Exhibit 4.1
Execution Version
AMERICAN REPROGRAPHICS COMPANY
10.5% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2010
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Trustee
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
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Trust Indenture
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Section
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Act Section
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Indenture
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310
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(a)(1)
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7.10
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(a)(2)
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7.10
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(a)(3)
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N.A.
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(a)(4)
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N.A.
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(a)(5)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.3; 7.10
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(c)
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N.A.
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311
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(a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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312
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(a)
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2.5
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(b)
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11.3
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(c)
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11.3
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313
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(a)
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7.6
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(b)(1)
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7.6
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(b)(2)
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7.6; 7.7
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(c)
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7.6; 11.2
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(d)
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7.6
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314
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(a)
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4.3; 11.5
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)(1)
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11.4
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(c)(2)
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11.4
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(c)(3)
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N.A.
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(d)
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9.1
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(e)
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11.5
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(f)
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N.A.
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315
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(a)
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7.1
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(b)
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7.5; 11.2
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(c)
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7.1
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(d)
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7.1
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(e)
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6.11
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316
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(a) (last sentence)
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2.9
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.5
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.4
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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6.7
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(c)
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2.13
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317
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(a)(1)
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6.8
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(a)(2)
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6.9
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(b)
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2.4
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318
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(a)
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11.1
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)
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11.1
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N.A. means not applicable.
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This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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SECTION 1.1 Definitions
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1
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SECTION 1.2 Other Definitions
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22
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SECTION 1.3 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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22
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SECTION 1.4 Rules of Construction
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23
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ARTICLE II
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THE NOTES
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SECTION 2.1 Form and Dating
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23
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SECTION 2.2 Execution and Authentication
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25
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SECTION 2.3 Registrar; Paying Agent
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25
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SECTION 2.4 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
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SECTION 2.5 Holder Lists
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SECTION 2.6 Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities
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26
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SECTION 2.7 Replacement Notes
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28
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SECTION 2.8 Outstanding Notes
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29
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SECTION 2.9 Treasury Notes
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29
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SECTION 2.10 Temporary Notes
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29
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SECTION 2.11 Cancellation
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SECTION 2.12 Defaulted Interest
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30
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SECTION 2.13 Record Date
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30
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SECTION 2.14 Computation of Interest
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30
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SECTION 2.15 CUSIP Number
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30
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SECTION 2.16 Special Transfer Provisions
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30
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SECTION 2.17 Issuance of Additional Notes
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32
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ARTICLE III
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REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
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SECTION 3.1 Notices to Trustee
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SECTION 3.2 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed
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33
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SECTION 3.3 Notice of Redemption
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34
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SECTION 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 3.5 Deposit of Redemption of Purchase Price
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35
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SECTION 3.6 Notes Redeemed in Part
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35
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SECTION 3.7 Optional Redemption
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35
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SECTION 3.8 Mandatory Redemption
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36
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SECTION 3.9 Offer to Purchase
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36
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ARTICLE IV
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COVENANTS
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SECTION 4.1 Payment of Notes
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SECTION 4.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency
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SECTION 4.3 Provision of Financial Information
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SECTION 4.4 Compliance Certificate
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SECTION 4.5 Taxes
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SECTION 4.6 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
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SECTION 4.7 Limitation on Restricted Payments
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SECTION 4.8 Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
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SECTION 4.9 Limitation on Incurrence of Debt
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SECTION 4.10 Limitation on Asset Sales
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SECTION 4.11 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
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SECTION 4.12 Limitation on Liens
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48
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SECTION 4.13 Offer to Purchase upon Change of Control
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SECTION 4.14 Corporate Existence
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SECTION 4.15 Limitation on Business Activities
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SECTION 4.16 Additional Note Guarantees
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SECTION 4.17 Limitation on Creation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries
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SECTION 4.18 Further Instruments and Acts
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SECTION 4.19 Excess Cash Flow
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ARTICLE V
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SUCCESSORS
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SECTION 5.1 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
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SECTION 5.2 Successor Corporation Substituted
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ARTICLE VI
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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SECTION 6.1 Events of Default
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SECTION 6.2 Acceleration
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SECTION 6.3 Other Remedies
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SECTION 6.4 Waiver of Past Defaults
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SECTION 6.5 Control by Majority
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SECTION 6.6 Limitation on Suits
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SECTION 6.7 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
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SECTION 6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee
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SECTION 6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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SECTION 6.10 Priorities
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SECTION 6.11 Undertaking for Costs
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ARTICLE VII
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TRUSTEE
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SECTION 7.1 Duties of Trustee
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SECTION 7.2 Rights of Trustee
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SECTION 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee
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SECTION 7.4 Trustees Disclaimer
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SECTION 7.5 Notice of Defaults
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SECTION 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes
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SECTION 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity
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SECTION 7.8 Replacement of Trustee
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SECTION 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
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SECTION 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification
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SECTION 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
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SECTION 7.12 Trustees Application for Instructions from the Company
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SECTION 7.13 Limitation of Liability
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ARTICLE VIII
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE, COVENANT DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE
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SECTION 8.1 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 8.2 Legal Defeasance
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SECTION 8.3 Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 8.4 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 8.5 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
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SECTION 8.6 Repayment to Company
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SECTION 8.7 Reinstatement
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SECTION 8.8 Discharge
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ARTICLE IX
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
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SECTION 9.1 Without Consent of Holders of the Notes
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SECTION 9.2 With Consent of Holders of Notes
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SECTION 9.3 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
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70
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SECTION 9.4 Revocation and Effect of Consents
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SECTION 9.5 Notation on or Exchange of Notes
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SECTION 9.6 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.
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ARTICLE X
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NOTE GUARANTEES
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SECTION 10.1 Note Guarantees
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SECTION 10.2 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee
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SECTION 10.3 Severability
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SECTION 10.4 Limitation of Guarantors Liability
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SECTION 10.5 Releases Following Sale of Assets
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SECTION 10.6 Release of a Guarantor
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SECTION 10.7 Benefits Acknowledged
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SECTION 10.8 Future Guarantors
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ARTICLE XI
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MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 11.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls
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SECTION 11.2 Notices
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SECTION 11.3 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
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SECTION 11.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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SECTION 11.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
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SECTION 11.6 Rules by Trustee and Agents
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SECTION 11.7 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
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SECTION 11.8 Governing Law
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SECTION 11.9 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
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SECTION 11.10 Successors
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SECTION 11.11 Severability
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SECTION 11.12 Counterpart Originals
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SECTION 11.13 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
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SECTION 11.14 Acts of Holders
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SECTION 11.15 USA PATRIOT Act
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SECTION 11.16 Force Majeure
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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FORM OF NOTE
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Exhibit B
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FORM OF NOTATION OF NOTE GUARANTEE
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Exhibit C
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH
TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO RULE 144A
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Exhibit D
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH
TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S
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This Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2010, is by and among American Reprographics Company,
a Delaware corporation (the
Company
), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national
banking association, as trustee (the
Trustee
).
The Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal
and ratable benefit of the holders of (i) the Companys 10.5% Senior Notes due 2016 issued on the
date hereof with the restrictive legends in
Exhibit A
(the
Initial Notes
), (ii) Exchange
Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (as
defined herein) or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (as
defined herein) without the restrictive legends in
Exhibit A
(the
Exchange Notes
) and
(iii) Additional Notes (together with the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes, the
Notes
):
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1
Definitions
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Acquired Debt
means Debt of a Person (including an Unrestricted Subsidiary) existing at the
time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or assumed in connection with the acquisition of
assets from such Person.
Additional Interest
means all additional interest owing on the Notes pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement.
Additional Notes
means Notes (other than the Initial Notes or the Exchange Notes) issued
pursuant to
Article II
hereof and otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
Affiliate
of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For the purposes of
this definition, control when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have
meanings that correspond to the foregoing. For purposes of Section 4.11, any Person directly or
indirectly owning 10% or more of the outstanding Capital Interests of the Company and any Person
who is a Permitted Holder will be deemed an Affiliate.
Agent
means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.
Applicable Premium
means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or
(2) the excess of:
(a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the Redemption Price of
the Note at December 15, 2013 (such Redemption Price being set forth in the table in
Section 3.7(a)), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through
December 15, 2013 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date),
computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date
plus 50 basis points; over
(b) the principal amount of the Note.
Asset Acquisition
means:
(a) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person
pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary, or shall be merged with
or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(b) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of any
Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person, any division
or line of business of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person other
than in the ordinary course of business.
Asset Sale
means any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition (including,
without limitation, dispositions pursuant to any consolidation or merger) by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person (other than to the Company or one or more of its
Restricted Subsidiaries) in any single transaction or series of transactions of:
(i) Capital Interests in another Person (other than directors qualifying shares);
(ii) any other property or assets (other than in the normal course of business,
including any sale or other disposition of obsolete or permanently retired equipment);
provided
,
however
, that the term Asset Sale shall exclude:
(a) any asset disposition permitted by Section 5.1 that constitutes a disposition of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken
as a whole;
(b) any transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition of property or assets,
the gross proceeds of which (exclusive of indemnities) do not exceed in any one or related
series of transactions $7.5 million;
(c) sales of Eligible Cash Equivalents;
(d) the sale and leaseback of any assets within 90 days of the acquisition thereof;
(e) the disposition of property or equipment no longer used or useful in the business
of such entity;
(f) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is otherwise permitted by this
Indenture;
(g) any trade-in of equipment in exchange for other equipment;
provided
that in the
good faith judgment of the Company, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives
equipment (or credit toward the acquisition cost of equipment) having a fair market value
equal to or greater than the equipment being traded in;
(h) the creation of a Lien permitted under this Indenture (but not the sale or other
disposition of the property subject to such Lien);
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(i) leases or subleases in the ordinary course of business to third Persons not
interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(j) licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property in the ordinary course of
business.
For purposes of this definition, any series of related transactions that, if effected as a
single transaction, would constitute an Asset Sale, shall be deemed to be a single Asset Sale
effected when the last such transaction which is a part thereof is effected.
Asset Sale Offer
means an Offer to Purchase required to be made by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.10 to all Holders.
Average Life
means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Debt, the quotient
obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products of (x) the number of years from the date of
determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment (including any sinking
fund or mandatory redemption payment requirements) of such Debt multiplied by (y) the amount of
such principal payment by (ii) the sum of all such principal payments.
Bankruptcy Law
means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief
of debtors.
Beneficial Owner
has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under
the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular person,
as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, such person shall be deemed to have
beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire, whether such
right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent
condition.
Board of Directors
means (i) with respect to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, its
board of directors or any duly authorized committee thereof; (ii) with respect to a corporation,
the board of directors of such corporation or any duly authorized committee thereof; and (iii) with
respect to any other entity, the board of directors or similar body of the general partner or
managers of such entity or any duly authorized committee thereof.
Board Resolution
means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the
Trustee.
Business Day
means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
Capital Expenditure
means, for any period, the sum of (a) the aggregate of all expenditures
(whether paid in cash or other consideration or accrued as a liability) by such Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be
included in additions to property, plant and equipment or similar items reflected in the
consolidated statement of cash flows of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period
(including the amount of assets leased in connection with any Capital Lease Obligation, but
excluding transfers of assets between Restricted Subsidiaries except to the extent of cash
expenditures to effect such transfers) and (b) to the extent not included pursuant to clause (a)
above, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or other consideration (but
excluding issuances of Capital Interests) or accrued as a liability) by such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries during such period to acquire by purchase or otherwise, the business,
property or fixed assets of, or stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any person.
For the avoidance of doubt, the acquisition by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of Capital Interests in a Person that
becomes a Subsidiary, or all or substantially all of the assets of, or all or substantially all of
the assets constituting a business unit, division, product line or line of business of, any other
Person shall not constitute a Capital Expenditure.
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Capital Interests
in any Person means any and all shares, interests (including Preferred
Interests), participations or other equivalents in the equity interest (however designated) in such
Person and any rights (other than Debt securities convertible into an equity interest), warrants or
options to acquire an equity interest in such Person.
Capital Lease Obligation
of any Person means the obligation to pay rent or other payment
amounts under a lease of (or other Debt arrangement conveying the right to use) real or Personal
property of such Person, to the extent such obligations are required to be classified and accounted
for as a capital lease or a liability on the face of a balance sheet of such Person in accordance
with GAAP. The Stated Maturity of any Capital Lease Obligation shall be the date of the last
payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease (or other Debt arrangement) prior to the
first date upon which such lease (or other Debt arrangement) may be terminated by the user of such
real or Personal property without payment of a penalty, and the amount of any Capital Lease
Obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
Certificated Notes
means Notes that are in the form of
Exhibit A
attached hereto and
do not bear the Global Notes Legend.
Change of Contro
l means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) the Company becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition
by any Person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the ultimate
beneficial owner (as such term is used in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act,
except that for purposes of this clause (i) such Person or group shall be deemed to have
beneficial ownership of all shares that any such Person or group has the right to acquire,
whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly
or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Interests in the Company;
(ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of
such period constituted the Board of Directors of the Company (together with any new
directors whose election by the Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the
equityholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the
Companys then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or
whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason
to constitute a majority of the Companys Board of Directors then in office; or
(iii) the Company sells, conveys, transfers or leases (either in one transaction or a
series of related transactions) all or substantially all of its assets to, or merges or
consolidates with, a Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
Code
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Commission
means the Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto.
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Common Interests
of any Person means Capital Interests in such Person that do not rank
prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to Capital Interests of any
other class in such Person.
Company
means American Reprographics Company and any successor thereto.
Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges
means, with respect to any Person for any
period:
(i) the sum of, without duplication, the amounts for such period, taken as a single
accounting period, of:
(a) Consolidated Net Income;
(b) Consolidated Non-cash Charges;
(c) Consolidated Interest Expense; and
(d) Consolidated Income Tax Expense (other than income tax expense (either
positive or negative) attributable to extraordinary gains or losses);
(ii) less non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than
(a) the accrual of revenue consistent with past practice, and (b) reversals of prior
accruals or reserves for cash items previously excluded in the calculation of Consolidated
Non-cash Charges.
Consolidated Income Tax Expense
means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Interest Expense
means, with respect to any Person for any period, without
duplication, the sum of:
(i) the total interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period (net of the amount of cash interest income for such period) as determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation:
(a) any amortization of Debt discount;
(b) the net cost under Interest Rate Protection Obligations (including any
amortization of discounts);
(c) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation;
(d) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to
letters of credit, bankers acceptance financing or similar activities; and
(e) all accrued interest;
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(ii) the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled
to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; and
(iii) all capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period;
provided
,
however
, that such Consolidated Interest Expense shall not include amortization of Debt
issuance costs.
