Trial
. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, 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
SECURITIES.
SECTION 1.16
Force Majeure
. 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.
ARTICLE II
Security Forms
SECTION 2.01
Form and Dating
. Provisions relating to the Securities are set forth in the
Appendix, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The
Securities and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The
Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule,
agreements to which the Company or any Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any
such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). Each Security shall
be dated the date of its authentication.
ARTICLE III
The Securities
SECTION 3.01
Title and Terms
. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. Additional Securities may be
issued, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 3.13, and Securities may be authenticated
and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities
pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.06, Section 9.06 or Section 11.08.
The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be payable at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or such
other office maintained by the Trustee for such purpose and at any other office or agency
maintained by the Company for such purpose;
provided
,
however
, that, at the option of the Company,
payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such address shall appear in the Security Register, or wire transfer or other electronic means.
The Securities shall be redeemable as provided in Article XI and the Securities.
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The Securities shall be subject to Defeasance and/or Covenant Defeasance as provided in
Article XII.
SECTION 3.02
Denominations
. The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without
coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 3.03
Execution and Authentication
. The terms and provisions contained in the
Securities annexed hereto as Exhibit A shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of
this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and
delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of
Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, its Chief
Operating Officer, or its Chief Financial Officer. 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 executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, which shall specify
the amount of the Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of
Securities is to be authenticated and, in the case of an issuance of Additional Securities pursuant
to Section 3.13 after the Issue Date, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with this
Indenture; and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities as provided in this Indenture and not otherwise.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security 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 manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Authentication by counterpart shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 3.03 and the
requirements of the Securities.
SECTION 3.04
Temporary Securities
. Pending the preparation of Definitive Securities, 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 in lieu of which
they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause Definitive Securities to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Securities, the temporary
Securities shall be exchangeable for Definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary
Securities at any office or
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agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 10.02, without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
Definitive Securities of authorized denominations and of a like tenor. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
Definitive Securities.
SECTION 3.05
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 and in any other office or agency designated pursuant to Section 10.02 being herein
sometimes collectively referred to as the
Security Register
) in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Company may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of
Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed (a) the initial
Security Registrar
for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as
herein provided and (b) the Securities Custodian with respect to the Global Securities.
The Securities shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the
surrender of a Security for registration of transfer and in compliance with the Appendix. When a
Security is presented to the Security Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Security
Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements therefor are met. When
Securities are presented to the Security Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal
principal amount of Securities of other denominations, the Security Registrar shall make the
exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and
exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Security
Registrars request.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of
this Indenture 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.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
except as provided in Section 3.06, but the Company 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, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.12,
Section 9.06 or Section 11.08, and in any such case not involving any transfer.
Neither the Company nor the Security Registrar shall be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities selected for redemption under
Section 11.05 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part or (iii) to register the transfer of any
Securities other than Securities having a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, and the Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person
in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Company, any Guarantor, the
Trustee, the Paying Agent, or the Security Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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Any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global Security, agree that
transfers of beneficial interest in such Global Security may be effected only through a book-entry
system maintained by (a) the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent) or (b) any Holder of a
beneficial interest in such Global Security, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such
Global Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
SECTION 3.06
Mutilated
,
Destroyed
,
Lost and Stolen Securities
. If any mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
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 each 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 upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
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, 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 the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 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 duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 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 3.07
Payment of Interest; Rights Preserved
. Interest on any Security 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 payment.
Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
Defaulted Interest
) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the 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
paragraph (1) or (2) below:
(1) the Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Securities (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
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amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security 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 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 in this clause provided.
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 15 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 in the manner specified in Section 1.07, 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 (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 in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice
given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause (2),
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 3.05, 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 3.08
Persons Deemed Owners
. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration
of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall 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 premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on
such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
SECTION 3.09
Cancellation
. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration
of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to
the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled 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 cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange
for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in its
customary manner.
SECTION 3.10
Computation of Interest
. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 3.11
CUSIP and CINS Numbers
. The Company in issuing the Securities may use
CUSIP
and
CINS
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP or CINS
numbers in notices of redemption or repurchase as a convenience to Holders;
provided
,
however
,
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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 notice of a redemption or
repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption or repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP
or CINS numbers.
SECTION 3.12
Deposits of Monies
. Except to the extent payment of interest is made by the
Companys check pursuant to Section 3.01, prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date and Stated Maturity, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent
in immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity in a timely manner which permits the Paying Agent
to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity.
SECTION 3.13
Issuance of Additional Securities
. The Company shall be entitled, subject to
its compliance with this Indenture, to issue Additional Securities under this Indenture which shall
have identical terms as the Securities issued on the Issue Date, other than with respect to the
date of issuance and issue price
provided
,
however
, that no Additional Securities shall be issued
that are not fungible for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, with any other securities issued under
this Indenture. The Securities issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Securities shall be
treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.
With respect to any Additional Securities, 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:
(1) whether such Additional Securities shall be issued as part of a new or existing
series of Securities and the title of such Additional Securities (which shall distinguish
the Additional Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, which may be in an unlimited aggregate
principal amount;
(3) the issue price and issuance date of such Additional Securities, including the date
from which interest on such Additional Securities shall accrue; and
(4) if applicable, that such Additional Securities 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 such Global Securities in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Exhibit A
hereto and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.4 of
the Appendix in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Additional Securities registered, or 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.
ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
SECTION 4.01
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
. This Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities herein
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expressly provided for), 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
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or
repaid as provided in Section 3.06 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 10.03) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(other than Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or repaid as provided in Section 3.06),
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or
(iii) 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, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities 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, together with irrevocable instructions from the
Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption,
as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company or the 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 pursuant to this Article IV,
the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of the Company to
any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee
under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive such satisfaction and
discharge.
SECTION 4.02
Application of Trust Money
. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 10.03, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 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
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Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any)
and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.01
Events of Default
.
Event of Default
, wherever used herein, 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 the principal of or premium, if any, when due and
payable, on any of the Securities (at Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption or
otherwise); or
(2) default in the payment of an installment of interest on any of the Securities, when
due and payable, for 30 days; or
(3) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises (A)
for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar law or (B) adjudging the Company bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under
the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal, state or foreign law, or
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of any of its properties, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of any of its affairs, and the continuance of any
such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(4) the institution by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal, state or foreign law or any other case or
proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Company to the
entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in any involuntary case or
proceeding under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal, state or foreign
law or to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Company, or
the filing by the Company of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or
relief under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal, state or foreign law,
or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or other
similar official) of any of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the
making by it of an assignment 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 in furtherance of any such action; or
(5) any of the Guarantees ceases to be in full force and effect or any of the
Guarantees is declared to be null and void and unenforceable or any of the Guarantees is
found to be invalid or any of the Guarantors denies its liability under its Guarantee (other
than by reason of release of Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture).
SECTION 5.02
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
. If an Event of Default
(other than those covered by clause (3) or (4) of Section 5.01 with respect to the Company) shall
occur
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and be continuing, the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, by notice to the Trustee and the
Company, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on
all of the Outstanding Securities due and payable immediately, upon which declaration, all amounts
payable in respect of the Securities shall be due and payable as of the date which is five Business
Days after the giving of such notice. If an Event of Default specified in clause (3) or (4) of
Section 5.01 with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, then the principal of, premium,
if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Outstanding Securities 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 Securities.
After a declaration of acceleration under this Indenture, but before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee,
may rescind such declaration if
(1) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay:
(A) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under this Indenture and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel;
(B) all overdue interest on all Securities;
(C) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities which have become
due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the
rate borne by the Securities; and
(D) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon
overdue interest and overdue principal at the rate set forth in the Securities which
has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration;
(2) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction; and
(3) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on the Securities that have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.03
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
. The Company
and each Guarantor covenants that if:
(i) 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, or
(ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security on the due date for payment thereof,
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the Company or such Guarantor will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of
the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, and, to the extent that payment of such interest
shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any
overdue interest, at the rate provided by the Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel.
In addition to the rights and powers set forth in Section 317(a) of the Trust Indenture Act,
the Trustee shall be entitled to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Holders of the Securities allowed
in any judicial proceeding relative to the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the
Securities, its creditors, or its property, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of its
charges and expenses; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is
hereby authorized by each of the Holders 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 for compensation and expenses, including counsel fees incurred by it
up to the date of such distribution.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders by such appropriate judicial
proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary 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 5.04
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
. In case of any judicial proceeding relative
to the Company, a Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities), any of their property or
any of 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 for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07.
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 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
,
however
, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors or other similar
committee.
SECTION 5.05
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
. All rights of
action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities 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 the reasonable
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compensation, expenses, distributions and advances of the Trustee, 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 5.06
Application of Money Collected
. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to
this Article 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 on account of principal (or premium, if any) 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 6.07;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the 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 Securities for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, respectively;
THIRD: To the payment of any and all other amounts due under this Indenture, the
Securities or the Guarantees; and
FOURTH: To the Company (or such other Person as a court of competent jurisdiction may
direct).
SECTION 5.07
Limitation on Suits
. Subject to Section 5.08, no Holder of any Security shall
have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default;
(ii) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
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;
(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(iv) the Trustee for 45 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 45-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities; it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall
have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders, or to obtain or
to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right
under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all the Holders.
SECTION 5.08
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,
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which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of a redemption, on the Redemption 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 5.09
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, each Guarantor, 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, subject to the
determination in such proceeding.
SECTION 5.10
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 3.06, 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 5.11
Delay or Omission Not Waiver
. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any
Holder of any Security 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 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 5.12
Control by Holders
. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities 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, provided that:
(i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture, and
(ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 5.13
Waiver of Past Defaults
. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities waive any
past default hereunder and its consequences, except a default
(i) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security, or
(ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected.
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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 5.14
Undertaking for Costs
. 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, suffered or omitted
by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay
the costs of such suit (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses), and may assess costs
against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture
Act; provided, that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize
any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by
the Company or a Guarantor, in any suit instituted by the Trustee, in 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 in any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the Stated
Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case of a redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date).
SECTION 5.15
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
. The Company and each Guarantor 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 the Company and each Guarantor (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 VI
The Trustee
SECTION 6.01
Certain Duties and Responsibilities
. (a) Except during the continuance of an
Event of Default,
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions which by the provisions hereof are specifically required to
be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but
need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other
facts stated therein).
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent Person would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of such Persons own affairs.
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(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from
liability for its own negligent misconduct, except that 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 under this Indenture, unless the Trustee has received security and
indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. The Trustee shall not
be liable for any error of judgment unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in
the performance of its duties hereunder.
(d) 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 6.01.
SECTION 6.02
Notice of Defaults
. If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is known to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear
in the Security Register, notice of such Default or Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee
within 90 days after obtaining such knowledge, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived;
provided
,
however
, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a
trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that
the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders.
SECTION 6.03
Certain Rights of Trustee
. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely as to the truth of the statements and correctness
of the opinions expressed therein and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from
acting upon any resolution, Officers Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other
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;
(b) 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
of the Company may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Company;
(c) 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;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection 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;
(e) 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;
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(f) 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 (subject to
reasonable confidentiality arrangements as may be proposed by the Company or any
Guarantor) to make reasonable examination (upon prior notice and during regular business
hours) of the books, records and premises of the Company or a Guarantor, personally or by
agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional
liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(g) 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 or custodians or nominees and
the Trustee shall not be responsible for the supervision of, or any misconduct or negligence
on the part of, any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(i) in the event that the Trustee is also acting as Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent,
Security Registrar or Securities Custodian hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to
the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI, including its right to be indemnified, shall also
be afforded to such Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar and Securities
Custodian;
(j) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written
notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this
Indenture;
(k) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of
profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss
or damage and regardless of the form of action; and
(l) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the
names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified
actions pursuant to this Indenture.
SECTION 6.04
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
. The recitals contained
herein and in the Securities, except the Trustees certificates of authentication, shall be taken
as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.05
May Hold Securities
. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent,
any Security Registrar, any Securities Custodian or any other agent of the Company or any
Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and, subject to Section 6.08 and Section 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company or a Guarantor
with the same rights
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it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar,
Securities Custodian or such other agent.
SECTION 6.06
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 in writing
with the Company.
SECTION 6.07
Compensation and Reimbursement
. The Company agrees (1) to pay to the Trustee
from time to time such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in
writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); (2) except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, to promptly 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
have been caused by its negligence or bad faith; and (3) to indemnify the Trustee, its directors,
officers, agents and employees for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, damage,
claim, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, including taxes
(other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the revenue or income of the Trustee),
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the
costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Holder
or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder.