Consolidated Net Income
means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the consolidated
net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined
in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the extent including in calculating such net income, by
excluding, without duplication:
(i) all extraordinary or non-recurring gains or losses (net of fees and expense
relating to the transaction giving rise thereto);
(ii) the portion of net income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries allocable
to minority interest in unconsolidated Persons or Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries
to the extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by such
Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided
that for the avoidance of doubt,
Consolidated Net Income shall be increased in amounts equal to the amounts of cash actually
received;
(iii) gains or losses in respect of any Asset Sales by such Person or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (net of fees and expenses relating to the transaction giving rise
thereto), on an after-tax basis;
(iv) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary or such Person to the extent that the
declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that
income is not at the time permitted, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of
its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or
governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;
(v) any gain or loss realized as a result of the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principles;
(vi) any fees and expenses paid in connection with the issuance of the Notes;
(vii) any impairment charge or asset write-up, write-off or write-down, in each case,
pursuant to GAAP and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP; and
(viii) non-cash compensation expense incurred with any issuance of equity interests to
an employee of such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Consolidated Non-cash Charges
means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
aggregate depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles),
and other non-cash expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated
Net Income or such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determine on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges constituting an
extraordinary item or loss and
excluding any such charges constituting an extraordinary item or loss or any charge which
requires an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period).
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Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio
means, as of the date of determination (the
Consolidated
Total Leverage Ratio Calculation Date
), the ratio of (a) the Debt of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of determination (determined after giving
pro forma
effect
to such incurrence of Debt, and each other incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption,
retirement and extinguishment of Debt as of such date of determination) to (b) Consolidated Cash
Flow Available for Fixed Charges of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most
recently ended four fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such date for which internal
financial statements are available (such four full fiscal quarter period being referred to herein
as the Four Quarter Period).
For purposes of this definition, Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges and
Debt shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect to clauses (1) and (2) below. The pro
forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of
the Company (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt and without duplication, cost savings,
synergies (other than revenue synergies) and operating expense) and shall be set forth in an
officers certificate detailing the basis of such valuations.
(1) the Incurrence or repayment (excluding revolving credit borrowings Incurred or
repaid in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes) or redemption of any
Debt or Preferred Interests of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the
application of the proceeds thereof), including the Incurrence of any Debt or Preferred
Interests (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such
determination, occurring during such Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the
last day of such Four Quarter Period and on or prior to such date of determination, as if
such Incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds
thereof), occurred on the first day of such Four Quarter Period; and
(2) any Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition (including, without limitation, any Asset
Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such determination as a result of the company or
one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary
as a result of the Asset Acquisition) Incurring Acquired Debt and including, without
limitation, by giving pro forma effect to any Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed
Charges attributable to the assets which are the subject of the Asset Sale or Asset
Acquisition during the Four Quarter Period) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at
any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to such date
of determination, as if such Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition (including the Incurrence of
any such Acquired Debt) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period.
If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly Guarantees Debt of
a third Person, the above clause shall give effect to the incurrence of such Guaranteed Debt as if
such Person or such Subsidiary had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such Guaranteed Debt.
Corporate Trust Office
means an office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate
trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 707 Wilshire
Blvd, 17th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017 MAC E2818-176, or such other address as the Trustee may
designate from time to time by written notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal
corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee
may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
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Credit Agreement
means the $50.0 million revolving credit facility dated on or about the
Issue Date, together with all related notes, letters of credit, collateral documents, guarantees,
and any other related agreements and instruments executed and delivered in connection therewith, in
each case as amended, modified, supplemented, refinanced, refunded or replaced in whole or in part
from time to time.
Credit Facility
means one or more Debt facilities, including the Credit Agreement or other
financing arrangements (including without limitation commercial paper facilities or indentures)
providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other indebtedness,
including any notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in
connection therewith, and in each case as, as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented,
replaced (whether or not upon termination and whether with the original lenders, institutional
investors or otherwise), refinanced (including through the issuance of Debt securities),
restructured or otherwise modified (in whole or in part, and without limitation as to amount,
terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to time, and any agreement (and
related document) governing Indebtedness incurred to refinance, in whole or in part, the borrowings
and commitments then outstanding or permitted to be outstanding under such Credit Facility or a
successor Credit Facility, whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders (or
institutional investors).
Currency Hedge Obligations
means the obligations of a Person Incurred pursuant to any
foreign currency exchange agreement, option or futures contract or other similar agreement or
arrangement designed to protect against or manage such Persons exposure to fluctuations in foreign
currency exchange rates on Debt permitted under this Indenture.
Debt
means at any time (without duplication), with respect to any Person, whether recourse
is to all or a portion of the assets of such Person, or non-recourse, and whether or not
contingent, the following: (i) all indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed; (ii) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments;
(iii) all obligations of such Person with respect to letters of credit (other than letters of
credit for workers compensation or similar obligations that are secured by cash obligations),
bankers acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such Person; (iv) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with
respect to property or assets acquired by such Person (even if the rights and remedies of the
seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale
of such property or assets); (v) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; (vi) the maximum
fixed redemption or repurchase price of Redeemable Capital Interests in such Person at the time of
determination; (vii) any Swap Contracts and Currency Hedge Obligations of such Person at the time
of determination; (viii) Debt attributable to any sale and leaseback transaction to which such
Person is a party; and (ix) all obligations of the types referred to in clauses (i) through
(viii) of this definition of another Person and all dividends and other distributions of another
Person, the payment of which, in either case, (A) such Person has Guaranteed or (B) is secured by
(or the holder of such Debt or the recipient of such dividends or other distributions has an
existing right, whether contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon the property or
other as sets of such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the
payment of such Debt, dividends or other distributions. For purposes of the foregoing: (a) the
maximum fixed repurchase price of any Redeemable Capital Interests that do not have a fixed
repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Redeemable Capital
Interests as if such Redeemable Capital Interests were repurchased on any date on which Debt shall
be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture;
provided
,
however
, that, if such
Redeemable Capital Interests are not then permitted to be repurchased, the repurchase price shall
be the book value of such Redeemable Capital Interests; (b) the amount outstanding at any time of
any Debt issued with original issue discount is the principal amount of such Debt less the
remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Debt at such time as
determined in conformity with GAAP,
but such Debt shall be deemed Incurred only as of the date of original issuance thereof;
(c) the amount of any Debt described in clause (ix)(A) above shall be the maximum liability under
any such Guarantee; (d) the amount of any Debt described in clause (ix)(B) above shall be the
lesser of (I) the maximum amount of the obligations so secured and (II) the Fair Market Value of
such property or other assets; (e) interest, fees, premium, and expenses and additional payments,
if any, will not constitute Debt; and (f) trade payables, other current liabilities incurred in the
normal course of business and any liability for federal, state or local income taxes or other taxes
owed by such Person will not constitute Debt.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of any business, the term Debt will exclude (x) customary indemnification
obligations and (y) post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the
extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment depends on the
performance of such business after the closing;
provided
,
however
, that, at the time of closing,
the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter
becomes fixed and determined, the amount is paid within 60 days thereafter.
The amount of Debt of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of
all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability, upon the occurrence of
the contingency giving rise to the obligations, of any contingent obligations at such date;
provided
,
however
, that in the case of Debt sold at a discount, the amount of such Debt at any time
will be the accreted value thereof at such time.
Default
means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an
Event of Default.
Depositary
means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global
form, the Person specified in Section 2.3 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, until
a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to Section 2.6 hereof, and,
thereafter, Depositary shall mean or include such successor.
Designated Non-cash Consideration
means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration
received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that
is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers Certificate, setting
forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Eligible Cash Equivalents received in
connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
Domestic Subsidiary
means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the
laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or that
Guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Debt of the Company.
DTC
means The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York).
Eligible Bank
means a bank or trust company that (i) is organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America or Canada, or any state, territory, province or possession
thereof, (ii) as of the time of the making or acquisition of an Investment in such bank or trust
company, has combined capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and (iii) the senior Debt of
which is rated at least A-2 by Moodys or at least A by Standard & Poors.
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Eligible Cash Equivalents
means any of the following Investments: (i) securities issued or
directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality
thereof (
provided
that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support
thereof) maturing not
more than one year after the date of acquisition; (ii) time deposits in and certificates of
deposit of any Eligible Bank,
provided
that such Investments have a maturity date not more than two
years after date of acquisition and that the Average Life of all such Investments is one year or
less from the respective dates of acquisition; (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more
than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into
with any Eligible Bank; (iv) direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any
political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof,
provided
that such Investments mature, or
are subject to tender at the option of the holder thereof, within 365 days after the date of
acquisition and, at the time of acquisition, have a rating of at least A from Standard & Poors or
A-2 from Moodys (or an equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency);
(v) commercial paper of any Person other than an Affiliate of the Company,
provided
that such
Investments have one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poors or Moodys
and mature within 180 days after the date of acquisition; (vi) overnight and demand deposits in and
bankers acceptances of any Eligible Bank and demand deposits in any bank or trust company to the
extent insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation against the Bank Insurance Fund; and
(vii) money market funds substantially all of the assets of which comprise Investments of the types
described in clauses (i) through (vi).
Excess Cash Flow
means, for any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, for any period, its
Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges for such period less the sum, without
duplication, of (i) such Persons Consolidated Interest Expense, to the extent paid in cash for
such Excess Cash Flow Period; (ii) such Persons Consolidated Income Tax Expense, to the extent
paid in cash for such Excess Cash Flow Period, (iii) an amount equal to the Capital Expenditures
made in cash during such period (excluding the amount of any Capital Expenditures made with the
proceeds of Incurrences of Indebtedness); (iv) the aggregate amount of all scheduled, mandatory
and voluntary prepayments, repayments, redemptions or purchases of Obligations under the Credit
Facility that include a permanent reduction of the related loan commitment thereunder during such
Excess Cash Flow Period (other than prepayments, repayments, redemptions or purchases made with the
proceeds of Indebtedness incurred to refinance the Obligations under the Credit Facility during
such Excess Cash Flow Period); and (v) any cash required to be restricted to cash collateralize
letters of credit either under the Credit Facility or otherwise, and, in each case, as determined
in accordance with GAAP.
Excess Cash Flow Amount
means, for any Excess Cash Flow Period, an amount equal to 50% of
Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period.
Excess Cash Flow Period
means each fiscal year ending on December 31, beginning with the
year ending December 31, 2011.
Exchange Act
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Notes
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Exchange Offer
means an offer that may be made by the Issuer pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement to exchange Initial Notes for the Exchange Notes.
Expiration Date
has the meaning set forth in the definition of Offer to Purchase.
Fair Market Value
means, with respect to the consideration received or paid in any
transaction or series of transactions, the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors.
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Four Quarter Period
has the meaning given to such term in the definition of Consolidated
Total Leverage Ratio.
GAAP
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently
applied, as 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, which are in
effect as of the Issue Date.
Global Notes
means the Notes that are in the form of
Exhibit A
hereto and bear the
Global Notes Legend.
Global Notes Legend
means the legend identified as such in
Exhibit A
hereto.
Government Securities
means (1) any security which is (a) 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 (b) 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 of the United States of America, which, in either
case, is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (2) any depository
receipt issued by a bank, as defined in the Securities Act, as custodian with respect to any
Government Securities and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depository
receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any Government
Securities 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 depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the
specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depository receipt.
Guarantee
means, as applied to any Debt of another Person, (i) a guarantee (other than by
endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the normal course of business), direct or
indirect, in any manner, of any part or all of such Debt, (ii) any direct or indirect obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of a Person guaranteeing or having the effect of guaranteeing the Debt of
any other Person in any manner and (iii) an agreement of a Person, 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 non-performance) of all or any part of such Debt of another
Person (and Guaranteed and Guaranteeing shall have meanings that correspond to the foregoing).
Guarantor
means any Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance
with provisions of this Indenture and their respective successors and assigns.
Hedging Obligations
of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any
interest rate agreement, currency agreement or commodity agreement.
Holder
means a Person in whose name a Note is registered in the security register.
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Incur
means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue,
incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, Guarantee or otherwise become liable in
respect of such Debt or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or
otherwise, of any such Debt or other obligation on the balance sheet of such Person;
provided
,
however
, that a change in GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such
time becoming Debt shall not be deemed an
Incurrence of such Debt. Debt otherwise Incurred by a Person before it becomes a Subsidiary
of the Company shall be deemed to be Incurred at the time at which such Person becomes a Subsidiary
of the Company. Incurrence, Incurred, Incurrable and Incurring shall have meanings that
correspond to the foregoing. A Guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Debt
Incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall not be a separate
Incurrence of Debt. None of the following shall be a separate Incurrence of Debt:
(1) amortization of Debt discount or accretion of principal with respect to a
non-interest bearing or other discount security;
(2) the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Debt of the
same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on Capital Interests in the
form of additional Capital Interests of the same class and with the same terms;
(3) the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Debt arising in connection with the
issuance of a notice of redemption or making of a mandatory Offer to Purchase such Debt;
(4) unrealized losses or charges in respect of Hedging Obligations;
(5) increases in the amount of Debt outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in
currency exchange rates or increases in the value of property securing Debt; and
(6) increases in the amount of Debt solely as a result of purchase accounting
adjustments or accounting adjustments related to derivative financial instruments.
Indenture
means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Initial Notes
has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
Interest Rate Protection Agreements
means, with respect to any Person, any arrangement with
any other Person whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to
time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a
stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such Person calculated by applying
a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and shall include without
limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.
Interest Rate Protection Obligations
means the obligations of any Person pursuant to any
Interest Rate Protection Agreements.
Investment
by any Person means any direct or indirect loan, advance (or other extension of
credit) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property or assets to
another Person or any other payments for property or services for the account or use of another
Person) another Person, including, without limitation, the following: (i) the purchase or
acquisition of any Capital Interest or other evidence of beneficial ownership in another Person;
(ii) the purchase, acquisition or Guarantee of the Debt of another Person; and (iii) the purchase
or acquisition of the business or assets of another Person; but shall exclude: (a) accounts
receivable and other extensions of trade credit on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with
normal trade practices; (b) the acquisition of property and assets from suppliers and other vendors
in the normal course of business; and (c) prepaid expenses and workers compensation, utility,
lease and similar deposits, in the normal course of business.
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Issue Date
means the date on which the initial $200.0 million in aggregate principal amount
of the Notes is originally issued under this Indenture.
Legal Holiday
means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City
of New York, the city in which the principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located or at
a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a
payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made at that place on the next succeeding day
that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
Lien
means, with respect to any property or other asset, any mortgage or deed of trust,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien (statutory or
otherwise), charge, easement, encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or
other asset (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
Master Agreement
has the meaning set forth in the definition of Swap Contract.
Net Cash Proceeds
means, with respect to Asset Sales of any Person, cash and Eligible Cash
Equivalents received, net of: (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such Person incurred in
connection with such a sale, including, without limitation, all legal, title and recording tax
expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred and all federal, state, foreign and
local taxes arising in connection with such an Asset Sale that are paid or required to be accrued
as a liability under GAAP by such Person; (ii) all payments made by such Person on any Debt that is
secured by such properties or other assets in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or with
respect to such properties or other assets or that must, by the terms of such Lien or such Debt, or
in order to obtain a necessary consent to such transaction or by applicable law, be repaid to any
other Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof) in connection with such
Asset Sale; and (iii) all contractually required distributions and other payments made to minority
interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person as a result of such transaction;
provided
,
however
, that: (a) in the event that any consideration for an Asset Sale (which would
otherwise constitute Net Cash Proceeds) is required by (I) contract to be held in escrow pending
determination of whether a purchase price adjustment will be made or (II) GAAP to be reserved
against other liabilities in connection with such Asset Sale, such consideration (or any portion
thereof) shall become Net Cash Proceeds only at such time as it is released to such Person from
escrow or otherwise; and (b) any non-cash consideration received in connection with any
transaction, which is subsequently converted to cash, shall become Net Cash Proceeds only at such
time as it is so converted.
Note Custodian
means the Trustee when serving as custodian for the Depositary with respect
to the Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.
Note Guarantee
means any guarantee of the Notes by any Guarantor pursuant to this Indenture.
Notes
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Indenture.
Obligations
means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities of any kind payable under the documentation governing
any Indebtedness.
Offer
has the meaning set forth in the definition of Offer to Purchase.
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Offer to Purchase
means a written offer (the
Offer
) sent by the Company by first class
mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder at his address appearing in the security register on the date
of the Offer,
offering to purchase up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth in such Offer at
the purchase price set forth in such Offer (as determined pursuant to this Indenture). Unless
otherwise required by applicable law, the Offer shall specify an expiration date (the
Expiration
Date
) of the Offer to Purchase which shall be, subject to any contrary requirements of applicable
law, not less than 30 days or more than 60 days after the date of mailing of such Offer and a
settlement date (the
Purchase Date
) for purchase of Notes within five Business Days after the
Expiration Date. The Offer shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such
Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. Among other things, the Offer shall
state the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes offered to be purchased pursuant to
the Offer to Purchase (including, if less than 100%, the manner by which such amount has been
determined pursuant to Indenture covenants requiring the Offer to Purchase) (the
Purchase Amount
)
and the purchase price to be paid by the Company for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes accepted
for payment (as specified pursuant to this Indenture) (the
Purchase Price
).
Offering Memorandum
means the offering memorandum related to the issuance of the Notes on
the Issue Date, dated November 23, 2010.
Officer
means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the principal
executive officer, the President, the principal operating officer, the principal financial officer,
the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such
Person.
Officers Certificate
means a certificate to be delivered upon the occurrence of certain
events as set forth in this Indenture, signed on behalf of the Company or a Guarantor, as
applicable, by two Officers of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, one of whom must be the
principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of
the Company or such Guarantor.
Opinion of Counsel
means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company.
Participant
means, with respect to DTC, a Person who has an account with DTC.
Paying Agent
means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company.
Permitted Business
means any business similar in nature to any business conducted by the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and any business reasonably ancillary,
incidental, complementary or related to, or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of,
the business conducted by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date, in each
case, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Permitted Debt
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.9 hereof.
Permitted Holders
means Kumarakulasingam Suriyakumar; any spouse or lineal descendant of
Kumarakulasingam Suriyakumar; any trust or estate the sole beneficiary or beneficiaries of which is
Kumarakulasingam Suriyakumar, any spouse or lineal descendants of Kumarakulasingam Suriyakumar; or
any entity owned or controlled by any of the foregoing.
Permitted Investments
means:
(a) Investments in existence on the Issue Date;
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(b) Investments required pursuant to any agreement or obligation of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary, in effect on the Issue Date, to make such Investments;
(c) Investments in cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents;
(d) Investments in property and other assets, owned or used by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in the normal course of business;
(e) Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor;
(f) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person, if as a result
of such Investment (A) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or (B) such Person is
merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all
of its assets to, or is liquidated or wound up into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(g) Swap Contracts, Interest Rate Protection Obligations and Currency Hedge
Obligations;
(h) non-cash consideration received in conjunction with an Asset Sale that is otherwise
permitted under Section 4.10;
(i) Investments received in settlement of obligations owed to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary and as a result of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or upon the
foreclosure or enforcement of any Lien in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(j) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than in an
Affiliate) not otherwise permitted under this definition, in an aggregate amount which
together with the net amount of all other Investments then outstanding pursuant to this
clause (j) does not exceed $30.0 million;
(k) loans and advances (including for travel and relocation) to employees in an amount
not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(l) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in Permitted Joint Ventures
made after the Issue Date in an amount, when taken together with all other Investments made
pursuant to this clause (l) since the Issue Date and then outstanding, not to exceed $5.0
million;
(m) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor made after the Issue Date in an amount, when taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (m) since the Issue Date
and then outstanding, not to exceed $30.0 million; and
(n) any Investment consisting of a Guarantee permitted by Section 4.9.
Permitted Joint Venture
means, with respect to any Person at any time, any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other business entity (1) of which at least 20%, but not
more than 50%, of the Voting Interests are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by such Person or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries of that Person and (2) whose primary
business constitutes or is reasonably expected to constitute at such time a Permitted Business.
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Permitted Liens
means:
(a) Liens existing on the Issue Date;
(b) Liens securing Indebtedness under any Credit Facility Incurred pursuant to
Section 4.9(b)(i);
(c) Liens securing Swap Contracts, Interest Rate Protection Obligations and Currency
Hedge Obligations;
(d) any Lien for taxes or assessments or other governmental charges or levies not then
due and payable (or which, if due and payable, are being contested in good faith and for
which adequate reserves are being maintained, to the extent required by GAAP);
(e) any statutory warehousemens, materialmens, landlords or other similar Liens for
sums not then due and payable (or which, if due and payable, are being contested in good
faith and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained, to the extent
required by GAAP);
(f) any title exception, easement, right-of-way, lease, sublease or other similar Lien
that does not materially impair the use or value of the property subject thereto in its use
in the business of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof;
(g) Liens on property or other assets (i) in connection with workers compensation,
unemployment insurance and other types of statutory obligations or the requirements of any
official body, or (ii) to secure the performance of tenders, bids, surety or performance
bonds, leases, purchase, construction, sales or servicing contracts and other similar
obligations Incurred in the normal course of business consistent with industry practice; or
(iii) to obtain or secure obligations with respect to letters of credit, Guarantees, bonds
or other sureties or assurances given in connection with the activities described in
clauses (i) and (ii) above, in each case not Incurred or made in connection with the
borrowing of money, the obtaining of advances or credit or the payment of the deferred
purchase price of property or services or imposed by ERISA or the Code in connection with a
plan (as defined in ERISA) or (iv) arising in connection with any attachment or judgment
unless such Liens shall not be satisfied or discharged or stayed pending appeal within
60 days after the entry thereof or the expiration of any such stay;
(h) Liens on property, assets or shares of Capital Interests of a Person existing at
the time such Person is acquired or merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary, or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (and not created or Incurred in
anticipation of such transaction),
provided
that such Liens are not extended to the property
and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than the property or assets
acquired;
(i) other Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or the ownership of their assets that do not
materially impair the use or value of the property subject thereto in its use in the
business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;
(j) Liens to secure Capital Lease Obligations;
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(k) Liens securing Debt Incurred to finance the construction, purchase or lease of, or
repairs, improvements or additions to, property, plant or equipment of such Person;
provided
,
however
, that the Lien may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is Incurred (other than assets and
property affixed or appurtenant thereto), and the Debt (other than any interest thereon)
secured by the Lien may not be Incurred more than one year after the later of the
acquisition, completion of construction, repair, improvement, addition or commencement of
full operation of the property subject to the Lien;
(l) Liens from judgments, decrees, or attachments in circumstances not constituting an
Event of Default;
(m) Liens securing Debt Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as
permitted under Section 4.9 not otherwise permitted under this definition, in an aggregate
amount which together with the aggregate amount of all other Liens then outstanding pursuant
to this clause (m) does not exceed $5.0 million;
(n) Liens to secure any Refinancing Debt (or successive Refinancing Debt) as a whole,
or in part, of any Debt secured by any Lien;
provided
,
however
, that:
(A) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property and
assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original
Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to,
such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and
(B) the Debt secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount
greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater,
committed amount of the Debt at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien
and (ii) the amount of any discounts, commissions, premiums, fees and other costs
and expenses related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or
replacement;
(o) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and
(p) any extensions, substitutions, replacements or renewals of the foregoing.
Person
means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
Preferred Interests
as applied to the Capital Interests in any Person, means Capital
Interests in such Person of any class or classes (however designated) that rank prior, as to the
payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to shares of Common Interests in such
Person.
Purchase Amount
has the meaning set forth in the definition of Offer to Purchase.
Purchase Date
has the meaning set forth in the definition of Offer to Purchase.
Purchase Money Debt
means Debt:
(i) Incurred to finance all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction
or improvement of any assets (other than Capital Interests) of such Person or any Restricted
Subsidiary (including Debt incurred to refinance any such purchase price or costs of
construction or improvement initially funded by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary); and
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(ii) that is secured by a Lien on such assets where the lenders sole security is to
the assets so purchased, constructed or improved and directly related assets such as
proceeds (including insurance proceeds), products, replacements, substitutions and
accessions thereto; and
(iii) that does not exceed 100% of such purchase price or costs.
Purchase Price
has the meaning set forth in the definition of Offer to Purchase.
Qualified Capital Interests
in any Person means a class of Capital Interests other than
Redeemable Capital Interests.
Qualified Equity Offering
means (i) an underwritten public equity offering of Qualified
Capital Interests pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act yielding
gross proceeds to the Company of at least $25.0 million or (ii) a private equity offering of
Qualified Capital Interests of the Company, other than (x) any such public or private sale to an
entity that is an Affiliate of the Company and (y) any public offerings registered on Form S-8.
Redeemable Capital Interests
in any Person means any equity security of such Person that by
its terms (or by terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable), or otherwise (including the passage of time or the happening of an event), is
required to be redeemed, is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof in whole or in part
(including by operation of a sinking fund), or is convertible or exchangeable for Debt of such
Person at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the Stated
Maturity of the Notes;
provided
that only the portion of such equity security which is required to
be redeemed, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder
thereof before such date will be deemed to be Redeemable Capital Interests. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, any equity security that would constitute Redeemable Capital Interests solely
because the holders of the equity security have the right to require the Company to repurchase such
equity security upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute
Redeemable Capital Interests if the terms of such equity security provide that the Company may not
repurchase or redeem any such equity security pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or
redemption complies with Section 4.7. The amount of Redeemable Capital Interests deemed to be
outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to
any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Redeemable Capital Interests or portion thereof,
exclusive of accrued dividends.
Redemption Price
when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at which
it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
Refinancing Debt
means Debt that refunds, refinances, renews, replaces or extends any Debt
permitted to be Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture, whether involving the same or any other lender or creditor or group of lenders or
creditors, but only to the extent that:
(i) the Refinancing Debt is subordinated to the Notes to at least the same extent as
the Debt being refunded, refinanced or extended, if such Debt was subordinated to the Notes,
(ii) the Refinancing Debt has a final maturity either (a) no earlier than the Debt
being refunded, refinanced or extended or (b) at least 91 days after the maturity date of
the Notes,
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(iii) the Refinancing Debt has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Debt is
Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Debt being refunded,
refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended,
(iv) such Refinancing Debt is in an aggregate principal amount that is less than or
equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal or accreted amount (in the case of any Debt
issued with original issue discount, as such) then outstanding under the Debt being
refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended, (b) the amount of accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, and premiums owed, if any, not in excess of preexisting prepayment
provisions on such Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended and
(c) the aggregate amount of any discounts, commissions, premiums, fees and other costs and
expenses related to the Incurrence of such Refinancing Debt; and
(v) such Refinancing Debt is Incurred by the same Person (or its successor) that
initially Incurred the Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended,
except that the Company may Incur Refinancing Debt to refund, refinance, renew, replace or
extend Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.
Registration Rights Agreement
means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, to be dated
as of the Issue Date, among the Company, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers and any similar
agreement extend into in connection with the Additional Notes.
Responsible Officer
means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer assigned to
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president,
assistant treasurer, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar
to those performed by any of the above designated officers and having direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer
to whom such matter is referred because of such officers knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
Restricted Notes Legend
means the legend identified as such in
Exhibit A
hereto.
Restricted Payment
means any of the following:
(a) any dividend or other distribution declared and paid on the Capital Interests in
the Company or on the Capital Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that are
held by, or declared and paid to, any Person other than the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company (other than (i) dividends, distributions or payments made solely
in Qualified Capital Interests in the Company and (ii) dividends or distributions payable to
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or to other holders of Capital
Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary on a pro rata basis);
(b) any payment made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a
payment made solely in Qualified Capital Interests) to purchase, redeem, acquire or retire
any Capital Interests in the Company (including the conversion into, or exchange for, Debt,
of any Capital Interests) other than any such Capital Interests owned by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary;
(c) any payment made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a
payment made solely in Qualified Capital Interests in the Company) to redeem, repurchase,
defease (including an in substance or legal defeasance) or otherwise acquire or retire for
value (including pursuant to mandatory repurchase covenants), prior to any scheduled
maturity,
scheduled sinking fund or mandatory redemption payment, Debt of the Company or any
Guarantor that is subordinate (whether pursuant to its terms or by operation of law) in
right of payment to the Notes or Note Guarantees (excluding any Debt owed to the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary); except payments of principal and interest in anticipation of
satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case,
within one year of the due date thereof;
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(d) any Investment by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in any Person, other than
a Permitted Investment; and
(e) any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Restricted Subsidiary
means any Subsidiary that has not been designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary in accordance with this Indenture.
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Significant Subsidiary
has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act and Exchange Act, but shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Stated Maturity
when used with respect to (i) any Note or any installment of interest
thereon, means the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which the principal amount of
such Note or such installment of interest is due and payable and (ii) any other Debt or any
installment of interest thereon, the date specified in the instrument governing such Debt as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Debt or such installment of interest is due and payable.
Subsidiary
means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited or general
partnership, trust, association or other business entity of which an aggregate of at least a
majority of the outstanding Capital Interests therein is, at the time, directly or indirectly,
owned by such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
Successor Entity
means a corporation or other entity that succeeds to and continues the
business of American Reprographics Company.
Swap Contract
means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative
transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity
contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or
options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate
options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options,
spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing,
whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any
and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and
conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps
and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any
other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a
Master
Agreement
), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend
means the legend identified as such in
Exhibit A
hereto.
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TIA
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in
effect on the date hereof.
Transfer Restricted Notes
means Notes that bear or are required to bear the Restricted Notes
Legend.
Treasury Rate
means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption
Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in
the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available
at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no
longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from the Redemption Date to December 15, 2013;
provided
,
however
, that if the period from
the Redemption Date to December 15, 2013, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on
actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will
be used.