The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities as to all property and funds held by it
hereunder for any amount owing to it pursuant to this Section 6.07, except with respect to funds
held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 5.01(3) or Section 5.01(4), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses
of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall survive
the resignation or removal of the Trustee and any satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
SECTION 6.08
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.
SECTION 6.09
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
. There shall at all times be a Trustee
hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as
such and has, or is a wholly owned subsidiary of a bank holding company that has, a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and a Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York. If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of a Federal or State supervising or examining authority,
then for the purposes of this Section 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 shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the
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provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 6.10
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
. (a) No resignation or
removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article
shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Company and
the resigning Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Company and
the Trustee being removed within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the
Trustee being removed may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(d) If at any time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08 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
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and shall fail
to resign after written request therefor by the Company, any Guarantor or by any
such Holder, or
(iii) 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 or any Guarantor, in each case by a Board
Resolution, may remove the Trustee, or (B) subject to Section 5.14, 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 and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) 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, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor
Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities 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 6.11,
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become the successor Trustee and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the
Holders and accepted appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section
6.11, 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 appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee
and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders in the manner provided in
Section 1.07. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address
of its Corporate Trust Office.
(g) The resignation or removal of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.10 shall not
affect the obligation of the Company to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07(3)
in connection with the exercise or performance by the Trustee prior to its resignation or
removal of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
(h) No Trustee under this Indenture shall be liable for any action or omission of any
successor Trustee.
SECTION 6.11
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
. Every successor Trustee appointed
hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company 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 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.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company 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.
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.
SECTION 6.12
Merger
,
Conversion
,
Consolidation or Succession to Business
. 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
,
however
, that such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, 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 with the same effect as if such
successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 6.13
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company or a Guarantor
. If and
when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or a 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 Guarantor (or any such other
obligor).
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SECTION 6.14
Appointment of Authenticating Agent
. The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating
Agent or Agents which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities issued upon original issue and upon exchange or registration of transfer or partial
redemption or pursuant to Section 3.06, 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 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 be a
corporation that has a combined capital and surplus as most recently reported or determined by it,
sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under which is organized or in which it is doing
business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct
such business and is subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If at
any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions,
it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
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 continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided that such corporation shall be otherwise
eligible under this Section, 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, 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 1.07, to all Holders as their names
and addresses appear in the Security Register. 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.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section.
ARTICLE VII
Holders Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
SECTION 7.01
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
. The Company will
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee a list of the names and addresses of the Holders in
such form as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the
Company of any such request, as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished; excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity
as Security Registrar.
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SECTION 7.02
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
. (a) 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 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity
as Security Registrar, if so acting.
(b) 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 duties
of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Company and the Trustee that neither the Company, any Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any
agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as
to the names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.03
Reports by Trustee
. (a) Within 60 days after June 15 of each year, the
Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under
this Indenture to the extent required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and
in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(b) 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 the Securities are listed, with the
Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the
Securities are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.04
Reports by Company
. The Company 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
pursuant to 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 so required to be filed with the
Commission.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation
,
Merger
,
Conveyance
,
Transfer or Lease
SECTION 8.01
Company May Consolidate
,
Etc. Only on Certain Terms
. The Company will not, in
any transaction or series of transactions, merge or consolidate with or into, or sell, assign,
convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and
assets as an entirety to, any Person or Persons unless at the time and after giving effect thereto:
(1) either:
(x) if the transaction or transactions is a merger or consolidation, the
Company shall be the surviving Person of such merger or consolidation, or
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(y) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged
or to which the properties and assets of the Company are transferred substantially
as an entirety (any such surviving Person or transferee Person being the
Surviving
Entity
) shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly
assume by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities
and this Indenture, and this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees shall
remain in full force and effect; and
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a
pro forma basis, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
In connection with any consolidation, merger, transfer, lease, assignment or other disposition
contemplated by the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.01, the Company shall deliver, or cause
to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an
Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
transfer, lease, assignment, or other disposition and the supplemental indenture in respect thereof
(required under clause (1)(y) of this Section 8.01) comply with the requirements of this Indenture.
SECTION 8.02
Successor Substituted
. Except as otherwise provided by Section 13.05, upon any
consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of all
or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 8.01,
the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the
successor Person to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition is made
shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company
under the Securities and this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor had been named as
the Company in the Securities and this Indenture and, except in the case of a lease, the Company
shall be released and discharged from its obligations thereunder.
ARTICLE IX
Amendments; Waivers; Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 9.01
Amendments
,
Waivers and Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
.
Without the consent of any Holders, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Company and each
Guarantor, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may together amend, waive or
supplement this Indenture or the Securities, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or a Guarantor and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or such Guarantor herein
and in the Securities or such Guarantors Guarantee and to evidence the assumption of
obligations under this Indenture;
(ii) to add to the covenants of the Company or a Guarantor for the benefit of the
Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or a
Guarantor;
(iii) to secure the Securities;
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(iv) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or
(v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that (a) such amendment, waiver or supplement does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder of Securities and (b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel and Officers Certificate stating that such action pursuant to clauses (i),
(ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above is permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall not be obligated
to enter into any such amendment, waiver or supplemental indenture that adversely affects its own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.02
Modifications
,
Amendments and 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, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company and the
Guarantors, when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may together modify, amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Securities 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 under this Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that no such modification,
amendment or supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby,
(i) reduce the principal amount of, extend the Stated Maturity of or alter the
redemption provisions of, the Securities,
(ii) change the currency in which any Securities or any premium or the interest thereon
is payable,
(iii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of Outstanding Securities that must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver or consent to take any action under this
Indenture or the Securities or any Guarantee,
(iv) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with
respect to the Securities or any Guarantee,
(v) waive a default in payment with respect to the Securities or any Guarantee,
(vi) reduce or change the rate or time for payment of interest on the Securities, or
(vii) modify or change any provision of this Indenture affecting the ranking of the
Securities or any Guarantee in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Securities.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed amendment or supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act
shall approve the substance thereof.
The Trustee shall join with the Company and each Guarantor in the execution of such amended or
supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture affects the Trustees own
rights,
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duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its
discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amendment or supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.03
Execution of Supplemental Indentures
. In executing, or accepting the additional
trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications
thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be given, and (subject to
Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers
Certificate 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; provided that the Trustee shall enter into and execute all other supplemental indentures
which satisfy all applicable conditions under this Article IX.
SECTION 9.04
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture under this Article, 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 9.05
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
. Every supplemental indenture executed
pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in
effect.
SECTION 9.06
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
. Securities authenticated
and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article 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,
provided
that any failure by the Trustee to make such
notation shall not affect the validity of the matter provided for in such supplemental indenture or
any Security or Guarantee hereunder. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities or
Guarantees so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee, the Guarantors and the
Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company or
Guarantor and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities.
SECTION 9.07
Waiver of Certain Covenants
. The Company may omit in any particular instance to
comply with any covenant or condition set forth in Section 8.01 and pursuant to Section 9.01(i), if
before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance
or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to
or affect such covenant 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 covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 9.08
No Liability for Certain Persons
. No director, officer, employee, or
stockholder of the Company, nor any director, officer or employee of any Guarantor, as such, shall
have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities, the
Guarantees or this Indenture based on or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each
Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The foregoing waiver and
release are an integral part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities and the
Guarantees.
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ARTICLE X
Covenants
SECTION 10.01
Payment of Principal
,
Premium and Interest
. The Company shall duly and
punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities in accordance
with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. The Company will deposit or cause to be
deposited with the Trustee or its nominee, no later than the opening of business on the date of the
Stated Maturity of any Security or no later than the opening of business on the due date for any
installment of interest, all payments so due, which payments shall be in immediately available
funds on the date of such Stated Maturity or due date as the case may be.
SECTION 10.02
Maintenance of Office or Agency
. The Company shall maintain in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where Securities may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company or any Guarantor in respect of the
Securities, the Guarantees and this 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 a 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. In the event any such notice or demands are so made or served on the Trustee, the Trustee
shall promptly forward copies thereof to the Company.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or
outside the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) where the Securities 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 the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, for such purposes. 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.
The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent and Security Registrar,
and the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, as one such office or agency of the Company for each
of the aforesaid purposes.
SECTION 10.03
Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust
. If the Company shall at any
time act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit
of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or
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, the Company will, prior to
11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, 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.
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The Company shall cause each Paying Agent 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, that such Paying Agent will: (i) comply with the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as Paying Agent and (ii) during the continuance of any default
by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment in respect
of the Securities, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums
held in trust by such Paying Agent as such.
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 such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by such Paying Agent; and, upon such
payment by any Paying Agent (other than the Company) 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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become
due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, 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;
provided
,
however
, that the Trustee or such Paying
Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the
date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the
Company.
SECTION 10.04
Existence; Activities
. Subject to Article VIII, the Company shall do or cause
to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights
(charter and statutory) and material franchises;
provided
,
however
, that the Company shall not be
required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors of the Company in good
faith shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
SECTION 10.05
Statement by Officers as to Default; Compliance Certificates
. (a) The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Company, an Officers Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers
thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions
and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided hereunder), and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the
nature and status thereof of which he may have knowledge.
(b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event
within five days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of a Default or an Event
of Default, an Officers Certificate setting forth the details of such Default or Event of
Default, and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.
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ARTICLE XI
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 11.01
Right of Redemption
. The Securities may be redeemed at the election of the
Company, in the amounts, at the times, at the Redemption Prices (together with any applicable
accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), and subject to the conditions specified in the
form of Security and hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 11.02
Applicability of Article
. Redemption of Securities at the election of the
Company, as permitted by this Indenture and the provisions of the Securities, shall be made in
accordance with such provisions and this Article.
SECTION 11.03
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
. The election of the Company to redeem
any Securities pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In the event of
any redemption at the election of the Company pursuant to Section 11.01, the Company shall notify
the Trustee, in case of a redemption of less than all the Securities, at least 60 days, and in the
case of a redemption of all the Securities, at least 40 days, prior to the Redemption Date fixed by
the Company (in each case, unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed.
SECTION 11.04
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
. In the event that less than
all of the Securities are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Securities for redemption
will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national
securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed or, if the Securities are not then
listed on a national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (subject to the rules of the Depositary);
provided
,
however
, that Securities shall only be redeemable in amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and each Security Registrar in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture and of the Securities, 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.
SECTION 11.05
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, except
that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date if the notice
of redemption is issued in connection with (i) a satisfaction and discharge of securities in
accordance with Article IV or (ii) a defeasance in accordance with Article XII.
All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including, if used,
CUSIP or CINS numbers) and shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price;
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(iii) if less than all the Outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the
particular Securities to be redeemed;
(iv) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and accrued interest to, but
excluding, the Redemption Date will become due and payable upon each such Security to be
redeemed and that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after such Redemption Date;
and
(v) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Companys request and provision of such notice information five
days prior to the notice being mailed, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company
and shall be irrevocable.
SECTION 11.06
Deposit of Redemption Price
. Prior to any Redemption Date, 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 10.03) an amount of money sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment
Date) any applicable accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 11.07
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 any applicable accrued interest) interest
shall cease to accrue on such Securities or portions thereof. 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 any applicable accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date;
provided
,
however
, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall 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 3.07.
If any Security called for redemption in accordance with the election of the Company made
pursuant to Section 11.01 shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal
(and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
provided by the Security.
SECTION 11.08
Securities Redeemed in Part
. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part
shall be surrendered at an office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose pursuant to
Section 10.02 (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 the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate
principal amount at Stated Maturity equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the
principal amount at Stated Maturity of the Security so surrendered.
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ARTICLE XII
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
SECTION 12.01
Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
. The Company may
elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 12.02 or Section 12.03 applied to the Outstanding
Securities (as a whole and not in part) upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution.
SECTION 12.02
Defeasance and Discharge
. Upon the Companys exercise of its option to have
this Section applied to the Outstanding Securities (as a whole and not in part), the Company shall
be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided
in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 are satisfied
(hereinafter called
Defeasance
). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall
be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by such Securities and to
have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such
Securities 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 Outstanding Securities to
receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 12.04 and as more fully set forth in such
Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities
when payments are due, (2) the Companys obligations with respect to such Securities under Section
3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.06, Section 10.02 and Section 10.03, (3) the rights, powers, trusts,
duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with
this Article, the Company may exercise its option to have this Section applied to the Outstanding
Securities (as a whole and not in part) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option to have
Section 12.03 applied to such Securities.