Trustee
means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as
trustee under this Indenture, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving as trustee under this
Indenture.
Unrestricted Notes
means one or more Notes that do not and are not required to bear the
Restricted Notes Legend, including the Exchange Notes and any Notes registered under the Securities
Act pursuant to and in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement.
Unrestricted Subsidiary
means:
(1) any Subsidiary designated as such by the Board of Directors of the Company as set
forth in Section 4.17 where (a) neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(i) provides credit support for, or Guarantee of, any Debt of such Subsidiary or any
Subsidiary of such Subsidiary (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument evidencing
such Debt) or (ii) is directly or indirectly liable for any Debt of such Subsidiary or any
Subsidiary of such Subsidiary, and (b) no default with respect to any Debt of such
Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary (including any right which the holders
thereof may have to take enforcement action against such Subsidiary) would permit (upon
notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Debt of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Debt or cause the payment thereof
to be accelerated or payable prior to its final scheduled maturity; and
(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
until such time as such Subsidiary may be designated as a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with
Section 4.17.
Voting Interests
means, with respect to any Person, securities of any class or classes of
Capital Interests in such Person entitling the holders thereof generally to vote on the election of
members of the Board of Directors or comparable body of such Person.
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SECTION 1.2
Other Definitions
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Agent Members
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Bank
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7.13
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Change of Control Offer
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4.13
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Change of Control Payment
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4.13
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Company Order
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Custodian
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Discharge
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Event of Default
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Excess Cash Flow Notice
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4.19
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Purchase Date
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SECTION 1.3
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
reference in, and made a part of, this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
indenture securities
means the Notes and any Note Guarantee;
indenture security holder
means a Holder;
indenture to be qualified
means this Indenture;
indenture trustee
or
institutional trustee
means the Trustee;
obligor
on the Notes means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Notes or any
Guarantor.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference
to another statute or defined by the Commission rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to
them therein.
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SECTION 1.4
Rules of Construction
.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it herein;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined herein has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(3) or is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(5) unless otherwise specified, any reference to Section or Article refers to such
Section or Article of this Indenture;
(6) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;
(7) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by
the Commission from time to time; and
(8) for the avoidance of doubt, any references to interest shall include any
Additional Interest that may be payable.
ARTICLE II
THE NOTES
SECTION 2.1
Form and Dating
.
The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form
of
Exhibit A
attached hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. The Company shall approve the form of Notes and any
notation, legend or endorsement on them. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The Notes initially shall be issued only in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Indenture and 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. However, to
the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the
provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
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(a) The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Notes
substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit A
hereto, which shall be deposited on
behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee as custodian for
the Depositary, 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 hereinafter provided.
Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified
therein and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding
Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to
reflect exchanges, redemptions and transfers of interests. Any endorsement of a Global Note
to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Note Custodian, at the direction of
the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by
Section 2.6 hereof.
(b) The Initial Notes are being issued by the Company only (i) to qualified
institutional buyers (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (
Rule 144A
))
(
QIBs
) and (ii) in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (
Regulation S
).
After such initial offers and issuance, Initial Notes that are Transfer Restricted Notes may
be transferred to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A, outside the United States pursuant to
Regulation S or to the Company, in accordance with certain transfer restrictions. Initial
Notes that are offered in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued in the form of one or more
permanent Global Notes substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A
(the
QIB
Global Note
) deposited with the Trustee, as Notes Custodian, duly executed by the Company
and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. Initial Notes that are offered in
offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued in the form of one or more
Global Notes substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit A
(the
Regulation S
Global Note
) deposited with the Trustee, as Notes Custodian, duly executed by the Company
and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The QIB Global Note and the
Regulation S Global Note shall each be issued with separate CUSIP numbers. The aggregate
principal amount of each Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by
adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as Notes Custodian. Transfers of Notes
between QIBs and to or by purchasers pursuant to Regulation S shall be represented by
appropriate increases and decreases to the respective amounts of the appropriate Global
Notes, as more fully provided in Section 2.16.
(c) Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of the
Depositary.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial holder that is
a member of (or a participant in) DTC or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of
the records of DTC (or its nominee) or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to
any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery of any notice (including
any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes (or other
security or property) under or with respect to the Notes. The Trustee may rely (and shall
be fully protected in relying) upon information furnished by DTC with respect to its
members, participants and any Beneficial Owners in the Notes.
(d) Notes issued in certificated form shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A
attached hereto.
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SECTION 2.2
Execution and Authentication
.
An Officer of the Company shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile
signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is
authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated
under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by one Officer directing the
Trustee to authenticate the Notes and certifying that all conditions precedent to the issuance of
the Notes contained herein have been complied with (a
Company Order
), authenticate Notes for
original issue up to the aggregate principal amount stated in paragraph 4 of the Notes. The
aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed such amount except as
provided in Section 2.8 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to
authenticate Notes. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may
authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has
the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
SECTION 2.3
Registrar; Paying Agent
.
The Company shall maintain (i) an office or agency where Notes may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange (
Registrar
) and (ii) an office or agency where Notes may
be presented for payment to a Paying Agent. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and
of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more
additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar and the term Paying
Agent includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar
without notice to any Holder.
The Company shall notify the Trustee and the Trustee shall notify the Holders of the name and
address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The Company or any Guarantor may act as Paying
Agent or Registrar. The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent
not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the provisions of the TIA. The agreement
shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to
maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act
as such, and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation in accordance with Section 7.7 hereof.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent, until
such time as the Trustee has resigned or a successor has been appointed.
The Company initially appoints DTC to act as the Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
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SECTION 2.4
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that
the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money held
by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and
shall notify the Trustee of any Default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such
Default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee and to account for any money paid. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if
other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the
Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund
for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon the occurrence of events
specified in Section 6.1(9) hereof, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
SECTION 2.5
Holder Lists
.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent
list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA
§ 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least
seven (7) Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee
may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably
require of the names and addresses of the Holders, including the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes held by each Holder thereof, and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).
SECTION 2.6
Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities
.
(a) Each Global Note shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global
Notes or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such
Depositary and (iii) bear legends as required by Section 2.6(g).
Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (
Agent Members
) shall have no rights under
this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the
Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Note, 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 Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to
any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as
between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.
(b) Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global Note in whole, but
not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of
Beneficial Owners in a Global Note may be transferred in accordance with Section 2.16 and the rules
and procedures of the Depositary. In addition, Certificated Notes shall be transferred to all
Beneficial Owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in the circumstances described in
Section 2.6(f) below.
(c) In connection with the transfer of the entire Global Note to Beneficial Owners pursuant to
clause (b) of this Section, such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall upon receipt of a Company Order
authenticate and deliver, to each Beneficial Owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its
beneficial interest in such Global Note an equal aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes
of authorized denominations.
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(d) The registered holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interest through Agent Members, to take
any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.
(e) A Certificated Note may not be transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in a
Global Note.
(f) If at any time:
(i) the Depositary for the Notes notifies the Company in writing that the Depositary is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Notes and a successor
Depositary for the Global Notes is not appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days
after delivery of such notice; or
(ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to
the Notes under this Indenture and the Depositary has requested the issuance of Certificated
Notes,
then the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an authentication order in
accordance with Section 2.2 hereof, authenticate and deliver, Certificated Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Notes in exchange for such Global
Notes.
(g) All Global Notes and Certificated Notes shall bear legends in accordance with the
following provisions unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this
Indenture:
(i) Unless and until (x) a Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note or sold in connection
with an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement or (y) the Company determines that the Restricted Notes Legend
and the related restrictions on transfer are not required in order to maintain compliance
with the provisions of the Securities Act and there is delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel and a letter of representation of the Company to that effect, each Global Note
and each Certificated Note (and all Notes issued in exchange or substitution therefore)
shall bear the Restricted Notes Legend on the face thereof.
(ii) Each Global Note shall bear the Global Notes Legend.
(iii) Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in
the form of one or more temporary Global Notes bearing the Temporary Regulation S Notes
Legend.
(h) At such time as all beneficial interests in Global Notes have been exchanged for
Certificated Notes, redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, all Global Notes shall be returned to or
retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to
such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Certificated Notes,
redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note
shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee
or the Note Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.
(i)
General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges
.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Certificated Notes at the Registrars request.
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(ii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or transfer tax or
similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such stamp or transfer
taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.2,
2.10, 3.6, 4.10, 4.13, 4.19 and 9.5 hereof).
(iii) All Global Notes and Certificated Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Global Notes or Certificated Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global
Notes or Certificated Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(iv) The Registrar shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to
exchange Notes during a period beginning at the opening of fifteen (15) days before the day of any
selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.2 hereof and ending at the close of business on
the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part,
or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next
succeeding interest payment date.
(v) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any
Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the
absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on
such Notes and for all other purposes, and neither the Trustee, any Agent nor the Company shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
(vi) The Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Certificated Notes in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.2 hereof. Except as provided in Section 2.6(f), neither the Trustee nor
the Registrar shall authenticate or deliver any Certificated Note in exchange for a Global Note.
(vii) Each Holder agrees to provide indemnity satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee
against any liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment of such Holders
Note in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or
state securities law.
(viii) 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 Note (including any transfers between or among
Agent Members or Beneficial Owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery
of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so
if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to
determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
(ix) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or
not taken by the Depositary.
SECTION 2.7
Replacement Notes
.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company and the Trustee receive
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall
issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if
the Trustees requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond
must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of (i) the Trustee to protection
the Trustee and (ii) the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any
authenticating agent, from any loss
that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge for
their expenses in replacing a Note.
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Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all
of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.
SECTION 2.8
Outstanding Notes
.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for
those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in
a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described
in this Section 2.8 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.9 hereof, a Note does not
cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.1 hereof, it ceases to
be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof)
holds, on a Redemption Date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date,
then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease
to accrue interest.
SECTION 2.9
Treasury Notes
.
In determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Notes have
concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or by any Affiliate of
the Company shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or
consent, only Notes shown on the register as being owned shall be so disregarded. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Notes that are to be acquired by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company pursuant
to an exchange offer, tender offer or other agreement shall not be deemed to be owned by such
entity until legal title to such Notes passes to such entity.
SECTION 2.10
Temporary Notes
.
Until Certificated Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate temporary Notes upon receipt of a Company Order. Temporary Notes shall be
substantially in the form of Certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the
Trustee shall upon receipt of a Company Order authenticate Certificated Notes in exchange for
temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.11
Cancellation
.
The Company at any time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder or which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. All Notes
surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, if surrendered to any Person other
than the Trustee,
shall be delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes
surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation. The
Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has redeemed or paid or that have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. All cancelled Notes held by the Trustee shall be
cancelled and disposed of in accordance with its customary practice, and certification of their
cancellation shall be delivered to the Company upon written request.
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SECTION 2.12
Defaulted Interest
.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted
interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted
interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be
at the earliest practicable date but in all events at least five (5) Business Days prior to the
payment date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.1 hereof. The
Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date and shall
promptly thereafter notify the Trustee in writing of any such date. At least fifteen (15) days
before the special record date, the Company (or the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the
Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date,
the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.13
Record Date
.
The record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to vote or
consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Indenture shall be
determined as provided for in TIA § 316 (c).
SECTION 2.14
Computation of Interest
.
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve
30-day months.
SECTION 2.15
CUSIP Number
.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use a CUSIP number, and if it does so, the Trustee
shall use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders;
provided
that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Notes and that reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify
the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP number.
SECTION 2.16
Special Transfer Provisions
.
Unless and until a Transfer Restricted Note is transferred or exchanged pursuant to an
exemption under the Securities Act or under an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act, the following provisions shall apply:
(a)
Transfers to QIBs
. The following provisions shall apply with respect to
the registration of any proposed transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note (other than pursuant
to Regulation S):
(i) The Registrar shall register the transfer of a Transfer Restricted Note by
a Holder to a QIB if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has
provided the Registrar with (a) an appropriately completed certificate of
transfer in the form attached to the Note and (b) a letter substantially in the form
set forth in
Exhibit C
hereto.
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(ii) If the proposed transferee is an Agent Member and the Transfer Restricted
Note to be transferred consists of an interest in the Regulation S Global Note, upon
receipt by the Registrar of (x) the items required by paragraph (i) above and (y)
instructions given in accordance with the Depositorys and the Registrars
procedures therefor, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date
and an increase in the principal amount of the QIB Global Note in an amount equal to
the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note to
be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date
and an appropriate decrease in the principal amount of such Regulation S Global
Note.
(b)
Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S
. On or after the termination of the
Restricted Period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), interests in a Global Note bearing the Temporary Regulation S Notes
Legend shall be exchangeable for corresponding interests in a Global Note. Prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Global Note
bearing the Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the
account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Transfers of
beneficial interests in a Global Note bearing the Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend only
may be transferred upon (A) delivery by a beneficial owner of an interest therein to the
Depositary or its nominee (as the case may be) of a written certification in the form of
Exhibit D
, and (B) delivery by the transferee of such interest to the Depositary or
its nominee (as the case may be) of a written certification in the form of
Exhibit
D
. After the expiration of the Restricted Period, the Registrar shall register the
transfer of any Regulation S Global Note without requiring any additional certification.
The following provisions shall apply with respect to registration of any proposed transfer
of a Transfer Restricted Note pursuant to Regulation S:
(i) The Registrar shall register any proposed transfer of a Transfer Restricted
Note pursuant to Regulation S by a Holder upon receipt of (a) an appropriately
completed certificate of transfer in the form attached to the Note and (b) a letter
substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit D
hereto from the proposed
transferor.
(ii) If the proposed transferee is an Agent Member holding a beneficial
interest in a QIB Global Note and the Transfer Restricted Note to be transferred
consists of an interest in a QIB Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of
(x) the letter, if any, required by paragraph (i) above and (y) instructions in
accordance with the Depositarys and the Registrars procedures therefor, the
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the
principal amount of the Regulation S Global Note in an amount equal to the principal
amount of the beneficial interest in the QIB Global Note to be transferred, and the
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an appropriate
decrease in the principal amount of the QIB Global Note.
(c)
Restricted Notes Legend
. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of
Unrestricted Notes, the Registrar shall deliver Unrestricted Notes that do not bear the
Restricted Notes Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing
the Restricted Notes Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the
Restricted Notes Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the
Restricted Notes Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Restricted
Notes Legend unless there is delivered
to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the
Registrar to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer
are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act.
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(d)
Exchange Offer
. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a
Company Order in accordance with Section 2.2, the Trustee shall authenticate, one or more
Global Notes not bearing the Restricted Notes Legend in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Transfer Restricted Global Notes
tendered for acceptance in accordance with the Exchange Offer and accepted for exchange in
the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Global Notes, the Registrar
shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Transfer Restricted Global
Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Registrar shall deliver to the Persons designated
by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Global Notes so accepted Global Notes not bearing the
Restricted Notes Legend in the appropriate principal amount.