SECTION 12.03
Covenant Defeasance
. Upon the Companys exercise of its option to have this
Section applied to the Outstanding Securities (as a whole and not in part), (i) the Company shall
be released from its obligations under Article VIII and Section 10.02, Section 10.04 and Section
10.05 as well as any additional covenants specified in any applicable supplemental indentures and
the Guarantors shall be released from their obligations under Article XIII and the Guarantees, and
(ii) the occurrence of any event specified in such provisions, and any such covenants provided
pursuant to Section 9.02(i), shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each
case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 12.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called
Covenant Defeasance
).
For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company
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, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other
provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities
shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 12.04
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
. The following shall be the
conditions to the application of Section 12.02 or Section 12.03 to the Outstanding Securities:
(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 6.09
and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article 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
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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 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, premium, if any, and any installment of interest on such
Securities on the respective Stated Maturities or Redemption Date thereof, in accordance
with the terms of this 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 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 12.02 apply to the Outstanding
Securities, 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 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 12.03 apply to the Outstanding
Securities, 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 Default or Event of Default with respect to the Outstanding Securities shall
have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit.
(5) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a
conflicting interest with respect to any securities of the Company or any Guarantor.
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, any other material agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound.
(7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (which
opinion may be subject to customary assumptions and exceptions) to the effect that after the
91st
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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.
(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating
that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of
the Securities over the other creditors of the Company or any Guarantor with the intent of
defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or any Guarantor or
others.
(9) No event or condition shall exist that would prevent the Company from making
payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities on the date of
such deposit or at any time ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit.
(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture to
either Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.
SECTION 12.05
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions
. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, 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 and Section 12.06, the Trustee and
any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the
Trustee
) pursuant to Section 12.04 in
respect of the Outstanding 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 12.04 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 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 12.04 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 the Outstanding
Securities.
SECTION 12.06
Reinstatement
. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money
in accordance with this Article 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, such Securities and the Guarantees from
which the Company and the Guarantors have been discharged or released pursuant to Section 12.02 or
Section 12.03 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this
Article 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 12.05 with respect to such
Securities in accordance with this Article;
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.
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ARTICLE XIII
Guarantee
SECTION 13.01
Guarantee
. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees on
a senior unsecured basis, jointly and severally, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its
successors and assigns (a) the full and prompt payment (within applicable grace periods) of
principal of and interest on the Securities when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by
redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and
the Securities and (b) the full and prompt performance within applicable grace periods of all other
obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities (all the foregoing being
hereinafter collectively called the
Guarantee Obligations
). Each Guarantor further agrees that
the Guarantee 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 under this Article
XIII notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantee Obligation.
To the extent that any Guarantor shall be required to pay any amounts on account of the
Securities pursuant to a Guarantee in excess of an amount calculated as the product of (i) the
aggregate amount payable by the Guarantors on account of the Securities pursuant to their
respective Guarantees times (ii) the proportion (expressed as a fraction) that such Guarantors net
assets (determined in accordance with GAAP) at the date enforcement of the Guarantees is sought
bears to the aggregate net assets (determined in accordance with GAAP) of all Guarantors at such
date, then such Guarantor shall be reimbursed by the other Guarantors for the amount of such
excess, pro rata, based upon the respective net assets (determined in accordance with GAAP)of such
other Guarantors at the date enforcement of the Guarantees is sought. This paragraph is intended
only to define the relative rights of Guarantors as among themselves, and nothing set forth in this
paragraph is intended to or shall impair the joint and several obligations of the Guarantors under
their respective Guarantees.
The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long
as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under any Guarantee.
Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of
any of the Guarantee Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor
waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guarantee Obligations. The obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to
assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other
Person under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension
or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the
terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (d) the release of
any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guarantee Obligations or any of them;
(e) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other
guarantor of the Guarantee Obligations; or (f) any change in the ownership of any Guarantor
(subject to Section 13.05).
Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guaranty of payment,
performance and compliance when due (and not a guaranty of collection) and waives any right to
require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the
Guarantee Obligations.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not
be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any
claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any
defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the
invalidity, illegality or
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unenforceability of the Guarantee Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligations of each Guarantor herein
shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the
Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Securities
or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or
delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guarantee Obligations, or by any other act
or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to
any extent vary the risk of such Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of each
Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or
interest on any Guarantee Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or
the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or
the Trustee has at law or in equity against each Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of
the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Guarantee Obligation when and as the same
shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise (within
applicable grace periods), or to perform or comply with any other Guarantee Obligation (within
applicable grace periods), each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written
demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guarantee Obligations,
(ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guarantee Obligations (but only to the extent not
prohibited by law) and (iii) all other monetary Guarantee Obligations of the Company to the Holders
and the Trustee.
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to
the Holders in respect of any Guarantee Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all
Guarantee Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Guarantee
Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article V for the purposes of its
Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the Guarantee Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any
declaration of acceleration of such Guarantee Obligations as provided in Article V, such Guarantee
Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each
Guarantor for the purposes of this Section.
Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under
this Section.
SECTION 13.02
Limitation on Liability
. Any term or provision of this Indenture to the
contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations guaranteed hereunder by
each Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering
this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable federal or state law
relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer.
SECTION 13.03
Execution and Delivery of Guarantees
. The Guarantees to be endorsed on the
Securities shall be in the form set forth in Exhibit B. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees to
execute its Guarantee in such form, to be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee.
Each Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of each respective Guarantor by any one of such
Guarantors Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, President,
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Chief Financial Officer or Vice Presidents and any authorized signatories for any Guarantors
that are not corporations. The signature of any or all of these officers on the Guarantee may be
manual or facsimile.
A Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of a Guarantor shall bind such Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of the
Security on which such Guarantee is endorsed or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Guarantee.
Each Guarantee shall be registered, transferred, exchanged and cancelled, and shall be held in
definitive or global form, in the same manner and together with, the Security to which it relates,
in accordance with Article III.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall
constitute due delivery of the Guarantee endorsed thereon on behalf of the Guarantors. Each of the
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 13.01 shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Security.
SECTION 13.04
Guarantors May Consolidate
,
Etc.
,
on Certain Terms
. Nothing contained in this
Indenture or in any of the Securities or any Guarantee shall prevent any consolidation or merger of
a Guarantor with or into the Company or a Guarantor shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the
assets of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety or the Capital Stock of a
Guarantor to the Company or a Guarantor.
SECTION 13.05
Release of Guarantors
. The Guarantee of a Guarantor shall automatically be
released from all obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Securities and under this Article
XIII without need for any further act or the execution or delivery or any document: (i) upon the
sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of such Guarantor other
than to the Company or another Guarantor and as permitted by this Indenture; (ii) upon the sale or
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor other than to the Company
or another Guarantor and as permitted by this Indenture; or (iii) upon Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance in accordance with Article XII. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an
Officers Certificate to the effect that such transaction was made in accordance with the
provisions hereof, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence
the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Securities
and under this Article XIII.
SECTION 13.06
Successors and Assigns
. Article XIII shall be binding upon each Guarantor and
its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the
Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or
the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the
Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject
to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
SECTION 13.07
No Waiver
,
etc
. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the
Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article XIII shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or
further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the
Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other
rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this
Article XIII, at law, in equity, by
statute or otherwise.
SECTION 13.08
Modification
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etc
. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of
this Article, nor the consent to any departure by a Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be
effective
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unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to
or demand on a Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor or any other guarantor to any
other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of
the day and year first above written.
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EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO THAT IS A CORPORATION,
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EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO THAT IS A LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, BY ITS GENERAL PARTNER
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EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO THAT IS A LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY, BY ITS MANAGING MEMBER OR MANAGER
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AS TRUSTEE
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SCHEDULE A
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Guarantor
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Place of Formation
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Autostack Company LLC
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Oregon
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Greenbrier-Concarril, LLC
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Delaware
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Greenbrier Leasing Company LLC
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Oregon
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Greenbrier Leasing Limited Partner, LLC
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Delaware
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Greenbrier Management Services, LLC
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Delaware
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Greenbrier Leasing, L.P.
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Delaware
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Greenbrier Railcar LLC
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Oregon
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Gunderson LLC
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Oregon
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Gunderson Marine LLC
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Oregon
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Gunderson Rail Services LLC
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Oregon
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Greenbrier Railcar Leasing, Inc.
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Washington
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Gunderson Specialty Products, LLC
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Delaware
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Brandon Railroad LLC
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Oregon
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Meridian Rail Holdings Corp.
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Oregon
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Meridian Rail Acquisition Corp.
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Oregon
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Meridian Rail Mexico City Corp.
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Oregon
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Greenbrier Rail Holdings I, LLC
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Oregon
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Greenbrier Rail Holdings II, LLC
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Oregon
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Greenbrier Rail Holdings III, LLC
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Oregon
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Schedule A
APPENDIX
PROVISIONS RELATING TO SECURITIES
1.
Definitions
1.1
Definitions
.
For the purposes of this Appendix the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
Definitive Security
means a certificated Security that does not include the Global
Securities Legend.
Depositary
means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
Global Securities Legend
means the legend set forth under that caption in Exhibit A to this
Indenture.
Securities Custodian
means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as appointed by
the Depositary) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.
1.2
Other Definitions
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Global Security
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2.
The Securities
2.1
Form
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(a)
Global Securities
. The Securities shall be issued initially in the form of
one or more global Securities in definitive, fully registered form (collectively, the
Global Security
) without interest coupons and bearing the Global Securities Legend, which
shall be deposited on behalf of the Holders of the Securities represented thereby with the
Securities Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the
Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in
this Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from time to
time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the
Depositary or its nominee and on the schedules thereto as hereinafter provided.
(b)
Book-Entry Provisions
. This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global
Security deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b) and
Section 2.2 and pursuant to an order of the Company signed by one officer of the Company,
authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (i) shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such
Depositary and (ii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such
Depositarys instructions or held by the Trustee as Securities Custodian.
Appendix 1
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (
Agent Members
) shall have no rights under
this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the
Trustee as Securities Custodian or under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such
Global Security 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 Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such
Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global
Security.
(c)
Definitive Securities
. Except as provided in Section 2.3 or 2.4, owners of
beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of
certificated Securities.
2.2
Authentication
. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
upon a written order of the Company signed by one Officer of the Company (a) Securities for
original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $[ ]
and (b) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Securities in an unlimited aggregate
principal amount. Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated, the
date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated and, in the case of an
issuance of Additional Securities pursuant to Section 3.13 after the Issue Date, shall certify that
such issuance is in compliance with this Indenture.
2.3
Transfer and Exchange
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(a)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities
. When Definitive Securities
are presented to the Security Registrar with a request:
(i) to register the transfer of such Definitive Securities; or
(ii) to exchange such Definitive Securities for an equal principal amount of
Definitive Securities of other authorized denominations, the Security Registrar
shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable
requirements for such transaction are met;
provided
,
however
, that the Definitive
Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to
the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
(b)
Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Security for a Beneficial Interest in
a Global Security
. A Definitive Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest
in a Global Security except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon
receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Security, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar, together with written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct
the Securities Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to
such Global Security to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities represented by the Global Security, such instructions to contain information
regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase, then the Trustee shall
cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the Securities Custodian to cause, in
accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and
the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Securities represented by the
Global Security to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Security
to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the
Appendix 2
Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Security
equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Security so canceled. If no Global
Securities are then outstanding and the Global Security has not been previously exchanged
for certificated securities pursuant to Section 2.4, the Company shall issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers
Certificate, a new Global Security in the appropriate principal amount.
(c)
Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities
.
(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Securities or beneficial interests
therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Indenture
and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial
interest in a Global Security shall deliver a written order given in accordance with
the Depositarys procedures containing information regarding the participant account
of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in such Global Security
or another Global Security and such account shall be credited in accordance with
such order with a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Security and the
account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the
beneficial interest in the Global Security being transferred.
(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one
Global Security to a beneficial interest in another Global Security, the Security
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the
principal amount of the Global Security to which such interest is being transferred
in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and
the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a
corresponding decrease in the principal amount of Global Security from which such
interest is being transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix (other than the
provisions set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Security may not be transferred as a
whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the
Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary.
(d)
Cancelation or Adjustment of Global Security
. At such time as all
beneficial interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for Definitive
Securities, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Security shall be
returned by the Depositary to the Trustee for cancelation or retained and canceled by the
Trustee. At any time prior to such cancelation, if any beneficial interest in a Global
Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities, transferred in exchange for an interest in
another Global Security, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of
Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be
made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities Custodian for
such Global Security) with respect to such Global Security, by the Trustee or the Securities
Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
(e)
Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Securities
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(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Securities and Global
Securities at the Security Registrars request.
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(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities except as provided in Section 3.06 of this Indenture, but the
Company 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, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04,
3.12, 9.06, or 11.08 of this Indenture, and in any such case not involving any
transfer.
(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any
Security, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security Registrar may
deem and treat the person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute
owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Security is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the
Security Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(iv) All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms
of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or
exchange.
(f)
No Obligation of the Trustee
.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial
owner of a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or any
other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its
nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership
interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any participant,
member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice
(including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with
respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the
Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given
or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee
in the case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global
Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable
rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to
its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or
inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in
any Security (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants,
members or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to require delivery
of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required
by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and
to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof.
2.4
Definitive Securities
.
(a) A Global Security deposited with the Depositary or with the Trustee as Securities
Custodian pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in
the form of Definitive Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such
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Global Security, in exchange for such Global Security, only if such transfer complies
with Section 2.3 and (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable
to continue as a Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases
to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor depositary is
not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or after the Company becomes
aware of such cessation, or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (iii)
the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause
the issuance of certificated Securities under this Indenture.
(b) Any Global Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant
to this Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, to be so
transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Security, an
equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Any
portion of a Global Security transferred pursuant to this Section shall be executed,
authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof and registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b), the registered Holder of a Global
Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and
Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
(d) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.4(a)(i),
(ii) or (iii), the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply
of Definitive Securities in fully registered form without interest coupons.
Appendix 5
Exhibit A
[FORM OF SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (
DEPOSITARY
), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DEPOSITARY (AND
ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DEPOSITARY), 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.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
DEPOSITARY, TO NOMINEES OF DEPOSITARY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
A-1
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.
[
]% Senior Note due 20[
]
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Oregon (herein called the
Company
, which term includes any successor Person under
the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co.,
or registered assigns, the principal sum listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global
Security attached hereto on [ ], 20[ ] and to pay
interest thereon from [ ], 20[ ] or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semiannually in arrears on [ ] and
[ ] in each year, commencing
[ ], 20[ ] at the rate of [
]%
per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for,
provided
,
however
, 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 that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or
duly provided for. 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
[ ] and
[ ] (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may
be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for will 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 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 on which the Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided
in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided
,
however
, that, at the
option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
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.
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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 Security to be duly executed.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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AS TRUSTEE
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Form of Reverse of Security
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as
[ ]% Senior Notes due [ ] (herein called the
Securities
), limited in
aggregate principal amount on the Issue Date to $[ ] issued and to
be issued under an Indenture, dated as of [ ],
20[ ] (herein called the
Indenture
, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in
such instrument), among the Company, the guarantors named therein and
[ ], as Trustee (herein called the
Trustee
,
which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the
Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Company shall be
entitled, subject to its compliance with the terms of the Indenture, to issue Additional Securities
pursuant to Section 3.13 of the Indenture. The Securities include the Securities issued on the
Issue Date and any Additional Securities. The Securities issued on the Issue Date and any
Additional Securities are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.
The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 7aaa-77bbbb (the
TIA
), as in
effect on the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of such terms.
This Security is redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time on
or after [ ], 20[ ], at the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal
amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the Redemption Date,
if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on [ ] of the years indicated below:
The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of
this Security or of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this
Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, there may be declared due and payable
the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the
outstanding Securities, in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
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 under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities, 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.
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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, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities 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 and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of Securities at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have
failed to institute any such proceeding for 45 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to certain suits described in the Indenture, including
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 herein (or,
in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
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 premium, if any) 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 the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, 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 authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000
and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities
of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
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.
Interest on this Security shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
obligations of the Company under the Indenture and this Security are Guaranteed pursuant to
Guarantees endorsed hereon as provided in the Indenture. Each Holder, by holding this Security,
agrees to all of the terms and provisions of said Guarantees. The Indenture provides that each
Guarantor shall be released from its Guarantee upon compliance with certain conditions.
A-5
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.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security 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 Security on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.
Date:
Your Signature:
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Security is $[ ]. The following
increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
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A-8
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTATION ON SECURITY RELATING TO GUARANTEE
GUARANTEE
Each of the undersigned guarantors (each a
Guarantor
, or together, the
Guarantors
) which
term includes any successor under the Indenture (the
Indenture
) referred to in the Security upon
which this notation is endorsed), hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees on a senior
basis, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor of the Securities, to each Holder and to the
Trustee and its successors and assigns (a) the full and prompt payment (within applicable grace
periods) of principal of and interest on the Securities when due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under
the Indenture and the Securities and (b) the full and prompt performance within applicable grace
periods of all other obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Securities, subject to
certain limitations set forth in the Indenture (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively
called the
Guarantee Obligations
). The Guarantor further agrees that the Guarantee 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 under Article XIII of the Indenture
notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantee Obligation. Capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
Subject to the terms of the Indenture, this Guarantee shall be binding upon the Guarantor and
its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the
Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or
the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend
to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication on the Security upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the
Trustee under the Indenture by the signature of one of its authorized signatories.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or this Guarantee, under the Indenture
and this Guarantee the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations guaranteed by the Guarantor
shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed without rendering the Indenture or this
Guarantee, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable federal or state law relating
to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
[Signature page follows]
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THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[GUARANTORS]
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Exhibit 4.16
THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
as the Company
and
THE SUBSIDIARIES NAMED HEREIN
as Guarantors
to
[ ]
as Trustee
Subordinated Indenture
Dated as of
, 20___
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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SECTION 1.01. Definitions
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SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions
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SECTION 1.03. Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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SECTION 1.04. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
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SECTION 1.05. Acts of Holders; Record Dates
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SECTION 1.06. Notices to Trustee, the Company or a Guarantor
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SECTION 1.07. Notice to Holders; Waiver
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SECTION 1.08. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 1.09. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
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SECTION 1.10. Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 1.11. Separability Clause
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SECTION 1.12. Benefits of Indenture
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SECTION 1.13. Governing Law
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SECTION 1.14. Legal Holidays
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SECTION 1.15. Waiver of Jury Trial
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SECTION 1.16. Force Majeure
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ARTICLE II SECURITY FORMS
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SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating
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ARTICLE III THE SECURITIES
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SECTION 3.01. Title and Terms
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SECTION 3.02. Denominations
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SECTION 3.03. Execution and Authentication
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SECTION 3.04. Temporary Securities
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SECTION 3.05. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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SECTION 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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SECTION 3.07. Payment of Interest; Rights Preserved
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SECTION 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners
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SECTION 3.09. Cancellation
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SECTION 3.11. CUSIP and CINS Numbers
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Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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SECTION 3.12. Deposits of Monies
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ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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SECTION 4.02. Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE V REMEDIES
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SECTION 5.01. Events of Default
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SECTION 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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SECTION 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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SECTION 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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SECTION 5.06. Application of Money Collected
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SECTION 5.07. Limitation on Suits
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SECTION 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
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SECTION 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders
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SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults
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SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs
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SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE VI THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities
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SECTION 6.02. Notice of Defaults
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SECTION 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee
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SECTION 6.05. May Hold Securities
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SECTION 6.06. Money Held in Trust
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SECTION 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement
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SECTION 6.08. Conflicting Interests
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Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
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SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company or a Guarantor
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SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE VII HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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SECTION 7.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
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SECTION 7.03. Reports by Trustee
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SECTION 7.04. Reports by Company
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ARTICLE VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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SECTION 8.02. Successor Substituted
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ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS; SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION
9.01. Amendments, Waivers and Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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SECTION 9.02. Modifications, Amendments and Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
Holders
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SECTION 9.07. Waiver of Certain Covenants
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SECTION 9.08. No Liability for Certain Persons
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ARTICLE X COVENANTS
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SECTION 10.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
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SECTION 10.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency
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SECTION 10.03. Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust
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Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 11.03. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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SECTION 11.04. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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SECTION 11.05. Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 12.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions
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ARTICLE XIII GUARANTEE
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SECTION 13.02. Limitation on Liability
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SECTION 13.03. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees
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SECTION 13.04. Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms
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SECTION 13.05. Release of Guarantors
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SECTION 13.06. Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 13.09. Subordination of Guarantee
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ARTICLE XIV SUBORDINATION
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Schedule A
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The Guarantors
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Appendix
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Provisions Relating to Securities
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Exhibit A
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Form of Security
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Exhibit B
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Form of Guarantee
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Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
Indenture.
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Cross Reference Table (1)
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Trust Indenture Act Selection
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Indenture Section
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310(a)(1)
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6.09
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310(a)(3)
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310(a)(4)
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310(a)(5)
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6.08; 6.10
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311(a)
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6.13
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Note: This Cross Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed part of this Indenture.
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Not Applicable.
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Definition of Outstanding.
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SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of [ ], 20[ ], among THE GREENBRIER
COMPANIES, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Oregon
(herein called the
Company
), having its principal office at One Centerpointe Drive, Suite 200,
Lake Oswego, Oregon, 97035, the Subsidiaries of the Company named in Schedule A (herein called the
Guarantors
) and [ ], having its principal corporate trust office at [ ], as trustee (herein called the
Trustee
).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of [ ]% Subordinated Notes due [ ]
of substantially the tenor and amount hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefore, the
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.
Each Guarantor desires to make the Guarantee provided herein and has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture.
All things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Company, authenticated and
delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, and each Guarantee, when executed and delivered
hereunder by each Guarantor, the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and each
Guarantor, and to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each
Guarantor, in accordance with their and 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 (as
defined herein) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate
benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
SECTION 1.01.
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 have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article 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 GAAP (whether or not such is indicated herein);
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an Article or a Section
refers to an Article or 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;
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(6) each reference herein to a rule or form of the Commission shall mean such rule or
form and any rule or form successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time;
(7) or is not exclusive;
(8) including means including without limitation;
(9) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured
Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness;
(10) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any
date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the
issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP; and
(11) all references to the date the Securities were originally issued shall refer to
the Issue Date, except as otherwise specified.
Whenever this Indenture requires that a particular ratio or amount be calculated with respect
to a specified period after giving effect to certain transactions or events on a pro forma basis,
such calculation shall be made as if the transactions or events occurred on the first day of such
period, unless otherwise specified.
Act
, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.05.
Additional Securities
means, any additional amount of the Securities issued from time to
time after the Issue Date under the terms of this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 3.04,
3.05, 3.06 or 11.08 of this Indenture).
Affiliate
means, with respect to any specified Person, (i) any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Person, (ii) any other Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of such
specified Persons Capital Stock or (iii) any officer or director of (A) any such specified Person,
(B) any Subsidiary of such specified Person or (C) any Person described in clauses (i) or (ii)
above.
Authenticating Agent
means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14
hereof to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
Board of Directors
means the board of directors of a company or its equivalent, including
managers of a limited liability company, general partners of a partnership or trustees of a
business trust, or any duly authorized committee thereof.
Board Resolution
means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of a company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such company and to
be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day
means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day
on which banking institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
Capital Stock
means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated) of such Persons capital stock
or equity participations,
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and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into capital stock), warrants or
options exchangeable for or convertible into such capital stock and, including, without limitation,
with respect to partnerships, limited liability companies or business trusts, ownership interests
(whether general or limited) and 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, such
partnerships, limited liability companies or business trusts.
Commission
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as 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 Order
or
Company Request
means a written order or request signed in the name of
the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief
Financial Officer, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent, as
applicable.
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 ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
Corporate Trust Office
means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
principal corporate trust business shall be administered, which address as of the date of this
Indenture is located at [ ], Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and
the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other
address as a successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the
Company).
corporation
means (except in the definition of Subsidiary) a corporation, association,
company, joint stock company or business trust.
Default
means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an
Event of Default.
Depositary
means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, or its successor.
Exchange Act
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Federal Bankruptcy Code
means Title 11, U.S. Code.
GAAP
means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession of the United States of America, as in effect on the date of any calculation
or determination required hereunder; provided that the Company, on any date, may elect to establish
that GAAP shall mean
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GAAP as in effect on such date; provided further that any such election, once made, shall be
irrevocable. The Company shall give notice of any such election to the Trustee and the Holders of
Securities.