(e)
General
. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Restricted Notes
Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note
set forth in this Indenture and in the Restricted Notes Legend and agrees that it shall
transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture until such time as the Restricted
Notes Legend is no longer required pursuant to Section 2.6(c) and such Holder exchanges such
a Transfer Restricted Note for an Unrestricted Note. The Registrar shall not register a
transfer of any Note unless such transfer complies with the restrictions on transfer of such
Note set forth in this Indenture. In connection with any transfer of Notes, each Holder
agrees by its acceptance of the Notes to furnish the Registrar or the Issuer such
certifications, legal opinions or other information as the Issuer may reasonably require to
confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not
subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act until such time as the
Restricted Notes Legend is no longer required pursuant to Section 2.6(c) and such Holder
exchanges such a Transfer Restricted Note for an Unrestricted Note;
provided
that the
Registrar shall not be required to request any certifications, legal opinions or other
information in addition to those it is required to receive or request as explicitly set
forth elsewhere in this Indenture nor shall it be required to determine (but may rely on a
determination made by the Issuer with respect to) the sufficiency of any such
certifications, legal opinions or other information
The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications
received pursuant to this Section 2.16.
SECTION 2.17
Issuance of Additional Notes
.
The Company shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes under this Indenture that shall have
identical terms as the Initial Notes, other than with respect to the date of issuance, issue price
and amount of interest payable on the first interest payment date applicable thereto (and, if such
Additional Notes shall be issued in the form of Transfer Restricted Notes, other than with respect
to transfer restrictions);
provided
that such issuance is not prohibited by the terms of this
Indenture, including Section 4.9 and Section 4.12. The Initial Notes and any Additional Notes and
all Exchange Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.
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With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a resolution of its Board
of Directors and in an Officers Certificate, a copy of each of which shall be delivered to the
Trustee, the following information:
(1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture;
(2) the issue price, the Issue Date, the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes, the
first interest payment date and the amount of interest payable on such first interest
payment date applicable thereto and the date from which interest shall accrue; and
(3) whether such Additional Notes shall be Transfer Restricted Notes.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
SECTION 3.1
Notices to Trustee
.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of
Section 3.7 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least forty-five (45) days before a
Redemption Date, an Officers Certificate setting forth (i) the section of this Indenture pursuant
to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the Redemption Date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes
to be redeemed and (iv) the Redemption Price.
If the Company is required to make an offer to purchase Notes pursuant to Section 4.10, 4.13
or 4.19 hereof, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least forty-five (45) days (or such shorter
period as is acceptable to the Trustee) before the scheduled purchase date, an Officers
Certificate setting forth (i) the section of this Indenture pursuant to which the offer to purchase
shall occur, (ii) the terms of the offer, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be purchased, (iv)
the purchase price and (v) the purchase date and further setting forth a statement to the effect
that (a) the Company or one of its Subsidiaries has effected an Asset Sale and there are Excess
Proceeds aggregating more than $15.0 million, (b) a Change of Control has occurred or (c) an Excess
Cash Flow Offer is required to be made, as applicable.
The Company will also provide the Trustee with any additional information that the Trustee
reasonably requests in connection with any redemption or offer.
SECTION 3.2
Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed
.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee shall select the
Notes to be redeemed among the Holders in compliance with the requirements of the principal
national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed (provided the Trustee has been
notified in writing by the Company of such listing)or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro
rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and in a
manner that complies with applicable legal requirements, subject to the rules and procedures of
DTC); provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. Notices of redemption
shall be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption
Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. If any Note is to be
redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion
of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon
cancellation of the original Note. On and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on
Notes or portions of them called for redemption so long as the Company timely delivers funds to the
Trustee for such redemption. The Trustee shall make the selection from the Notes outstanding and
not previously called for redemption and shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes
selected
for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions (equal to $1,000 or any
integral multiple thereof) of the principal of the Notes that have denominations larger than
$2,000.
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SECTION 3.3
Notice of Redemption
.
Subject to the provisions of Section 3.9, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a
Redemption Date, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed by first class mail, a notice of
redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such
Notes to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new
Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon
cancellation of the original Note;
(4) the name, telephone number and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect
the Redemption Price;
(6) that, unless the Company default in making such redemption payment, interest, if
any, on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date so
long as the Company timely delivers funds to the Trustee for such redemption;
(7) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the
Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP
number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Companys request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Companys
name and at the Companys expense;
provided
,
however
, that the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date (or such shorter period as is acceptable to
the Trustee), an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting
forth the information to be stated in the notice as provided in the preceding paragraph. The
notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given
whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail
or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note shall not affect the validity of the
proceeding for the redemption of any other Note.
SECTION 3.4
Effect of Notice of Redemption
.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.3 hereof, Notes called for
redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date at the Redemption Price plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to such date. A notice of redemption may not be conditional.
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SECTION 3.5
Deposit of Redemption of Purchase Price
.
On or before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Redemption Date or the date on which
Notes must be accepted for purchase pursuant to Section 4.10, 4.13 or 4.19, the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company) money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying
Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent
by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of
(including any applicable premium), and accrued interest, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed or
purchased.
If Notes called for redemption or tendered in an Asset Sale Offer or Change of Control Offer
are paid or if the Company has deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent money sufficient to pay
the redemption or purchase price of, and unpaid and accrued interest, if any, on, all Notes to be
redeemed or purchased, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest, if any, shall cease
to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or tendered and not withdrawn
in an Asset Sale Offer or Change of Control Offer (regardless of whether certificates for such
securities are actually surrendered). If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest
record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close
of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding
paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal from the redemption or purchase date
until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid
principal, in each case, at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.1 hereof.
SECTION 3.6
Notes Redeemed in Part
.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt
of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a
new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.
SECTION 3.7
Optional Redemption
.
(a) The Notes are subject to redemption, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at
any time on or after December 15, 2013, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice (except
that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is
issued in connection with a defeasance of Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture)
at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount to be
redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant regular record date to
receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date), if
redeemed during the 12-month period beginning December 15 of the years indicated:
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Redemption
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Price
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2013
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105.250
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100.000
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(b) In addition to the optional redemption of the Notes in accordance with the provisions of
the preceding paragraph, prior to December 15, 2013, the Company may, with the net proceeds of one
or more Qualified Equity Offerings, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes (which include Additional Notes, if any) at a Redemption Price equal to 110.500%
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of
redemption;
provided
that at least 65% of the principal amount of Notes originally issued under
this Indenture (which include Additional Notes, if any) remains outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of any such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company or its Subsidiaries) and
that any such redemption occurs within 90 days following the closing of any such Qualified Equity
Offering.
(c) At any time prior to December 15, 2013, the Company may also redeem all or a part of the
Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice at a Redemption Price equal to
100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the date of redemption (the
Redemption
Date
), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date.
SECTION 3.8
Mandatory Redemption
.
Except as set forth under Sections 3.9, 4.10, 4.13 and 4.19 hereof, the Company shall not be
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. The
Company may at any time, and from time to time, purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise,
subject to compliance with applicable securities laws.
SECTION 3.9
Offer to Purchase
.
In the event that the Company shall be required to commence an Offer to Purchase pursuant to
an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer, the Company shall follow the procedures specified
below.
Unless otherwise required by applicable law, an Offer to Purchase shall specify an expiration
date (the
Expiration Date
) of the Offer to Purchase, which shall be, subject to any contrary
requirements of applicable law, not less than 30 days or more than 60 days after the date of
mailing of such Offer, and a settlement date (the
Purchase Date
) for purchase of Notes within
five Business Days after the Expiration Date. On the Purchase Date, the Company shall purchase the
aggregate principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Debt, if applicable, required to be purchased
pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, Section 4.13 hereof or Section 4.19 hereof (the
Offer Amount
),
or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and Pari Passu Debt tendered in
response to the Offer to Purchase. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same
manner as interest payments are made. If the Purchase Date is on or after the interest record date
and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall
be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record
date, and no additional interest, if any, shall be payable to the Holders who tender Notes pursuant
to the Offer to Purchase. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing at least 15 days (or
such shorter period as is acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the mailing of the Offer of the
Companys obligation to make an Offer to Purchase, and the Offer shall be mailed by the Company or,
at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. The Offer
shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes
pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.
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On or before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Purchase Date, the Company shall
irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company) in immediately available funds the aggregate purchase price equal to the Offer Amount,
together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to be held for payment in
accordance with the terms of this Section 3.9. On the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the
extent lawful, (i) accept for payment, on a
pro rata
basis to the extent necessary, the Offer
Amount of Notes and Pari Passu Debt or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Offer to Purchase,
or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and Pari Passu Debt tendered and (ii)
deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were
accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.9. The Company,
the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later
than three (3) Business Days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an
amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company
for purchase, plus any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, and the Company shall promptly
issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate and mail or
deliver at the expense of the Company such new Note to such Holder, equal in principal amount to
any unpurchased portion of such Holders Notes surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be
promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly
announce in a newspaper of general circulation or in a press release provided to a nationally
recognized financial wire service the results of the Offer to Purchase on the Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.9, any purchase pursuant to this Section
3.9 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.1 through 3.6 hereof. The Company may
at any time, and from time to time, purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise, subject to
compliance with applicable securities laws.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION 4.1
Payment of Notes
.
(a) The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and
interest shall be considered paid for all purposes hereunder on the date the Paying Agent, if other
than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds, as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time), money
deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay
all such principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.
(b) The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under
any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1%
per annum
in excess of the then
applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of
interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.
SECTION 4.2
Maintenance of Office or Agency
.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an
affiliate of the Trustee or Registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and
this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
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The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the office of the Trustee located at the address specified in
Section 11.2 of this Indenture as the address for payments, transfers and exchanges of Notes as one
such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.3 hereof.
SECTION 4.3
Provision of Financial Information
.
Whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company
will furnish to the Holders of Notes and the Trustee, or file electronically with the Commission
through the Commissions Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (or any successor
system) within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and regulations:
(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be
contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were
required to file such Forms, including a Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations and, with respect to the annual information only, a
report on the annual financial statements by the Companys certified independent
accountants; and
(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on
Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.
In addition, whether or not required by the Commission, the Company will file a copy of all of
the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for public
availability within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and regulations (unless
the Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to prospective
investors. In addition, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Company and the
Guarantors will furnish to the Holders and to prospective investors, upon such investors request,
the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the
quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraph shall include a
reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the
footnotes thereto, and in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the
Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.
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
Issuers compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
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SECTION 4.4
Compliance Certificate
.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an
Officers Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries
during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a
view to determining whether each has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under
this Indenture,
and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that, to the best of
his or her knowledge, each entity has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every
covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any
of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have
knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that,
to the best of his or her knowledge, no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of
which payments on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes is
prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee,
forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers
Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.5
Taxes
.
The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency
all material taxes, assessments and governmental levies, except such as are contested in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which appropriate reserves have been taken in
accordance with GAAP or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material
respect to the Holders of the Notes.
SECTION 4.6
Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time
insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each of the
Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or
advantage of any such law, and covenants that it shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
SECTION 4.7
Limitation on Restricted Payments
.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, make any Restricted Payment unless, at the time of and after giving effect to the
proposed Restricted Payment:
(a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will occur
as a consequence thereof;
(b) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a
pro forma
basis, the Company
would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt (other than Permitted Debt)
pursuant to the provisions described in the first paragraph under Section 4.9; and
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(c) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a
pro forma
basis, the aggregate
amount expended or declared for all Restricted Payments made on or after the Issue Date
(excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the next
succeeding paragraph) shall not exceed the sum (without duplication) of:
(1) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income (or, if Consolidated Net Income shall be
a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit) of the Company accrued on a cumulative basis
during the period (taken as one accounting period) beginning on the first day of the
fiscal quarter that includes the Issue Date and ending on the last day of the most
recent fiscal quarter immediately preceding the date of such proposed Restricted
Payment for which internally prepared financial statements are available,
plus
(2) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the Fair Market Value of
property other than cash) received by the Company subsequent to the initial issuance
of the Notes either (i) as a contribution to its common equity capital or (ii) from
the issuance and sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of its Qualified
Capital Interests, including Qualified Capital Interests issued upon the conversion
of Debt or Redeemable Capital Interests of the Company, and from the exercise of
options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Qualified Capital Interests
(other than Capital Interests or Debt sold to a Subsidiary of the Company),
plus
(3) an amount equal to the sum of (A) the net reduction in Investments (other
than Permitted Investments), subsequent to the date of the initial issuance of the
Notes, in any Person, resulting from payments of interest on Debt, dividends,
distributions, repurchases, redemptions, repayments of loans or advances, proceeds
realized on the sale of such Restricted Investment and proceeds representing a
return of capital (but only to the extent such interest, dividends, distributions,
repurchases, redemption, repayments or proceeds are not included in the calculation
of Consolidated Net Income), in each case to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary from any Person (including, without limitation, from Unrestricted
Subsidiaries); plus (B) the portion (proportionate to the equity interest of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary) of the fair
market value of the net assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such
Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated as a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture,
provided
,
however
, that the amount determined in the
case of (A) or (B) above shall not exceed, in the case of any such Person, the
amount of Investments previously made and treated as Restricted Payments by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in such Person.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may take
the following actions,
provided
that, in the case of clauses (i) or (iv), immediately after giving
effect to such action, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing:
(i) the payment of any dividend on Capital Interests in the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary within 60 days after declaration thereof if at the declaration date such payment
would not have been prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this covenant;
(ii) the retirement of any Qualified Capital Interests of the Company by conversion
into, or by or in exchange for, Qualified Capital Interests, or out of net cash proceeds of
the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of Qualified
Capital Interests of the Company;
(iii) the redemption, defeasance, repurchase or acquisition or retirement for value of
any Debt of the Company that is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes (or, in the
case of Debt of a Guarantor, subordinate in right of payment to such Guarantors Guarantee
of the Notes) out of the net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent issue and sale
(other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of (x) new subordinated Debt of the Company or a
Restricted
Subsidiary Incurred in accordance with this Indenture or (y) of Qualified Capital
Interests of the Company;
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(iv) the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of Capital
Interests in the Company held by future, current or former employees, officers or directors
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (or their estates or beneficiaries under their
estates) upon death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or pursuant to the
terms of any agreement under which such Capital Interests were issued;
provided
that the
aggregate cash consideration paid for such purchase, redemption, retirement or other
acquisition of such Capital Interests does not exceed $5.0 million in any calendar year;
provided
,
however
that any unused amounts in any calendar year may be carried forward to one
or more future periods (in each case, plus the amount of any proceeds received in respect of
key-man life insurance);
(v) the repurchase of Capital Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock
options, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable securities; and
(vi) other Restricted Payments not in excess of (x) $25.0 million in the aggregate if
after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Total
Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is greater than or equal to
3.00 to 1.00, (y) $40 million in the aggregate if after giving effect to such Restricted
Payment on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 3.00 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00
or (y) $60.0 million in the aggregate if after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a
pro forma basis, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries is less than 2.00 to 1.00.