Global Security
has the meaning specified in the Appendix.
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uarantee
means, as applied to any obligation, (i) a guarantee (other than by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or
indirect, in any manner, of any part or all of such obligation and (ii) an agreement, direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the
payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of all or any part of
such obligation, including, without limiting the foregoing, the payment of amounts available to be
drawn down under letters of credit of another Person. The term guarantee used as a verb has a
corresponding meaning. The term guarantor shall mean any Person providing a guarantee of any
obligation.
Guarantee
means each guarantee of the Securities contained in Article XIII given by each
Guarantor.
Guarantors
means the Persons named as Guarantors in the first paragraph of this
instrument.
Holder
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indenture
means this instrument as originally executed or 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.
Interest Payment Date
means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the
Securities.
Issue Date
means [ ], 20[ ].
Notice of Default
means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 5.02.
Officers Certificate
means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers Certificate given pursuant to
Section 10.05 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
Opinion of Counsel
means a written opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee,
who may be counsel for the Company.
Outstanding
, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) 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 segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying
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Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided, however, 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; provided further that the
Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant
to Article XIV;
(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 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; and
(iv) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 12.02;
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, Securities owned by the Company
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding (it being understood that Securities to be
acquired by the Company pursuant to an offer to purchase shall not be deemed to be owned by the
Company until legal title to such Securities passes to the Company), 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 a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee actually 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 or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor.
Paying Agent
means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company has initially
appointed the Trustee as its Paying Agent pursuant to Section 10.02 hereof.
Person
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
principal
of a Security means the principal of the Security plus the premium, if any,
payable on that Security which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time.
Record Expiration Date
has the meaning specified in Section 1.05.
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 means the [ ]
or [ ] (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date.
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Responsible Officer
, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the
Corporate Trust Office, including, any vice president, any assistant vice president, any assistant
secretary, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Securities
means the securities issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Securities.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Special Record Date
for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
Stated Maturity
means, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of interest
thereon, the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such installment of interest is due and payable, and when used with respect to any
other Indebtedness, means the date specified in the instrument governing such Indebtedness as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Indebtedness, or any installment of interest thereon, is
due and payable.
Subsidiary
means, with respect to any Person, (i) a corporation a majority of whose Voting
Stock is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of
such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof and (ii) any other Person (other
than a corporation), including, without limitation, a partnership, limited liability company,
business trust or joint venture, in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries thereof or such
Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination
thereof, has at least majority ownership interest entitled to vote in the election of directors,
managers or trustees thereof (or other Person performing similar functions). For purposes of this
definition, any directors qualifying shares or investments by foreign nationals mandated by
applicable law shall be disregarded in determining the ownership of a Subsidiary. For purposes of
this Agreement, this definition does not include any special purpose entity or joint venture.
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.
Trustee
means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean such successor Trustee.
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.
Voting Stock
means any class or classes of Capital Stock pursuant to which the holders
thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of
the board of directors, managers or trustees of any Person (irrespective of whether or not, at the
time, stock of any other class or classes shall have, or might have, voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency).
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SECTION 1.02.
Other Definitions
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Covenant Defeasance
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Section 12.03
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Defaulted Interest
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Section 3.07
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Defeasance
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Section 12.02
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Definitive Security
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Appendix
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Depositary
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Appendix
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Event of Default
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Section 5.01
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Global Security
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Appendix
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Guarantee Obligations
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Section 13.01
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Securities Custodian
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Appendix
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Security Register or Security Registrar
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U.S. Government Obligation
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SECTION 1.03.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions
. Upon any application or request by the
Company or a Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the
Company or the Guarantor 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 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 requirement set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture shall include:
(i) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) 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;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.04.
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 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 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 his certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such
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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 a
Guarantor stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of
the Company or such 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 1.05.
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 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 or a Guarantor, as applicable. 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 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. 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 exclusively by the Security Register for all
purposes.
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, the Company or
a Guarantor 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 entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or
taken by Holders of Securities, provided, however, 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 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, however, that no such action shall be effective hereunder
unless taken on or prior to the applicable Record Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
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
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previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no
effect), nor shall anything in this paragraph be construed to render ineffective any action taken
pursuant to or in accordance with any other provision of this Indenture by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities 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 Record Expiration Date to be
given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section
1.07.
The Trustee may but need not set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(ii) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
5.12. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities
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,
however, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Record Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Trustee from setting a new record date for any action (whereupon the record date previously set
shall automatically and without any action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), nor shall
anything in this paragraph be construed to render ineffective any action taken pursuant to or in
accordance with any other provision of this Indenture by Holders of the requisite principal amount
of Outstanding Securities 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 matter(s) to be submitted for potential action by Holders and the applicable
Record Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities in
the manner set forth in Section 1.07.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that sets such
record date may designate any day as the Record Expiration Date and from time to time may change
the Record Expiration Date to any earlier or later day, provided, however, that no such change
shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Record Expiration Date is given to the other
party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 1.07,
on or before the existing Record Expiration Date. If a Record Expiration Date is not designated
with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that set such record
date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the
Record Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Record Expiration
Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Record 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 1.06.
Notices to Trustee, the Company or a Guarantor
. 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,
(i) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or a Guarantor shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration,
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(ii) the Company or a 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, to the Company or such Guarantor addressed to it 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.
SECTION 1.07.
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 any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case
where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail or receive such notice, nor
any defect in any such notice, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency or validity of
such notice. 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 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 1.08.
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under the Trust Indenture
Act to be part of and govern this Indenture, such provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall
control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, such provision shall be deemed to be so modified
or excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 1.09.
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 1.10.
Successors and Assigns
. Without limiting Articles VIII and XIII hereof, all
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by each of the Company or the Guarantors shall bind
their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.11.
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 1.12.
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 of Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture.
SECTION 1.13.
Governing Law
. This Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 1.14.
Legal Holidays
. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if
any) need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the
same
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force and effect (including with respect to the accrual of interest) as if made on the
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity.
SECTION 1.15.
Waiver of Jury Trial
. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, 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
SECURITIES.
SECTION 1.16.
Force Majeure
. 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.
ARTICLE II
Security Forms
SECTION 2.01.
Form and Dating
. Provisions relating to the Securities are set forth in the
Appendix, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The
Securities and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The
Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule,
agreements to which the Company or any Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any
such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). Each Security shall
be dated the date of its authentication.
ARTICLE III
The Securities
SECTION 3.01.
Title and Terms
. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. Additional Securities may be
issued, authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 3.13, and Securities may be authenticated
and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities
pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06 or 9.06 or 11.08.
The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be payable at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or such
other office maintained by the Trustee for such purpose and at any other office or agency
maintained by the Company for such purpose; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company,
payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as
such address shall appear in the Security Register, or wire transfer or other electronic means.
The Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment as provided in Article XIV.
The Securities shall be redeemable as provided in Article XI and the Securities.
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The Securities shall be subject to Defeasance and/or Covenant Defeasance as provided in
Article XII.
SECTION 3.02.
Denominations
. The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without
coupons and only in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 3.03.
Execution and Authentication
. The terms and provisions contained in the
Securities annexed hereto as Exhibit A shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of
this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and
delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of
Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, its Chief
Operating Officer, or its Chief Financial Officer. 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 executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, which shall specify
the amount of the Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of
Securities is to be authenticated and, in the case of an issuance of Additional Securities pursuant
to Section 3.13 after the Issue Date, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with this
Indenture; and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities as provided in this Indenture and not otherwise.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security 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 manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Authentication by counterpart shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 3.03 and the
requirements of the Securities.
SECTION 3.04.
Temporary Securities
. Pending the preparation of Definitive Securities, 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 in lieu of which
they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause Definitive Securities to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive Securities, the temporary
Securities shall be exchangeable for Definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary
Securities at any office or
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agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 10.02, without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
Definitive Securities of authorized denominations and of a like tenor. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
Definitive Securities.
SECTION 3.05.
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 and in any other office or agency designated pursuant to Section 10.02 being herein
sometimes collectively referred to as the Security Register) in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as the Company may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of
Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed (a) the initial
Security Registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as
herein provided and (b) the Securities Custodian with respect to the Global Securities.
The Securities shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the
surrender of a Security for registration of transfer and in compliance with the Appendix. When a
Security is presented to the Security Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Security
Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements therefor are met. When
Securities are presented to the Security Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal
principal amount of Securities of other denominations, the Security Registrar shall make the
exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and
exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Security
Registrars request.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of
this Indenture 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.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
except as provided in Section 3.06, but the Company 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, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.12,
Section 9.06 or Section 11.08, and in any such case not involving any transfer.
Neither the Company nor the Security Registrar shall be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities selected for redemption under
Section 11.05 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part or (iii) to register the transfer of any
Securities other than Securities having a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the
Guarantors, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, and the Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person
in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and none of the Company, any Guarantor, the
Trustee, the Paying Agent, or the Security Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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Any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global Security, agree that
transfers of beneficial interest in such Global Security may be effected only through a book-entry
system maintained by (a) the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent) or (b) any Holder of a
beneficial interest in such Global Security, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such
Global Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
SECTION 3.06.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
. If any mutilated Security is
surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
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 each 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 upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
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, 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 the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 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 duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 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 3.07.
Payment of Interest; Rights Preserved
. Interest on any Security 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 payment.
Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called Defaulted Interest) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the 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
paragraph (1) or (2) below:
(1) the Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Securities (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
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amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security 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 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 in this clause provided.
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 15 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 in the manner specified in Section 1.07, 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 (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 in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice
given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause (2),
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 3.05, 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 3.08.
Persons Deemed Owners
. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration
of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall 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 premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on
such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
SECTION 3.09.
Cancellation
. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration
of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to
the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled 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 cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange
for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in its
customary manner.
SECTION 3.10.
Computation of Interest
. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 3.11.
CUSIP and CINS Numbers
. The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP
and CINS numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP or
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CINS numbers in notices of redemption or repurchase as a convenience to Holders; provided,
however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption or
repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption or repurchase shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP
or CINS numbers.
SECTION 3.12.
Deposits of Monies
. Except to the extent payment of interest is made by the
Companys check pursuant to Section 3.01, prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date and Stated Maturity, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent
in immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity in a timely manner which permits the Paying Agent
to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity.
SECTION 3.13.
Issuance of Additional Securities
. The Company shall be entitled, subject to
its compliance with this Indenture, to issue Additional Securities under this Indenture which shall
have identical terms as the Securities issued on the Issue Date, other than with respect to the
date of issuance and issue price provided, however, that no Additional Securities shall be issued
that are not fungible for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, with any other securities issued under
this Indenture. The Securities issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Securities shall be
treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.
With respect to any Additional Securities, 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:
(1) whether such Additional Securities shall be issued as part of a new or existing
series of Securities and the title of such Additional Securities (which shall distinguish
the Additional Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, which may be in an unlimited aggregate
principal amount;
(3) the issue price and issuance date of such Additional Securities, including the date
from which interest on such Additional Securities shall accrue; and
(4) if applicable, that such Additional Securities 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 such Global Securities in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Exhibit A
hereto and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.4 of
the Appendix in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Additional Securities registered, or 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.
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ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
SECTION 4.01.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
. This Indenture shall 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 the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or
repaid as provided in Section 3.06 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 10.03) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(other than Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or repaid as provided in Section 3.06),
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) 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, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities 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, together with irrevocable instructions from the
Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption,
as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company or the 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 pursuant to this Article IV,
the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of the Company to
any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee
under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive such satisfaction and
discharge.
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SECTION 4.02.
Application of Trust Money
. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 10.03, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 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
premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
Money so held in trust is not subject to Article XIV.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.01.
Events of Default
. Event of Default, wherever used herein, 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 the principal of or premium, if any, when due and
payable, on any of the Securities (at Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption or
otherwise), whether or not prohibited by Article XIV; or
(2) default in the payment of an installment of interest on any of the Securities, when
due and payable, for 30 days, whether or not prohibited by Article XIV; or
(3) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises (A)
for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar law or (B) adjudging the Company bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under
the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal, state or foreign law, or
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of any of its properties, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of any of its affairs, and the continuance of any
such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(4) the institution by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal, state or foreign law or any other case or
proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Company to the
entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in any involuntary case or
proceeding under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal, state or foreign
law or to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Company, or
the filing by the Company of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or
relief under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other similar federal, state or foreign law,
or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or other
similar official) of any of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the
making by it of an assignment 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 in furtherance of any such action; or
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(5) any of the Guarantees ceases to be in full force and effect or any of the
Guarantees is declared to be null and void and unenforceable or any of the Guarantees is
found to be invalid or any of the Guarantors denies its liability under its Guarantee (other
than by reason of release of Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture).