If the Company makes a Restricted Payment which, at the time of the making of such Restricted
Payment, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Company, would be
permitted under the requirements of this Indenture, such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have
been made in compliance with this Indenture notwithstanding any subsequent adjustment made in good
faith to the Companys financial statements affecting Consolidated Net Income.
If any Person in which an Investment is made, which Investment constitutes a Restricted
Payment when made, thereafter becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with this Indenture,
all such Investments previously made in such Person shall no longer be counted as Restricted
Payments for purposes of calculating the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to clause
(c) of the first paragraph under this Section 4.7, in each case to the extent such Investments
would otherwise be so counted.
For purposes of this Section 4.7, if a particular Restricted Payment involves a non-cash
payment, including a distribution of assets, then such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to be an
amount equal to the cash portion of such Restricted Payment, if any, plus an amount equal to the
Fair Market Value of the non-cash portion of such Restricted Payment.
For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a proposed
Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of
Restricted Payments described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, or is entitled to be incurred
pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, the Company will be entitled to classify such
Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) on the date of its payment in any manner that complies with
this covenant and such Restricted Payment will be treated as having been made pursuant to only such
clause or clauses or the first paragraph of this covenant.
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SECTION 4.8
Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, cause or suffer to exist or become effective or enter into any encumbrance or
restriction (other than pursuant to this Indenture, law or regulation) on the ability of any
Restricted Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Interests
owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or pay any Debt or other obligation owed to the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) make loans or advances to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof or (iii) transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary.
However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to the following encumbrances or
restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(a) any encumbrance or restriction in existence on the Issue Date, including those
required by the Credit Agreement and any agreement, document or instrument in connection
therewith and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements,
refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof,
provided
that the amendments,
modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or
refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend or
other payment restrictions than those contained in these agreements on the Issue Date, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors;
(b) any encumbrance or restriction contained in any agreement, document or instrument
governing Debt Incurred after the Issue Date in accordance with Section 4.9,
provided
that
such agreements, documents or instruments are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with
respect to such dividend or other payment restrictions than those contained in the Credit
Agreement on the Issue Date, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors;
(c) any encumbrance or restriction which exists with respect to a Person that becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary or merges with or into a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company on or
after the Issue Date, which is in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary, but not created in connection with or in anticipation of such Person becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary, and which is not applicable to any Person or the property or assets
of any Person other than such Person or the property or assets of such Person becoming a
Restricted Subsidiary;
(d) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to any agreement effecting a permitted
renewal, refunding, replacement, refinancing or extension of Debt issued pursuant to an
agreement containing any encumbrance or restriction referred to in the foregoing clauses (a)
through (d) or clauses (m), (n) or (o) below, so long as the encumbrances and restrictions
contained in any such refinancing agreement are no less favorable in any material respect to
the Holders than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the agreements governing the
Debt being renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or extended in the good faith judgment of
the Board of Directors of the Company;
(e) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease, contract,
or license of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or provisions in agreements that
restrict the assignment of such agreement or any rights thereunder;
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(f) any restriction on the sale or other disposition of assets or property securing
Debt as a result of a Permitted Lien on such assets or property;
(g) any encumbrance or restriction by reason of applicable law, rule, regulation or
order;
(h) any encumbrance or restriction under the sale of assets, including, without
limitation, any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Subsidiary that restricts
distributions by that Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;
(i) any instrument governing Debt or Capital Interests of a Person acquired by the
Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition
(except to the extent such Debt or Capital Interests was incurred in connection with or in
contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to
any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the
property or assets of the Person, so acquired,
provided
that, in the case of Debt, such Debt
was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(j) purchase money obligations (including Capital Lease Obligations) for property
acquired in the ordinary course of business and security documents related thereto that
impose restrictions on that property so acquired of the nature described in clause (iii) of
the first paragraph hereof;
(k) Liens securing Debt otherwise permitted to be incurred under the provisions of
Section 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such
Liens; and
(l) customary provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property
in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale
agreements and other similar agreements otherwise permitted by this Indenture entered into
with the approval of the Companys Board of Directors, which limitation is applicable only
to the assets that are the subject of such agreements.
Nothing contained in this Section 4.8 shall prevent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
from (i) creating, incurring, assuming or suffering to exist any Liens otherwise permitted in
Section 4.12 or (ii) restricting the sale or other disposition of property or assets of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that secure Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries Incurred in accordance with this Indenture.
SECTION 4.9
Limitation on Incurrence of Debt
.
The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, Incur any Debt, including Acquired Debt, or permit any Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to Incur Preferred Interest, except that the Company and any
Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Debt, including Acquired Debt, if, at the time of and immediately
after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence thereof and the application of the proceeds
therefrom, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than 4.50
to 1.00.
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Notwithstanding the first paragraph above, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may
Incur Permitted Debt as follows:
(i) Debt Incurred pursuant to any Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount at
any one time outstanding not to exceed $125.0 million minus any amount used to permanently
repay Secured Debt under such Credit Facilities (or permanently reduce commitments with
respect thereto) pursuant to Section 4.10, covenant, if, at the time of and immediately
after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence thereof and the application of the proceeds
therefrom, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries is less than 4.50 to 1.0;
provided
,
however
, that $50.0 million in aggregate
principal amount of Debt may be incurred pursuant to this clause (i) regardless of whether
or not after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence thereof and the application of the
proceeds therefrom, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries is less than 4.50 to 1.0;
(ii) Debt outstanding under the Notes on the Issue Date (and any Exchange Notes issued
pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement) and contribution, indemnification and
reimbursement obligations owed by the Company or any Guarantor to any of the other of them
in respect of amounts paid or payable on such Notes;
(iii) Guarantees of the Notes (and any Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement);
(iv) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outstanding on the Issue Date
(other than clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above);
(v) Debt owed to and held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(vi) Guarantees Incurred by the Company of Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary otherwise
permitted to be Incurred under the Indenture as Permitted Debt or in accordance with the
first paragraph of this Section 4.9;
(vii) Guarantees by any Restricted Subsidiary of Debt of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, including Guarantees by any Restricted Subsidiary of Debt under any Credit
Facility,
provided
that (a) such Debt is Permitted Debt or is otherwise Incurred in
accordance the first paragraph of this Section 4.9 and (b) such Guarantees are subordinated
to the Notes to the same extent, if any, as the Debt being guaranteed;
(viii) Debt under Swap Contracts, Interest Rate Protection Obligations and Currency
Hedge Obligations;
(ix) Debt owed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary,
provided
that if for any reason such Debt ceases to be held by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, such Debt shall cease to be Permitted
Debt and shall be deemed Incurred as Debt of the Company for purposes of the Indenture;
(x) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Capital Lease
Obligations and Purchase Money Debt under this clause (x),
provided
that the aggregate
principal amount of such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other Debt then
outstanding pursuant to this clause (x), does not exceed $25.0 million in the aggregate;
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(xi) the issuance by any of the Companys Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of Preferred Interests;
provided
,
however
,
that:
(a) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Interests that results in
any such Preferred Interests being held by a Person other than the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and
(b) any sale or other transfer of any such Preferred Interests to a Person that
is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such Preferred Interests by such
Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (xi);
(xii) Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a
check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course
of business;
provided
,
however
, that such Debt is extinguished within five Business Days of
Incurrence;
(xiii) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted
pursuant to this Section 4.9, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25.0 million
at any time outstanding;
(xiv) Debt of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $5.0 million and (y) the sum of (A) 85% of
the book value of the accounts receivable of such Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) 75% of the
book value of the inventory of such Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, calculated in
accordance with GAAP; and
(xv) Refinancing Debt.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Debt permitted under clauses (i), (ii), and
(xi) above shall not constitute Refinancing Debt under clause (xv) above.
For purposes of determining any particular amount of Debt under this Section 4.9, (x) Debt
under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date shall at all times be treated as Incurred pursuant to
clause (i) of the second paragraph of this Section 4.9 and (y) Guarantees or obligations with
respect to letters of credit supporting Debt otherwise included in the determination of such
particular amount shall not be included. For purposes of determining compliance with this Section
4.9, in the event that an item of Debt meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Debt
described above, including categories of Permitted Debt and under the first paragraph of this
Section 4.9, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify, and from time to time may
reclassify, all or any portion of such item of Debt.
The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the
payment of interest on Debt in the form of additional Debt or payment of dividends on Capital
Interests in the forms of additional shares of Capital Interests with the same terms will not be
deemed to be an Incurrence of Debt for purposes of this covenant.
The Company and any Guarantor will not Incur any Debt that pursuant to its terms is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Debt unless such Debt is subordinated in right of
payment to the Notes and the Note Guarantees to the same extent;
provided
that Debt will not be
considered subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Debt solely by virtue of being
unsecured or secured to a greater or lesser extent or with greater or lower priority or by virtue
of its structural subordination.
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SECTION 4.10
Limitation on Asset Sales
.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an
Asset Sale unless:
(1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives
consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the
assets or Capital Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents. For purposes of
this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
(a) any liabilities, as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and
liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee)
that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to an assignment and
assumption agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from
further liability;
(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any
such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of their receipt to the extent
of the cash received in that conversion; and
(c) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value,
taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to
this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed $10.0 million (with
the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being
measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in
value).
Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company (or
the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Cash Proceeds at its
option:
(1) to permanently repay secured Debt of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries
and/or satisfy all mandatory repayment obligations under any Credit Facility arising by
reason of such Asset Sale and, if the Debt repaid is revolving credit Debt, to
correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;
(2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Interests of,
another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital
Interests, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(3) to make a capital expenditure in or that is used or useful in a Permitted Business;
(4) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and
that are used or useful in a Permitted Business; or
(5) any combination of the foregoing.
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Any Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the
preceding two paragraphs of this covenant will constitute
Excess Proceeds
. When the aggregate
amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million, within thirty days thereof, the Company will be
required to make an Offer to Purchase to all Holders of Notes and Additional Notes, in an aggregate
amount equal to the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Offer to Purchase will be equal to
100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase, and will be
payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Offer to Purchase, the
Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture.
If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Additional Notes debt tendered into such Offer to
Purchase exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee will select the Notes and such
Additional Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis, and if necessary by lot or by any other
method the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate so long as the minimum denomination of $2,000 or
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof are maintained. Upon completion of each Offer to
Purchase, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
The Company will comply with the requirements of any applicable securities laws and
regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with
each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase. To the extent that the provisions of any
securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture, the
Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to
have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such
compliance.
SECTION 4.11
Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, conduct any business or enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of
related transactions (including, but not limited to, the purchase, sale or exchange of property,
the making of any Investment, the giving of any Guarantee or the rendering of any service) with any
Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Affiliate of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than
transactions solely among any of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (an
Affiliate
Transaction
), unless;
(i) such business, transaction or series of related transactions is on terms no less
favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that could be obtained in
a comparable arms length transaction between unaffiliated parties; and
(ii) with respect to an Affiliate Transaction involving an amount or having a value in
excess of $10.0 million, the Company delivers a resolution of the Board of Directors
certifying that such business, transaction or series of related transactions complies with
clause (i) above; and
(iii) in the case of an Affiliate Transaction involving an amount or having a value in
excess of $25.0 million, the Company must obtain a written opinion of a nationally
recognized investment banking, accounting or appraisal firm stating that the transaction is
fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view.
For purposes of determining the value of any Affiliate Transaction for purposes of this
covenant with respect to any lease, agreement or other arrangement providing for payments over a
period of time, the value of such Affiliate Transaction shall equal the aggregate amount of
payments that are to be made over a five (5) year period from the commencement of such Affiliate
Transaction.
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The foregoing limitation does not limit, and shall not apply to:
(1) Restricted Payments that are permitted by the provisions of this Indenture pursuant
to Section 4.7 and Permitted Investments permitted under this Indenture,
(2) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and indemnities to members of the
Board of Directors of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary who are outside directors,
(3) the payment of reasonable and customary compensation and other benefits (including
retirement, health, option, deferred compensation and other benefit plans) and indemnities
to officers and employees of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as determined by the
Board of Directors thereof in good faith,
(4) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries,
(5) the issuance of Capital Interests (other than Redeemable Capital Interests) of the
Company otherwise permitted hereunder,
(6) any agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date and any amendment or
modification thereto so long as such amendment or modification is, in the good faith
judgment of the Board of Directors, no more disadvantageous, taken as a whole, to the
Company, and
(7) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business not to exceed
$5.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding.
SECTION 4.12
Limitation on Liens
.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or
indirectly, to enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind, other
than Permitted Liens, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter
acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom without securing the Notes and
all other amounts due under this Indenture (for so long as such Lien exists) equally and ratably
with (or prior to) the obligation or liability secured by such Lien.
SECTION 4.13
Offer to Purchase upon Change of Control
.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will make an Offer to Purchase (the
Change of Control Offer
) all of the outstanding Notes at a Purchase Price in cash equal to 101%
of the principal amount tendered, together with accrued interest, if any, to but not including the
Purchase Date (subject to the right of Holders of Notes of record on the relevant regular record
date to receive interest due to an interest payment date that is on or prior to the Purchase Date)
(the
Change of Control Payment
). For purposes of the foregoing, an Offer to Purchase shall be
deemed to have been made if (i) not later than 30 days following the date of the consummation of a
transaction or series of transactions that constitutes a Change of Control, the Company commences
an Offer to Purchase all outstanding Notes at the Purchase Price (
provided
that the running of such
30-day period shall be suspended, for up to a maximum of 30 days, during any period when the
commencement of such Offer to Purchase is delayed or suspended by reason of any courts or
governmental authoritys review of or ruling on any materials being employed by the Company to
effect such Offer to Purchase, so long as the Company has used and continues to use its commercial
best efforts to make and conclude such Offer to Purchase promptly) and (ii) all Notes properly
tendered pursuant to the Offer to Purchase are purchased on the terms of such Offer to Purchase.
The Company may commence an Offer to Purchase in respect of a Change of Control prior
to the consummation of such Change of Control if a definitive agreement for such Change of
Control is in place at the time of such Offer to Purchase. If the Offer to Purchase is commenced
prior to the occurrence of the Change of Control, the Offer may be conditioned upon the occurrence
of the Change of Control. The Company shall comply with the requirements of any applicable
securities laws and any regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control.
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The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control
if (i) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in
compliance with the requirements set forth herein applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by
the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control
Offer, or (ii) a notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 3.7.
To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the
Change of Control provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the
Change of Control provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such conflict.
SECTION 4.14
Corporate Existence
.