SECTION 5.02.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
. If an Event of Default
(other than those covered by clause (3) or (4) of Section 5.01 with respect to the Company) shall
occur and be continuing, the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding, by notice to the Trustee and the
Company, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on
all of the Outstanding Securities due and payable immediately, upon which declaration, all amounts
payable in respect of the Securities shall be due and payable as of the date which is five Business
Days after the giving of such notice. If an Event of Default specified in clause (3) or (4) of
Section 5.01 with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, then the principal of, premium,
if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Outstanding Securities 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 Securities.
After a declaration of acceleration under this Indenture, but before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee,
may rescind such declaration if
(1) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay:
(A) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under this Indenture and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel;
(B) all overdue interest on all Securities;
(C) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities which have become
due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the
rate borne by the Securities; and
(D) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon
overdue interest and overdue principal at the rate set forth in the Securities which
has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration;
(2) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction; and
(3) all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on the Securities that have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 5.03.
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
. The Company
and each Guarantor covenants that if:
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(i) 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, or
(ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security on the due date for payment thereof,
the Company or such Guarantor will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal
(and premium, if any) and interest, and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue
interest, at the rate provided by the Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
In addition to the rights and powers set forth in Section 317(a) of the Trust Indenture Act,
the Trustee shall be entitled to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Holders of the Securities allowed
in any judicial proceeding relative to the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon the
Securities, its creditors, or its property, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of its
charges and expenses; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is
hereby authorized by each of the Holders 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 for compensation and expenses, including counsel fees incurred by it
up to the date of such distribution.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders by such appropriate judicial
proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary 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 5.04.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
. In case of any judicial proceeding relative
to the Company, a Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities), any of their property or
any of 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 for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07.
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 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, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors or other similar
committee.
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SECTION 5.05.
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
. All rights of
action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities 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 the reasonable compensation, expenses, distributions and advances of the Trustee, 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 5.06.
Application of Money Collected
. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to
this Article 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 on account of principal (or premium, if any) 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 6.07;
SECOND: To the payment of all indebtedness of the Company to which such Series of
Securities is subordinated to the extent required by Section 6.07 and Article XV;
THIRD: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the 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 Securities for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, respectively;
FOURTH: To the payment of any and all other amounts due under this Indenture, the
Securities or the Guarantees; and
FIFTH: To the Company (or such other Person as a court of competent jurisdiction may
direct).
SECTION 5.07.
Limitation on Suits
. Subject to Section 5.08, no Holder of any Security shall
have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event of Default;
(ii) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
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;
(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(iv) the Trustee for 45 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 45-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding
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Securities; it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any
right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this
Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders, or to obtain or
to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right
under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable
benefit of all the Holders.
SECTION 5.08.
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 premium, if
any) and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of a redemption, on the Redemption 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 5.09.
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, each Guarantor, 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, subject to the
determination in such proceeding.
SECTION 5.10.
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 3.06, 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 5.11.
Delay or Omission Not Waiver
. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any
Holder of any Security 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 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 5.12.
Control by Holders
. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities 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,
provided
that:
(i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture, and
(ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
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SECTION 5.13.
Waiver of Past Defaults
. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities waive any
past default hereunder and its consequences, except a default
(i) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security, or
(ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security 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 5.14.
Undertaking for Costs
. 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, suffered or omitted
by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay
the costs of such suit (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses), and may assess costs
against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture
Act; provided, that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize
any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by
the Company or a Guarantor, in any suit instituted by the Trustee, in 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 in any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the Stated
Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case of a redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date).
SECTION 5.15.
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
. The Company and each Guarantor 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 the Company and each Guarantor (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 VI
The Trustee
SECTION 6.01.
Certain Duties and Responsibilities
. (a) Except during the continuance of an
Event of Default,
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions
which by the
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provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate
the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent Person would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of such Persons own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from
liability for its own negligent misconduct, except that 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 under this Indenture, unless the Trustee has received security and
indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. The Trustee shall not
be liable for any error of judgment unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in
the performance of its duties hereunder.
(d) 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 6.01.
SECTION 6.02.
Notice of Defaults
. If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is known to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear
in the Security Register, notice of such Default or Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee
within 90 days after obtaining such knowledge, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived;
provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a
trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that
the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders.
SECTION 6.03.
Certain Rights of Trustee
. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01:
(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely as to the truth of the statements and correctness
of the opinions expressed therein and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from
acting upon any resolution, Officers Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other
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;
(b) 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
of the Company may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Company;
(c) 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;
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(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection 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;
(e) 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;
(f) 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 (subject to
reasonable confidentiality arrangements as may be proposed by the Company or any Guarantor)
to make reasonable examination (upon prior notice and during regular business hours) of the
books, records and premises of the Company or a Guarantor, personally or by agent or
attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional
liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(g) 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 or custodians or nominees and
the Trustee shall not be responsible for the supervision of, or any misconduct or negligence
on the part of, any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(i) in the event that the Trustee is also acting as Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent,
Security Registrar or Securities Custodian hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to
the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI, including its right to be indemnified, shall also
be afforded to such Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar and Securities
Custodian;
(j) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default
unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written
notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this
Indenture;
(k) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of
profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss
or damage and regardless of the form of action; and
(l) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the
names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified
actions pursuant to this Indenture.
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SECTION 6.04.
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
. The recitals contained
herein and in the Securities, except the Trustees certificates of authentication, shall be taken
as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.05.
May Hold Securities
. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent,
any Security Registrar, any Securities Custodian or any other agent of the Company or any
Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company or a Guarantor with the
same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar, Securities Custodian or such other agent.
SECTION 6.06.
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 in writing
with the Company.
SECTION 6.07.
Compensation and Reimbursement
. The Company agrees (1) to pay to the Trustee
from time to time such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in
writing for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); (2) except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, to promptly 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
have been caused by its negligence or bad faith; and (3) to indemnify the Trustee, its directors,
officers, agents and employees for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, damage,
claim, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, including taxes
(other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the revenue or income of the Trustee),
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the
costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Holder
or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder.
The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities as to all property and funds held by it
hereunder for any amount owing to it pursuant to this Section 6.07, except with respect to funds
held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 5.01(3) or Section 5.01(4), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses
of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Section shall survive
the resignation or removal of the Trustee and any satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
SECTION 6.08.
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.
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SECTION 6.09.
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
. There shall at all times be a Trustee
hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as
such and has, or is a wholly owned subsidiary of a bank holding company that has, a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and a Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York. If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of a Federal or State supervising or examining authority,
then for the purposes of this Section 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 shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 6.10.
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
. (a) No resignation or
removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with
the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company.
If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Company and the resigning
Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee
may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Company and the Trustee
being removed within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being
removed may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(d) If at any time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08 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
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and shall fail to
resign after written request therefor by the Company, any Guarantor or by any such
Holder, or
(iii) 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 or any Guarantor, in each case by a Board Resolution, may
remove the Trustee, or (B) subject to Section 5.14, 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 and the appointment of
a successor Trustee.
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(e) 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, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee
shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities 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 6.11, become the successor Trustee and supersede
the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee shall have been so
appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 6.11, 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 appointment of a successor
Trustee.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee
and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders in the manner provided in Section
1.07. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office.
(g) The resignation or removal of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 6.10 shall not
affect the obligation of the Company to indemnify the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.07(3) in
connection with the exercise or performance by the Trustee prior to its resignation or
removal of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
(h) No Trustee under this Indenture shall be liable for any action or omission of any
successor Trustee.
SECTION 6.11.
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
. Every successor Trustee appointed
hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company 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 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.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company 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.
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.
SECTION 6.12.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
. 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, however, that such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, 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
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such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so
authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Securities.
SECTION 6.13.
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company or a Guarantor
. If and
when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or a 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 Guarantor (or any such other
obligor).
SECTION 6.14.
Appointment of Authenticating Agent
. The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating
Agent or Agents which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities issued upon original issue and upon exchange or registration of transfer or partial
redemption or pursuant to Section 3.06, 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 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 be a
corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it,
sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing
business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct
such business and is subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If at
any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions,
it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
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 continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided that such corporation shall be otherwise
eligible under this Section, 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, 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 1.07, to all Holders as their names
and addresses appear in the Security Register. 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.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section.
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ARTICLE VII
Holders Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
SECTION 7.01.
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
. The Company will
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee a list of the names and addresses of the Holders in
such form as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the
Company of any such request, as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is
furnished; excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity
as Security Registrar.
SECTION 7.02.
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
. (a) 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 7.01 and the
names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar, if so
acting.
(b) 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 duties
of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Company and the Trustee that neither the Company, any Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any
agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as
to the names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.03.
Reports by Trustee
. (a) Within 60 days after June 15 of each year, the Trustee
shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture
to the extent required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided
pursuant thereto.
(b) 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 the Securities are listed, with
the Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the
Securities are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.04.
Reports by Company
. The Company 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
pursuant to 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 so required to be filed with the
Commission.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
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ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
SECTION 8.01.
Company May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms
. The Company will not, in
any transaction or series of transactions, merge or consolidate with or into, or sell, assign,
convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and
assets as an entirety to, any Person or Persons unless at the time and after giving effect thereto:
(1) either:
(x) if the transaction or transactions is a merger or consolidation, the Company
shall be the surviving Person of such merger or consolidation, or
(y) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged
or to which the properties and assets of the Company are transferred substantially as
an entirety (any such surviving Person or transferee Person being the Surviving
Entity) shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly
assume by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities
and this Indenture, and this Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees shall
remain in full force and effect; and
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a
pro forma basis, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
In connection with any consolidation, merger, transfer, lease, assignment or other disposition
contemplated by the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.01, the Company shall deliver, or cause
to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an
Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
transfer, lease, assignment, or other disposition and the supplemental indenture in respect thereof
(required under clause (1)(y) of this Section 8.01) comply with the requirements of this Indenture.
SECTION 8.02.
Successor Substituted
. Except as otherwise provided by Section 13.05, upon any
consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of all
or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 8.01,
the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the
successor Person to which such sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition is made
shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company
under the Securities and this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor had been named as
the Company in the Securities and this Indenture and, except in the case of a lease, the Company
shall be released and discharged from its obligations thereunder.
ARTICLE IX
Amendments; Waivers; Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 9.01.
Amendments, Waivers and Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
.
Without the consent of any Holders, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Company and
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each Guarantor, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may together amend, waive
or supplement this Indenture or the Securities, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or a Guarantor and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or such Guarantor herein
and in the Securities or such Guarantors Guarantee and to evidence the assumption of
obligations under this Indenture;
(ii) to add to the covenants of the Company or a Guarantor for the benefit of the
Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or a
Guarantor;
(iii) to secure the Securities;
(iv) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain
the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or
(v) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions
with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that (a) such amendment, waiver or supplement does not adversely affect the
rights of any Holder of Securities and (b) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel and Officers Certificate stating that such action pursuant to clauses (i),
(ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above is permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall not be obligated
to enter into any such amendment, waiver or supplemental indenture that adversely affects its own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.02.
Modifications, Amendments and 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, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company and the
Guarantors, when authorized by Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may together modify, amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Securities 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 under this Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that no such modification,
amendment or supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby,
(i) reduce the principal amount of, extend the Stated Maturity of or alter the
redemption provisions of, the Securities,
(ii) change the currency in which any Securities or any premium or the interest
thereon is payable,
(iii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of Outstanding Securities that must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver or consent to take any action under this
Indenture or the Securities or any Guarantee,
(iv) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with
respect to the Securities or any Guarantee,
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(v) waive a default in payment with respect to the Securities or any Guarantee,
(vi) reduce or change the rate or time for payment of interest on the Securities, or
(vii) modify or change any provision of this Indenture affecting the ranking of the
Securities or any Guarantee in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Securities.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed amendment or supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act
shall approve the substance thereof.
The Trustee shall join with the Company and each Guarantor in the execution of such amended or
supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture affects the Trustees own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in
its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amendment or supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.03.
Execution of Supplemental Indentures
. In executing, or accepting the additional
trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications
thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be given, and (subject to
Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers
Certificate 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; provided that the Trustee shall enter into and execute all other supplemental indentures
which satisfy all applicable conditions under this Article IX.