Subject to Section 4.13 and Article V hereof, as the case may be, the Company shall do or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence and the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of each of
its Subsidiaries in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be
amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary and the rights (charter and
statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
provided
that the Company
shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate,
partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors of the Company
shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in
any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 4.15
Limitation on Business Activities
.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business
other than a Permitted Business.
SECTION 4.16
Additional Note Guarantees
.
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates another Domestic
Subsidiary after the Issue Date, then that newly acquired or created Domestic Subsidiary (i) will
become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture and (ii) shall deliver an Opinion of
Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, that all conditions precedent to the execution of
the supplemental indenturehave been complied and that the supplemental indenture is the legal,
valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the applicable Guarantor in accordance with its terms,
within 10 Business Days of the date on which it was acquired or created;
provided
, that to the
extent a Domestic Subsidiary is (x) subject to any instrument governing Acquired Debt, as in effect
at the time of acquisition thereof, that prohibits such Domestic Subsidiary from issuing a Note
Guarantee, or (y) is prohibited by law from guaranteeing the Notes or would experience adverse
regulatory consequences as a result of guaranteeing the Notes, then such Domestic Subsidiary shall
not be required to guarantee the Notes until it is permitted to do so pursuant to the terms of such
Acquired Debt or such legal or regulatory limitations.
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SECTION 4.17
Limitation on Creation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries
.
The Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary as
provided below, in which event such Subsidiary and each other Person that is then or thereafter
becomes a Subsidiary of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary. An
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not be subject to any of the covenants in this Indenture,
notwithstanding any provisions hereof which restrict the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
from engaging in transactions directly or indirectly.
The Company may designate any Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such
Subsidiary owns any Capital Interests of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, any other
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,
provided
that either:
(x) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or less; or
(y) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Company could Incur at
least $1.00 of additional Debt (other than Permitted Debt) pursuant to the first paragraph
of Section 4.9; and
provided further
that the Company could make a Restricted Payment in an
amount equal to the portion attributable to the Company (based on the proportion of the
Capital Interests held by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary) of
the greater of the Fair Market Value or book value of such Subsidiary pursuant to Section
4.7 and such amount is thereafter treated as a Restricted Payment for the purpose of
calculating the amount available for Restricted Payments thereunder.
An Unrestricted Subsidiary may be designated as a Restricted Subsidiary if (i) all the Debt of
such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.9 and (ii) all the Liens on
the property and assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be incurred pursuant to Section 4.12.
SECTION 4.18
Further Instruments and Acts
.
Upon request by the Trustee, the Company shall execute and deliver such further instruments
and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the
purposes of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.19
Excess Cash Flow
.
Within 15 days after the time period specified in the SECs rules and regulations for the
filing of a 10-K if the Company were required to file such form as a non-accelerated filer (such
date, the Excess Cash Flow Offer Trigger Date), the Company will calculate the amount of Excess
Cash Flow for the Excess Cash Flow Period. If Excess Cash Flow for the Excess Cash Flow Period is
a positive number and the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio exceeds 3.75 to 1.00 on such Excess
Cash Flow Offer Trigger Date, the Company shall either:
(1) prepay, repay, redeem or purchase Obligations under the Credit Facility and permanently
reduce the related loan commitment thereunder; or
(2) make an Offer to Purchase to all holders to purchase Notes pursuant to an Excess Cash Flow
Offer on the dates and as provided below;
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provided, that if the terms of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Credit Facility under
clause (i) of the second paragraph of Section 4.9 do not permit the consummation of an Excess Cash
Flow Offer
with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Period, the failure to apply the Excess Cash Flow Amount
in accordance with clauses (1) or (2) above shall not be a breach of this Indenture; provided,
however, that the Company will not be required to consummate the Excess Cash Flow Offer if after
giving pro forma effect to the payment of the Excess Cash Flow Amount, the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries will not have total liquidity (which for purposes hereof, shall equal the
sum of cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents and availability under the Credit Facility) of at least
$50.0 million.
If the Company elects to apply the Excess Cash Flow Amount pursuant to clause (1) above, then
such prepayment, repayment, redemption or purchase pursuant to clause (1) shall be made no later
than 30 days after the Excess Cash Flow Offer Trigger Date. If the Company elects to apply the
Excess Cash Flow Amount to make an Offer to Purchase the Notes pursuant to clause (2) above (each,
an Excess Cash Flow Offer), then such Offer to Purchase (i) shall be made to each holder at the
time of such Offer to Purchase, (ii) shall be made at a purchase price of 101% of the principal
amount of the Notes and (iii) shall remain open for a period of not less than 20 business days (or
any longer period as is required by law).
If the Company is required to make an Excess Cash Flow Offer pursuant to this Section 4.19, no
later than 30 days after the Excess Cash Flow Offer Trigger Date, the Company will mail a notice
(the Excess Cash Flow Notice) of such Excess Cash Flow Offer to each holder stating:
(1) that the Company is offering to purchase Notes in an amount equal to the Excess Cash Flow
Amount (determined after giving effect to any prepayments, repayments, redemptions or purchases of
Obligations under the Credit Facility made pursuant to subsection (1) above of this Section 4.19)
at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof on the date of purchase,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders
of record on the relevant date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date);
(2) the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the
date such notice is mailed); and
(3) the instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with the covenant described
hereunder, that a holder must follow in order to tender its Notes.
If the aggregate purchase price of the Notes tendered in connection with any Excess Cash Flow
Offer exceeds the Excess Cash Flow Amount allotted to their purchase, the trustee will select the
Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis but in denominations of $1,000 principal amount or
multiples thereof. If the aggregate purchase price of the Notes tendered in connection with any
Excess Cash Flow Offer is less than the Excess Cash Flow Amount allotted to their purchase, the
Company shall be permitted to use the portion of the Excess Cash Flow Amount that is not applied to
the purchase of Notes in connection with such Excess Cash Flow Offer for general corporate purposes
or for any other purposes not prohibited by this Indenture.
The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Excess Cash Flow Offer. To
the extent the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of
this Section 4.19, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and
shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.19.
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ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.1
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
.
The Company will not in any transaction or series of transactions, consolidate with or merge
into any other Person (other than a merger of a Restricted Subsidiary into the Company in which the
Company is the continuing Person, or the merger of a Restricted Subsidiary into or with another
Restricted Subsidiary or another Person that as a result of such transaction becomes or merges into
a Restricted Subsidiary), or transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis),
taken as a whole, to any other Person, unless:
(i) either: (a) the Company shall be the continuing Person or (b) the Person (if other
than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged, or the
Person that acquires, by sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition, all
or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company (such Person, the
Surviving
Entity
), (1) shall be a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or similar
entity organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any political
subdivision thereof or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and (2) shall expressly
assume, by a supplemental indenture, the due and punctual payment of all amounts due in
respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Notes and the
performance of the covenants and obligations of the Company under this Indenture;
provided
that at any time the Company or its successor is not a corporation, there shall be a
co-issuer of the Notes that is a corporation;
(ii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction or
series of transactions on a
pro forma
basis (including, without limitation, any Debt
Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction
or series of transactions), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or would result therefrom;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to any such transaction or series of transactions
on a
pro forma
basis (including, without limitation, any Debt Incurred or anticipated to be
Incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction or series of transactions) as
if such transaction or series of transactions had occurred on the first day of the
determination period, the Company (or the Surviving Entity if the Company is not continuing)
could Incur $1.00 of additional Debt (other than Permitted Debt) under the first paragraph
of Section 4.9; and
(iv) the Company delivers, or causes 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, sale, conveyance, assignment,
transfer, lease or other disposition complies with the requirements of this Indenture.
The preceding clause (iii) will not prohibit:
(a) a merger between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary that is a wholly owned
Subsidiary of the Company; or
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(b) a merger between the Company and an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose
of converting the Company into a corporation organized under the laws of the United States
or any political subdivision or state thereof;
so long as, in each case, the amount of Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not
increased thereby.
For all purposes of this Indenture and the Notes, Subsidiaries of any Surviving Entity will,
upon such transaction or series of transactions, become Restricted Subsidiaries or Unrestricted
Subsidiaries as provided pursuant to this Indenture and all Debt, and all Liens on property or
assets, of the Surviving Entity and its Subsidiaries that was not Debt, or were not Liens on
property or assets, of the Company and its Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction or
series of transactions shall be deemed to have been Incurred upon such transaction or series of
transactions.
Upon any transaction or series of transactions that are of the type described in, and are
effected in accordance with, conditions described in the immediately preceding paragraphs, the
Surviving Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power
of, the Company, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Surviving Entity had been
named as the Company therein; and when a Surviving Person duly assumes all of the obligations and
covenants of the Company pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes, except in the case of a lease,
the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all such obligations.
SECTION 5.2
Successor Corporation Substituted
.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with
Section 5.1 hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which
the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of
such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this
Indenture referring to the Company shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to
the Company), and shall exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with
the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein.
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.1
Events of Default
.
Each of the following constitutes an
Event of Default
:
(1) default in the payment in respect of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Note at its maturity (whether at Stated Maturity or upon repurchase, acceleration, optional
redemption or otherwise);
(2) default in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes due and
payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
(3) failure by the Company to make an Offer to Purchase as required by this Indenture,
and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days after receipt of written notice;
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(4) failure to perform or comply with Section 5.1;
(5) except as permitted herein, any Note Guarantee shall for any reason cease to be, or
it shall be asserted by any Guarantor or the Company not to be, in full force and effect and
enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(6) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company
or any Guarantor in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose
performance or whose breach is specifically dealt with in clauses (1), (2) or (3) above),
and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 30 days after written notice
thereof has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by
the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes;
provided
that in the case of a failure to comply with Section 4.3, such period of continuance of such
default or breach shall be 90 days after written notice described in this clause (6) has
been given;
(7) a default or defaults under any bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of Debt
(other than the Notes) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary having, individually or
in the aggregate, a principal or similar amount outstanding of at least $15.0 million,
whether such Debt now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default or defaults shall
have resulted in the acceleration of the maturity of such Debt prior to its express maturity
or shall constitute a failure to pay at least $15.0 million of such Debt when due and
payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto;
(8) the entry against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of a final
non-appealable judgment or judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in
excess of $15.0 million, by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction, which judgments
remain undischarged, unwaived, unstayed, unbonded or unsatisfied for a period of 60
consecutive days and, in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, any enforcement
proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment which is not promptly
stayed; or
(9) (i) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or
any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(a) commences a voluntary case,
(b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case,
(c) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or
substantially all of its property,
(d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(e) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
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(ii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy
Law that:
(a) is for relief against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in an involuntary case;
(b) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the
property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(c) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is
a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken
together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;
The term
Custodian
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official
under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 6.2
Acceleration
.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (9) of Section 6.1
with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or
the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare
the principal of the Notes and any accrued interest on the Notes to be due and payable immediately
by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders);
provided
,
however
,
that after such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind and annul such
acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal of or
interest on the Notes, have been cured or waived as provided herein.
In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes solely because an Event of Default
described in clause (7) of Section 6.1 has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of
acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded and annulled if the event of default or
payment default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to clause (7) shall be remedied or cured
by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or waived by the holders of the relevant
Debt within 20 Business Days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if the
rescission and annulment of the acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Trustee for the payment of amounts due
on the Notes.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (9) of Section 6.1 occurs with respect to the
Company, the principal of and any accrued interest on the Notes then outstanding shall ipso facto
become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee
or any Holder. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any Default (except Default in
payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest) if the Trustee determines that withholding
notice is in the interest of the Holders to do so.
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In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any willful action (or inaction)
taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention of avoiding payment of the
premium that
the Company would have had to pay if the Company then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant
to Section 3.7 hereof, an equivalent premium shall also become and be immediately due and payable
to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes.
SECTION 6.3
Other Remedies
.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy
to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest on the Notes or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not
produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in
exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.4
Waiver of Past Defaults
.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by
written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing
Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a continuing Default
or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes (other than as a
result of an acceleration), which shall require the consent of all of the Holders of the Notes then
outstanding.
SECTION 6.5
Control by Majority
.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available
to the Trustee or exercising any trust power conferred on it. However, (i) the Trustee may refuse
to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, that the Trustee determines may
be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or that may involve the Trustee in Personal
liability, and (ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction. In case an Event of Default shall occur (which shall not be
cured), the Trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a
prudent person in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary in this Indenture, the Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or
powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holder, unless such Holder shall offer to the
Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
SECTION 6.6
Limitation on Suits
.
A Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:
(a) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default or
the Trustee receives such notice from the Company;
(b) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity or
security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
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(d) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the
request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of such indemnity or security; and
(e) during such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the then outstanding Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the
request.
Such limitations do not apply, however, to a suit instituted by a Holder of a Note for
enforcement of payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Note on or
after the respective due dates expressed in such Note. A Holder may not use this Indenture to
prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.
SECTION 6.7
Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive
payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on or after the respective due dates expressed
in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.8
Collection Suit by Trustee
.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust
against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium and interest remaining unpaid on
the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and 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.
SECTION 6.9
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to
collect, receive and distribute any money or other securities or property payable or deliverable
upon the conversion or exchange of the Notes or on any such claims and any Custodian 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 to 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 7.7 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 7.7 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any
reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all
distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled
to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or
arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained 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 Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
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SECTION 6.10
Priorities
.
If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article VI, it shall pay out
the money or property in the following order:
First
: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section
7.7 hereof, including payment of all reasonable compensation, expense and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second
: to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for
principal, premium, if any, and interest ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any,
and interest respectively;
Third
: without duplication, to the Holders for any other Obligations owing to
the Holders under this Indenture and the Notes; and
Fourth
: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction
shall direct.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this
Section 6.10.
SECTION 6.11
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 or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion
may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the
suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys
fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the
Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10%
in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1
Duties of Trustee
.
(a) If 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
its exercise, as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of
this Indenture or the TIA and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are
specifically set forth in this Indenture or the TIA and no others, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
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(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 need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other
facts stated therein).
However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions furnished to it to determine
whether or not they conform to the form requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.1;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by an
officer of the Trustee, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.5
hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in
any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.1.
(e) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds
or incur any liability. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and
powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder shall have offered to
the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the
Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 7.2
Rights of Trustee
.
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining
from acting on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate
or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. Prior to
taking, suffering or admitting any action, the Trustee may consult with counsel of the Trustees
own choosing and the Trustee shall be fully protected from liability in respect of any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in conclusive reliance on the advice
or opinion of such counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the
misconduct or negligence of any attorney or agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture. Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by an Officers Certificate and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution. 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, conclusively rely upon an Officers Certificate.
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(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction
or notice from the Company or a Guarantor shall be sufficient if signed by an officer of the
Company or such Guarantor.
(f) 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 unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs,
expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(g) 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 documents,
but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine during normal business hours the books, records and
premises of the Company, 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.
(h) The rights, privileges, protections and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without
limitation, its rights to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee
in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Persons employed to act
hereunder.