SECTION 9.04.
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture under this Article, 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 9.05.
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
. Every supplemental indenture executed
pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in
effect.
SECTION 9.06.
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
. Securities authenticated
and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article 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, provided that any failure by the Trustee to make such
notation shall not affect the validity of the matter provided for in such supplemental indenture or
any Security or Guarantee hereunder. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities or
Guarantees so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee, the Guarantors and the
Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company or
Guarantor and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities.
SECTION 9.07.
Waiver of Certain Covenants
. The Company may omit in any particular instance to
comply with any covenant or condition set forth in Section 8.01, and pursuant to Section 9.01(i),
if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such
instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall
extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until
such waiver shall become
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effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such
covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 9.08.
No Liability for Certain Persons
. No director, officer, employee, or
stockholder of the Company, nor any director, officer or employee of any Guarantor, as such, shall
have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities, the
Guarantees or this Indenture based on or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each
Holder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The foregoing waiver and
release are an integral part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities and the
Guarantees.
ARTICLE X
Covenants
SECTION 10.01.
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
. The Company shall duly and
punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities in accordance
with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. The Company will deposit or cause to be
deposited with the Trustee or its nominee, no later than the opening of business on the date of the
Stated Maturity of any Security or no later than the opening of business on the due date for any
installment of interest, all payments so due, which payments shall be in immediately available
funds on the date of such Stated Maturity or due date as the case may be.
SECTION 10.02.
Maintenance of Office or Agency
. The Company shall maintain in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where Securities may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company or any Guarantor in respect of the
Securities, the Guarantees and this 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 a 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. In the event any such notice or demands are so made or served on the Trustee, the Trustee
shall promptly forward copies thereof to the Company.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or
outside the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) where the Securities 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 the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, for such purposes. 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.
The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent and Security Registrar,
and the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, as one such office or agency of the Company for each
of the aforesaid purposes.
SECTION 10.03.
Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust
. If the Company shall at any
time act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit
of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or
interest so becoming due
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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, the Company will, prior to 11:00
a.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on
any Securities, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if
any) or interest so becoming due, 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 shall cause each Paying Agent 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, that such Paying Agent will: (i) comply with the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as Paying Agent and (ii) during the continuance of any default
by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment in respect
of the Securities, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums
held in trust by such Paying Agent as such.
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 such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by such Paying Agent; and, upon such
payment by any Paying Agent (other than the Company) 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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become
due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, 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;
provided
,
however
, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent,
before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be
published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the
date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the
Company.
SECTION 10.04.
Existence; Activities
. Subject to Article VIII, the Company shall do or cause
to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights
(charter and statutory) and material franchises; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors of the Company in good
faith shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
SECTION 10.05.
Statement by Officers as to Default; Compliance Certificates
. (a) The Company
shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an
Officers Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the
Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and
conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided hereunder), and if the
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Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which he may have knowledge.
(b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event
within five days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of a Default or an Event
of Default, an Officers Certificate setting forth the details of such Default or Event of
Default, and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.
ARTICLE XI
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 11.01.
Right of Redemption
. The Securities may be redeemed at the election of the
Company, in the amounts, at the times, at the Redemption Prices (together with any applicable
accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), and subject to the conditions specified in the
form of Security and hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 11.02.
Applicability of Article
. Redemption of Securities at the election of the
Company, as permitted by this Indenture and the provisions of the Securities, shall be made in
accordance with such provisions and this Article.
SECTION 11.03.
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
. The election of the Company to redeem
any Securities pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In the event of
any redemption at the election of the Company pursuant to Section 11.01, the Company shall notify
the Trustee, in case of a redemption of less than all the Securities, at least 60 days, and in the
case of a redemption of all the Securities, at least 40 days, prior to the Redemption Date fixed by
the Company (in each case, unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed.
SECTION 11.04.
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
. In the event that less than
all of the Securities are to be redeemed at any time, selection of such Securities for redemption
will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national
securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed or, if the Securities are not then
listed on a national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (subject to the rules of the Depositary);
provided
,
however
, that Securities shall only be redeemable in amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and each Security Registrar in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture and of the Securities, 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.
SECTION 11.05.
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, except
that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date if the notice
of
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redemption is issued in connection with (i) a satisfaction and discharge of securities in
accordance with Article IV or (ii) a defeasance in accordance with Article XII.
All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including, if used,
CUSIP or CINS numbers) and shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price;
(iii) if less than all the Outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the
particular Securities to be redeemed;
(iv) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and accrued interest to, but
excluding, the Redemption Date will become due and payable upon each such Security to be
redeemed and that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after such Redemption Date;
and
(v) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Companys request and provision of such notice information five
days prior to the notice being mailed, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company
and shall be irrevocable.
SECTION 11.06.
Deposit of Redemption Price
. Prior to any Redemption Date, 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 10.03) an amount of money sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date)
any applicable accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 11.07.
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 any applicable accrued interest or the
Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to Article XIV) interest shall cease
to accrue on such Securities or portions thereof. 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 any applicable accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date;
provided
,
however
, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall 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 3.07.
If any Security called for redemption in accordance with the election of the Company made
pursuant to Section 11.01 shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal
(and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
provided by the Security.
SECTION 11.08.
Securities Redeemed in Part
. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part
shall be surrendered at an office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose pursuant to
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Section 10.02 (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 the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder,
in aggregate principal amount at Stated Maturity equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed
portion of the principal amount at Stated Maturity of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE XII
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
SECTION 12.01.
Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
. The Company may
elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 12.02 or Section 12.03 applied to the Outstanding
Securities (as a whole and not in part) upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution.
SECTION 12.02.
Defeasance and Discharge
. Upon the Companys exercise of its option to have
this Section applied to the Outstanding Securities (as a whole and not in part), the Company shall
be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided
in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 12.04 are satisfied
(hereinafter called
Defeasance
). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall
be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by such Securities and to
have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such
Securities 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 Outstanding Securities to
receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 12.04 and as more fully set forth in such
Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities
when payments are due, (2) the Companys obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections
3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.03, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may
exercise its option to have this Section applied to the Outstanding Securities (as a whole and not
in part) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option to have Section 12.03 applied to such
Securities.
SECTION 12.03.
Covenant Defeasance
. Upon the Companys exercise of its option to have this
Section applied to the Outstanding Securities (as a whole and not in part), (i) the Company shall
be released from its obligations under Article VIII and Sections 7.04, 10.02, 10.04 and 10.05 as
well as any additional covenants specified in any applicable supplemental indenture and the
Guarantors shall be released from their obligations under Article XIII and the Guarantees, and (ii)
the occurrence of any event specified in such provisions, and any such covenants provided pursuant
to Section 9.01, shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with
respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set
forth in Section 12.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called
Covenant Defeasance
). For this purpose,
such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company 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, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision
herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be
unaffected thereby.
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SECTION 12.04.
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
. The following shall be the
conditions to the application of Section 12.02 or Section 12.03 to the Outstanding Securities:
(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 6.09
and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article 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 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, premium, if any, and any
installment of interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities or Redemption
Date thereof, in accordance with the terms of this 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
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 12.02 apply to the Outstanding
Securities, 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 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 12.03 apply to the Outstanding
Securities, 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 Default or Event of Default with respect to the Outstanding Securities shall
have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit.
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(5) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a
conflicting interest with respect to any securities of the Company or any Guarantor.
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, any other material agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound.
(7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (which
opinion may be subject to customary assumptions and exceptions) 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.
(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating
that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of
the Securities over the other creditors of the Company or any Guarantor with the intent of
defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or any Guarantor or
others.
(9) No event or condition shall exist that would prevent the Company from making
payments of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities on the date of
such deposit or at any time ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit.
(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture to
either Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.
SECTION 12.05.
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Miscellaneous Provisions
. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, 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 and Section 12.06, the Trustee and
any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the Trustee) pursuant to Section 12.04 in
respect of the Outstanding 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 12.04 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 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 12.04 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 the Outstanding
Securities.
SECTION 12.06.
Reinstatement
. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money
in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment
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of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining, or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the obligations under this Indenture, such Securities and the Guarantees from
which the Company and the Guarantors have been discharged or released pursuant to Section 12.02 or
Section 12.03 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this
Article 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 12.05 with respect to such
Securities in accordance with this Article;
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.
ARTICLE XIII
Guarantee
SECTION 13.01.
Guarantee
. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees on
a subordinated basis, jointly and severally, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors
and assigns (a) the full and prompt payment (within applicable grace periods) of principal of and
interest on the Securities when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or
otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the
Securities and (b) the full and prompt performance within applicable grace periods of all other
obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities (all the foregoing being
hereinafter collectively called the
Guarantee Obligations
). Each Guarantor further agrees that
the Guarantee 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 under this Article
XIII notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantee Obligation.
To the extent that any Guarantor shall be required to pay any amounts on account of the
Securities pursuant to a Guarantee in excess of an amount calculated as the product of (i) the
aggregate amount payable by the Guarantors on account of the Securities pursuant to their
respective Guarantees times (ii) the proportion (expressed as a fraction) that such Guarantors net
assets (determined in accordance with GAAP) at the date enforcement of the Guarantees is sought
bears to the aggregate net assets (determined in accordance with GAAP) of all Guarantors at such
date, then such Guarantor shall be reimbursed by the other Guarantors for the amount of such
excess, pro rata, based upon the respective net assets (determined in accordance with GAAP) of such
other Guarantors at the date enforcement of the Guarantees is sought. This paragraph is intended
only to define the relative rights of Guarantors as among themselves, and nothing set forth in this
paragraph is intended to or shall impair the joint and several obligations of the Guarantors under
their respective Guarantees.
The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long
as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under any Guarantee.
Each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company of
any of the Guarantee Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor
waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guarantee Obligations. The obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to
assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other
Person under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension
or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the
terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (d) the release of
any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guarantee Obligations or any of them; (e)
the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise
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any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guarantee Obligations; or (f) any
change in the ownership of any Guarantor (subject to Section 13.05).
Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guaranty of payment,
performance and compliance when due (and not a guaranty of collection) and waives any right to
require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the
Guarantee Obligations.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not
be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any
claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any
defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guarantee Obligations or otherwise. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligations
of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure
of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this
Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by
any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guarantee
Obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which
may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Guarantor or would otherwise
operate as a discharge of each Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
Each Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or
interest on any Guarantee Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or
the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or
the Trustee has at law or in equity against each Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of
the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Guarantee Obligation when and as the same
shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise (within
applicable grace periods), or to perform or comply with any other Guarantee Obligation (within
applicable grace periods), each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written
demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guarantee Obligations, (ii)
accrued and unpaid interest on such Guarantee Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by
law) and (iii) all other monetary Guarantee Obligations of the Company to the Holders and the
Trustee.
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to
the Holders in respect of any Guarantee Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all
Guarantee Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one
hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Guarantee
Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article V for the purposes of its
Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the Guarantee Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any
declaration of acceleration of such Guarantee Obligations as provided in Article V, such Guarantee
Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each
Guarantor for the purposes of this Section.
Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under
this Section.
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SECTION 13.02.
Limitation on Liability
. Any term or provision of this Indenture to the
contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations guaranteed hereunder by
each Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering
this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable federal or state law
relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer.
SECTION 13.03.
Execution and Delivery of Guarantees
. The Guarantees to be endorsed on the
Securities shall be in the form set forth in Exhibit B. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees to
execute its Guarantee in such form, to be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee.
Each Guarantee shall be executed on behalf of each respective Guarantor by any one of such
Guarantors Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, President,
Chief Financial Officer or Vice Presidents and any authorized signatories for any Guarantors that
are not corporations. The signature of any or all of these officers on the Guarantee may be manual
or facsimile.
A Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of a Guarantor shall bind such Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of the
Security on which such Guarantee is endorsed or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Guarantee.
Each Guarantee shall be registered, transferred, exchanged and cancelled, and shall be held in
definitive or global form, in the same manner and together with, the Security to which it relates,
in accordance with Article III.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall
constitute due delivery of the Guarantee endorsed thereon on behalf of the Guarantors. Each of the
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 13.01 shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Security.
SECTION 13.04.
Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms
. Nothing contained in this
Indenture or in any of the Securities or any Guarantee shall prevent any consolidation or merger of
a Guarantor with or into the Company or a Guarantor shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the
assets of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety or the Capital Stock of a
Guarantor to the Company or a Guarantor.
SECTION 13.05.
Release of Guarantors
. The Guarantee of a Guarantor shall automatically be
released from all obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Securities and under this Article
XIII without need for any further act or the execution or delivery or any document: (i) upon the
sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of such Guarantor other
than to the Company or another Guarantor and as permitted by this Indenture; (ii) upon the sale or
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor other than to the Company
or another Guarantor and as permitted by this Indenture or (iii) upon Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance in accordance with Article XII. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an
Officers Certificate to the effect that such transaction was made in accordance with the
provisions hereof, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence
the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Securities
and under this Article XIII.
SECTION 13.06.
Successors and Assigns
. This Article XIII shall be binding upon each Guarantor
and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the
Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or
the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the
Securities shall
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automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms
and conditions of this Indenture.
SECTION 13.07.
No Waiver, etc
. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the
Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article XIII shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or
further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the
Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other
rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this
Article XIII, at law, in equity, by
statute or otherwise.
SECTION 13.08.
Modification, etc
. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of
this Article, nor the consent to any departure by a Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be
effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No
notice to or demand on a Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor or any other guarantor
to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
SECTION 13.09.
Subordination of Guarantee
. The obligations of each Guarantor pursuant to its
Guarantee and this Article XIII shall be subordinated to the extent set forth in an indenture
supplemental hereto relating to such Securities, and the Securities were referenced to such
Guarantor and such Guarantors Guarantee.
ARTICLE XIV
Subordination
SECTION 14.01.
Subordination Terms.
The payment by the Company of the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on any series of Securities issued hereunder shall be subordinated to the
extent set forth in an indenture supplemental hereto relating to such Securities.
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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as
of the day and year first above written.
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THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
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EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO
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EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE A HERETO
THAT IS A LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, BY ITS GENERAL PARTNER
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EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON
SCHEDULE A HERETO
THAT IS A LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY, BY ITS MANAGING
MEMBER OR MANAGER
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AS TRUSTEE
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SCHEDULE A
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Guarantor
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Place of Formation
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Autostack Company LLC
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Oregon
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Greenbrier-Concarril, LLC
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Delaware
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Greenbrier Leasing Company LLC
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Oregon
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Greenbrier Leasing Limited Partner, LLC
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Delaware
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Greenbrier Management Services, LLC
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Delaware
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Greenbrier Leasing, L.P.
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Delaware
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Greenbrier Railcar LLC
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Oregon
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Gunderson LLC
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Oregon
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Gunderson Marine LLC
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Oregon
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Gunderson Rail Services LLC
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Oregon
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Greenbrier Railcar Leasing, Inc.
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Washington
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Gunderson Specialty Products, LLC
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Delaware
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Brandon Railroad LLC
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Oregon
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Meridian Rail Holdings Corp.
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Oregon
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Meridian Rail Acquisition Corp.
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Oregon
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Meridian Rail Mexico City Corp.
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Oregon
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Greenbrier Rail Holdings I, LLC
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Oregon
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Greenbrier Rail Holdings II, LLC
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Oregon
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Greenbrier Rail Holdings III, LLC
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Oregon
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Schedule A
APPENDIX
PROVISIONS RELATING TO SECURITIES
1.
Definitions
1.1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Appendix the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
Definitive Security means a certificated Security that does not include the Global
Securities Legend.
Depositary means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
Global Securities Legend means the legend set forth under that caption in Exhibit A to this
Indenture.
Securities Custodian means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as appointed by
the Depositary) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.
1.2
Other Definitions
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Defined in Section:
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Agent Members
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2.1
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Global Security
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2.
The Securities
2.1
Form
.
(a)
Global Securities
. The Securities shall be issued initially in the form of
one or more global Securities in definitive, fully registered form (collectively, the
Global Security) without interest coupons and bearing the Global Securities Legend, which
shall be deposited on behalf of the Holders of the Securities represented thereby with the
Securities Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the
Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in
this Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from time to
time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the
Depositary or its nominee and on the schedules thereto as hereinafter provided.
(b)
Book-Entry Provisions
. This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global
Security deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b) and
Section 2.2 and pursuant to an order of the Company signed by one officer of the Company,
authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (i) shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such
Depositary and (ii) shall
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be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositarys instructions
or held by the Trustee as Securities Custodian.
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (Agent Members) shall have no rights under
this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the
Trustee as Securities Custodian or under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such
Global Security 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 Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such
Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global
Security.
(c)
Definitive Securities
. Except as provided in Section 2.3 or 2.4, owners of
beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to receive physical delivery
of certificated Securities.
2.2
Authentication
. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
upon a written order of the Company signed by one Officer of the Company (a) Securities for
original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of
$[ ] and
(b) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Securities in an unlimited aggregate
principal amount. Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated, the
date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated and, in the case of an
issuance of Additional Securities pursuant to Section 3.13 after the Issue Date, shall certify that
such issuance is in compliance with this Indenture.
2.3
Transfer and Exchange
.
(a)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities
. When Definitive Securities
are presented to the Security Registrar with a request:
(i) to register the transfer of such Definitive Securities; or
(ii) to exchange such Definitive Securities for an equal principal amount of
Definitive Securities of other authorized denominations,
the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its
reasonable requirements for such transaction are met;
provided
,
however
, that the
Definitive Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(b)
Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Security for a Beneficial Interest in
a Global Security
. A Definitive Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest
in a Global Security except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon
receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Security, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar, together with written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct
the Securities Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to
such Global Security to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities represented by the Global Security, such instructions to contain information
regarding the Depositary account to be credited with such increase, then the Trustee shall
cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the Securities
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Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures
existing between the Depositary and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount
of Securities represented by the Global Security to be increased by the aggregate principal
amount of the Definitive Security to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited
to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the
Global Security equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Security so canceled. If no
Global Securities are then outstanding and the Global Security has not been previously
exchanged for certificated securities pursuant to Section 2.4, the Company shall issue and
the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an
Officers Certificate, a new Global Security in the appropriate principal amount.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities.
(i) The transfer and exchange of Global Securities or beneficial interests
therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Indenture
and the procedures of the Depositary therefor. A transferor of a beneficial
interest in a Global Security shall deliver a written order given in accordance with
the Depositarys procedures containing information regarding the participant account
of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in such Global Security
or another Global Security and such account shall be credited in accordance with
such order with a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Security and the
account of the Person making the transfer shall be debited by an amount equal to the
beneficial interest in the Global Security being transferred.
(ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one
Global Security to a beneficial interest in another Global Security, the Security
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the
principal amount of the Global Security to which such interest is being transferred
in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and
the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a
corresponding decrease in the principal amount of Global Security from which such
interest is being transferred.
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix (other than the
provisions set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Security may not be transferred as a
whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the
Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary.
(d)
Cancelation or Adjustment of Global Security
. At such time as all
beneficial interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for Definitive
Securities, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Security shall be
returned by the Depositary to the Trustee for cancelation or retained and canceled by the
Trustee. At any time prior to such cancelation, if any beneficial interest in a Global
Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities, transferred in exchange for an interest in
another Global Security, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of
Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be
made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities Custodian for
such Global Security) with respect to such Global Security, by the Trustee or the Securities
Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
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(e)
Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Securities
.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Securities and Global
Securities at the Security Registrars request.
(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities except as provided in Section 3.06 of this Indenture, but the
Company 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, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04,
3.12, 9.06 or 11.08 of this Indenture, and in any such case not involving any
transfer.
(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any
Security, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security Registrar may
deem and treat the person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute
owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Security is overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the
Security Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(iv) All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms
of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or
exchange.
(f)
No Obligation of the Trustee
.
(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial
owner of a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depositary or any
other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its
nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership
interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any participant,
member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice
(including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with
respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the
Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given
or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee
in the case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global
Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable
rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to
its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or
inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in
any Security (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants,
members or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to require delivery
of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required
by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and
to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof.
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2.4
Definitive Securities
(a) A Global Security deposited with the Depositary or with the Trustee as Securities
Custodian pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in
the form of Definitive Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such Global Security, in exchange for such Global Security, only if such transfer
complies with Section 2.3 and (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as a Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time the
Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a
successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or after
the Company becomes aware of such cessation, or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or (iii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing
that it elects to cause the issuance of certificated Securities under this Indenture.
(b) Any Global Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant
to this Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, to be so
transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Security, an
equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Any
portion of a Global Security transferred pursuant to this Section shall be executed,
authenticated and delivered only in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof and registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b), the registered Holder of a Global
Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and
Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.
(d) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 2.4(a)(i),
(ii) or (iii), the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply
of Definitive Securities in fully registered form without interest coupons.
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Exhibit A
[FORM OF SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DEPOSITARY), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DEPOSITARY (AND
ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DEPOSITARY), 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.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
DEPOSITARY, TO NOMINEES OF DEPOSITARY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND
TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
A-1
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.
[
]% Subordinated Note due 20[
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The Greenbrier Companies, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Oregon (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor Person under
the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co.,
or registered assigns, the principal sum listed on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global
Security attached hereto on [ ], 20[ ] and to pay interest thereon from [ ], 20[ ] or
from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually in arrears on [ ] and
[ ] in each year, commencing [ ], 20[ ] at the rate of [ ]% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly
provided for,
provided
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however
, 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 that the payment of such interest
shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or duly
provided for. 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 [ ] and [ ] (whether or not a Business Day),
as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any
such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will 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 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 on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided
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however
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option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.
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.
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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 Security to be duly executed.
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THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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Form of Reverse of Security
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company designated as [ ]% Subordinated
Notes due [ ] (herein called the Securities), limited in aggregate
principal amount on the Issue Date to $[ ] issued and to be issued under an
Indenture, dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (herein called the Indenture, which
term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), among the Company, the guarantors
named therein and [ ], as Trustee (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a
statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities
are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Company shall be entitled, subject to its
compliance with the terms of the Indenture, to issue Additional Securities pursuant to Section 3.13
of the Indenture. The Securities include the Securities issued on the Issue Date and any
Additional Securities. The Securities issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Securities are
treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.
The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 7aaa-77bbbb (the TIA), as in
effect on the date of the Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of such terms.
This Security is redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time on
or after [ ], 20[ ], at the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal
amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the Redemption Date,
if redeemed during the twelve month period beginning on [ ] of the years indicated below:
The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of
this Security or of certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this
Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, there may be declared due and payable
the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the
outstanding Securities, in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
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 under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities, 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
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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, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities 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 and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of Securities at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have
failed to institute any such proceeding for 45 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to certain suits described in the Indenture, including
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 herein (or,
in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
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 premium, if any) 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 the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, 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 authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000
and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities
of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
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.
Interest on this Security shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months.
The obligations of the Company under the Indenture and this Security are expressly
subordinated to the extent set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made
to such Indenture for the precise terms of such subordination.
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As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
obligations of the Company under the Indenture and this Security are Guaranteed pursuant to
Guarantees endorsed hereon as provided in the Indenture. Each Holder, by holding this Security,
agrees to all of the terms and provisions of said Guarantees. The Indenture provides that each
Guarantor shall be released from its Guarantee upon compliance with certain conditions.
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.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security 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 Security on the books of the Company. The
agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
Your Signature:
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The initial principal amount of this Global Security is $[ ]. The following increases
or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTATION ON SECURITY RELATING TO GUARANTEE
GUARANTEE
Each of the undersigned guarantors (each a Guarantor, or together, the Guarantors) which
term includes any successor under the Indenture (the Indenture) referred to in the Security upon
which this notation is endorsed), hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees on a
subordinated basis, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor of the Securities, to each
Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (a) the full and prompt payment (within
applicable grace periods) of principal of and interest on the Securities when due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the
Company under the Indenture and the Securities and (b) the full and prompt performance within
applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the
Securities, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture (all the foregoing being
hereinafter collectively called the Guarantee Obligations). The Guarantor further agrees that
the Guarantee 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 under Article XIII of
the Indenture notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guarantee Obligation. Capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
Subject to the terms of the Indenture, this Guarantee shall be binding upon the Guarantor and
its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the
Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or
the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend
to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication on the Security upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the
Trustee under the Indenture by the signature of one of its authorized signatories.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or this Guarantee, under the Indenture
and this Guarantee the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations guaranteed by the Guarantor
shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed without rendering the Indenture or this
Guarantee, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable federal or state law relating
to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer. This Guarantee shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
[Signature page follows]
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THE GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC.
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