(i) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers Certificate setting forth
the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified
actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers Certificate may be signed by any Person
authorized to sign an Officers Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any
such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(j) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless
written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes
and this Indenture.
SECTION 7.3
Individual Rights of Trustee
.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes
and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for permission to
continue as Trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee
is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
SECTION 7.4
Trustees Disclaimer
.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Companys use of the
proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Companys or upon the Companys direction under
any
provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any
money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any
statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes, any statement or recital on any
Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee under Article IV or Section 8.4 or 10.4 hereof, or
any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other
than its certificate of authentication.
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SECTION 7.5
Notice of Defaults
.
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and is actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee, 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 his or her own affairs.
SECTION 7.6
Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes
.
Within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with the May 15 following the date of this
Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders a
brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event
described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no
report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b). The Trustee shall
also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders shall be mailed to the Company
and filed with the Commission and each stock exchange on which the Company has informed the Trustee
in writing the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify
the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.7
Compensation and Indemnity
.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its
acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the Company and the Trustee shall agree in
writing, provided that such amounts set forth in fee letter from the Company shall be deemed
reasonable. The Trustees compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all
reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the
compensation for its services, except any such disbursements, advances or expenses as may be
attributable to the Trustees negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. Such expenses shall
include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustees agents and
counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 7.7 shall include
its officers, directors, employees and agents) against any and all claims, damage, losses,
liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of its duties under this Indenture (excluding taxes based upon, measured by or
determined by the income of the Trustee) including the costs and expenses of enforcing this
Indenture against the Company (including this Section 7.7) and defending itself against any claim
(whether asserted by the Company or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder except to the extent any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may
seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of
its obligations hereunder, except to the extent such failure to notify the Company shall materially
prejudice the Company (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and
defenses). The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense.
The Trustee and its agents subject to the claim may have separate counsel and the Company shall
pay the reasonable fees and expenses of one such counsel;
provided, however,
that the Company will
not be required to pay such fees and expenses if, subject to the approval of the Trustee (which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), it assumes the Trustees defense and there is no
conflict of interest between the Company and the Trustee and its agents subject to the claim in
connection with such defense as reasonably determined by the Trustee. The Company need not pay for
any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.7 shall survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section 7.7, the Trustee shall have a Lien
prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in
trust to pay principal or interest, if any, on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section 6.1(9) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the
fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration
under any Bankruptcy Law.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.
SECTION 7.8
Replacement of Trustee
.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become
effective only upon the successor Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section
7.8.
The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created
by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company
may remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is
entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any
reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the
successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns
or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount
of the then
outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
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If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six
months, fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and the duties of the
Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the
Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee,
provided
that all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject
to the Lien provided for in Section 7.7 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Companys obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for
the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.9
Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc
.
If the Trustee or any Agent consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or
substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor
corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee or any Agent, as applicable;
provided that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VII.
SECTION 7.10
Eligibility; Disqualification
.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power and that is subject to supervision or
examination by federal or state authorities. The Trustee together with its affiliates shall at all
times have a combined capital surplus of at least $150.0 million as set forth in its most recent
annual report of condition.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA §§ 310(a)(l),
(2) and (5). The Trustee shall be subject to TIA § 310(b) including the provision in § 310(b)(1);
provided
that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or
indentures under which other securities, or conflicts of interest or participation in other
securities, of the Company or the Guarantors are outstanding if the requirements for exclusion set
forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.
SECTION 7.11
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA
§ 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the
extent indicated therein.
SECTION 7.12
Trustees Application for Instructions from the
Company
.
Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of
the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under
this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall
be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee
in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such
application (which date shall not be less than twenty Business Days after the date any officer of
the Company actually
receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any
earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an
omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application
specifying the action to be taken or omitted.
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SECTION 7.13
Limitation of Liability
.
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the
Bank
) is entering into this Indenture and the
other documents contemplated thereby and related thereto to which it is a party solely in its
capacity as trustee under this Indenture and not in its individual capacity (except as expressly
stated herein) and in no case shall the Bank (or any Person acting as successor trustee under this
Indenture) be personally liable for or on account of any of the statements, representations,
warranties, covenants or obligations stated to be those of the Company hereunder or thereunder, all
such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the parties hereto and any Person claiming by,
through or under such party,
provided
,
however
, that the Bank (or any such successor trustee) shall
be liable hereunder and thereunder for its own negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a
non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. In no event shall the Trustee, in
its capacity as Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar or in any other capacity hereunder, be liable
under or in connection with this Indenture for indirect, special, incidental, punitive or
consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits,
whether or not foreseeable, even if the Trustee has been advised of the possibility thereof and
regardless of the form of action in which such damages are sought. The provisions of this Section
shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
ARTICLE VIII
LEGAL DEFEASANCE, COVENANT DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 8.1
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance
.
The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a Board Resolution set
forth in an Officers Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof
applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article VIII.
SECTION 8.2
Legal Defeasance
.
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section
8.2, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4
hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding
Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter,
Legal Defeasance
).
For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be
deemed to be outstanding only for the purposes of Section 8.5 hereof and the other Sections of
this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations
under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following
provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights
of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in
Section 8.4(a); (b) the Companys obligations with respect to such Notes under Sections 2.2, 2.3,
2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.10 and 4.2 hereof; (c) the rights, powers, trusts, benefits and immunities of
the Trustee, including without limitation under Sections 7.7, 8.5 and 8.7 hereof and the Companys
obligations in connection therewith; (d) the Companys rights pursuant to Sections 3.7 and 3.9; and
(e) the provisions of this Article VIII. Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the
Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its
option under Section 8.3 hereof.
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SECTION 8.3
Covenant Defeasance
.
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section
8.3, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4
hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.7, 4.8, 4.9,
4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.19 and 5.1 hereof with respect to the outstanding
Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter,
Covenant
Defeasance
), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not outstanding for the purposes of any
direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof)
in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed outstanding for all other
purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for
accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the
outstanding Notes, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether
directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by
reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document
and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.1
hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be
unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.1 hereof of the
option applicable to this Section 8.3, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 8.4 hereof, Sections 6.1(4) through (6) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default. In
addition, the Note Guarantees will be terminated and released and the Guarantors discharged with
respect to their Note Guarantees upon a Covenant Defeasance.
SECTION 8.4
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof
to the outstanding Notes:
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(1) the Company must irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to the benefit of, the Holders of
such Notes: (A) money in an amount, or (B) Government Securities which through the
scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their
terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount or (C) a
combination thereof, in each case sufficient without reinvestment, to pay and discharge, and
which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, the entire indebtedness in
respect of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Notes on the Stated
Maturity thereof or (if the Company has made irrevocable arrangements for the giving of
notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) the
Redemption Date thereof, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture
and such Notes;
(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, 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 Indenture,
there has been a change in the applicable United States federal income tax law, in either
case (A) or (B)
to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of
such Notes will not recognize gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as
a result of the deposit, Legal Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such
Notes and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount, in the
same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Legal Defeasance and
discharge were not to occur;
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(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an opinion of counsel to the effect that the Holders of such outstanding Notes will not
recognize gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the
deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Notes 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 Notes shall have
occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit after giving effect thereto;
(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a
conflicting interest within the meaning of the TIA (assuming all Notes are in default within
the meaning of the TIA);
(6) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company is bound; and
(7) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
In the event of a Legal Defeasance or a Discharge, a Holder whose taxable year straddles the
deposit of funds and the distribution in redemption to such Holder would be subject to tax on any
gain (whether characterized as capital gain or market discount) in the year of deposit rather than
in the year of receipt. In connection with a Discharge, in the event the Company become insolvent
within the applicable preference period after the date of deposit, monies held for the payment of
the Notes may be part of the bankruptcy estate of the Company, disbursement of such monies may be
subject to the automatic stay of the Bankruptcy Code and monies disbursed to Holders may be subject
to disgorgement in favor of the Companys estate. Similar results may apply upon the insolvency of
the Company during the applicable preference period following the deposit of monies in connection
with defeasance.
SECTION 8.5
Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions
.
Subject to Section 8.6 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the
proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for
purposes of this Section 8.5, the
Trustee
) pursuant to Section 8.4 hereof in respect of the
outstanding Notes shall be held in trust, shall not be invested, and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company or any Subsidiary acting as Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in
respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
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The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section
8.4 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee
or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article VIII to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or
pay to the Company from time to time upon the written request of the Company and be relieved of all
liability with respect to any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in
Section 8.4 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the
opinion delivered under Section 8.4(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then
be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
SECTION 8.6
Repayment to Company
.
Subject to applicable law, 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, premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal and premium, if any, or
interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its written request or (if then
held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note 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
The New York Times
and
The Wall Street Journal
(national
edition), 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 notification or publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 8.7
Reinstatement
.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or non-callable
Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof, as the case may be, by reason
of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, then the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the
Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.2 or
8.3 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in
accordance with Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof, as the case may be;
provided
,
however
, that, if the
Company make any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
such Notes to receive such payment `from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
SECTION 8.8
Discharge
.
This Indenture will be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except for those
provisions which expressly survive termination of this Indenture), and the Trustee, upon request
and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, if;
(1) either: (A) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation or (B) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable or (ii) will become due and payable
within one year
or are to be called for redemption within one year (a
Discharge
) under irrevocable
arrangements for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the
expense, of the Company, and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal,
premium, if any, and interest to the Stated Maturity or date of redemption;
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(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums then due and payable under
this Indenture by the Company;
(3) the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the
Company or any Guarantor is bound;
(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this
Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the
Redemption Date, as the case may be; and
(5) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the
Discharge have been complied with.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
SECTION 9.1
Without Consent of Holders of the Notes
.
Notwithstanding Section 9.2 of this Indenture, without the consent of any Holders, the
Company, the Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into
one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture and the Guarantees for any of the following
purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by
any such successor of the covenants of the Company in this Indenture, the Guarantees and in
the Notes;
(2) to secure the Notes, to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(3) to add additional Events of Default;
(4) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of the certificated
Notes;
(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture by a
successor Trustee;
(6) to provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture;
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(7) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualifications of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(8) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in this Indenture
which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision in this Indenture, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture,
provided
that such actions pursuant to this clause shall not adversely affect the interests
of the Holders in any material respect, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company; or
(9) to conform the text of this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the
Description of Notes in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the
Description of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this
Indenture or the Notes, as certified to the Trustee in an Officers Certificate delivered by
the Company.
SECTION 9.2
With Consent of Holders of Notes
.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Notes, the Company, the Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee may enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental to this Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or the Notes or
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture, including the definitions
herein;
provided
,
however
, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of any Note or of any installment of interest on any
Note, or reduce the amount payable in respect of the principal thereof or the rate of
interest thereon or any premium payable thereon, or reduce the amount that would be due and
payable on acceleration of the maturity thereof, or change the place of payment where, or
the coin or currency in which, any Note or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the
Stated Maturity thereof, or change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption
or reduce the Redemption Price therefor,
(2) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the
consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of
whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture,
(3) modify the obligations of the Company to make Offers to Purchase upon a Change of
Control or from the Excess Proceeds of Asset Sales if such modification was done after the
occurrence of such Change of Control or such Asset Sale,
(4) subordinate, in right of payment, the Notes to any other Debt of the Company,
(5) modify any of the provisions of this paragraph or provisions relating to waiver of
defaults or certain covenants, except to increase any such percentage required for such
actions or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby, or
(6) release any Guarantees required to be maintained under this Indenture (other than
in accordance with this Indenture).
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The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes
may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes waive any past default under this Indenture and its
consequences, except a default:
(1) in any payment in respect of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on
any Notes (including any Note which is required to have been purchased pursuant to an Offer
to Purchase which has been made by the Company) (except that a rescission of acceleration of
the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration may be
made by Holders of not less than a majority of the Notes), or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under this Indenture cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver but it shall be sufficient if such
consent approves the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.3
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
.
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall be set forth in an amended
or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.4
Revocation and Effect of Consents
.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a
Note is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of
the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Note, even if notation of the
consent is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the
consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the
waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. When an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes
effective in accordance with its terms, it thereafter binds every Holder.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for determining which
Holders consent to such amendment, supplement or waiver. If the Company fix a record date, the
record date shall be fixed at (i) the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such
consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished for the Trustee prior to such
solicitation pursuant to Section 2.5 hereof or (ii) such other date as the Company shall designate.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder, unless
it makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (6) of Section 9.2, in which case, the
amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind only each Holder of a Note who has consented to it and
every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the
consenting Holders Note;
provided
,
however
, that any such waiver shall not impair or affect the
right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, and interest on, a Note, on or after the
respective due dates therefor, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after
such respective dates without the consent of such Holder.
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SECTION 9.5
Notation on or Exchange of Notes
.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any
Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and
effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.6
Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc
.
The Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this
Article IX if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities
or immunities of the Trustee. The Company and the Guarantors may not sign an amendment or
supplemental indenture until their respective Boards of Directors approve it. In signing or
refusing to sign any amendment or supplemental indenture the Trustee shall be entitled to receive
and (subject to Section 7.1 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amendment or supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that all conditions precedent thereto have
been met or waived, that such amendment or supplemental indenture is not inconsistent herewith, and
that it will be valid and binding upon the Company (and the Guarantors where applicable) in
accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE X
NOTE GUARANTEES
SECTION 10.1
Note Guarantees
.
(a) Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, fully, unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees the Notes and obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder, and guarantees to
each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee on behalf of
such Holder, that: (i) the principal of and premium, if any and interest on the Notes shall be
paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise (including, without limitation, the amount that would become due but for the operation of
the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code), together with interest on the
overdue principal, if any, and interest on any overdue interest, to the extent lawful, and all
other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be
paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (ii) in case of
any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or of any such other obligations, the same
shall be paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or
renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Each of the Note Guarantees
shall be a guarantee of payment and not of collection.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the
absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any
provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to
enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge or defense of a Guarantor.
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(c) Each Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment,
filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to
require a proceeding first against the Company or any other Person, protest, notice and all demands
whatsoever and covenants that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor shall not be discharged as
to any Note except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Note and such Note
Guarantee or as provided for in this Indenture. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that, in the
event of a default in payment of principal or premium, if any or interest on such Note, whether at
its Stated Maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption, purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings
may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Note, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against each of the Guarantors to enforce such
Guarantors Note Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company or any other Guarantor.
Each Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by applicable law from exercising their
respective rights to accelerate the maturity of the Notes, to collect interest on the Notes, or to
enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to the Notes, such Guarantor shall pay
to the Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that would
otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by
the Trustee or any of the Holders.
(d) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the
Company or any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in
relation to either Issuer or any Guarantor, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such
Holder, the Note Guarantee of each of the Guarantors, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall
be reinstated in full force and effect. This paragraph (d) shall remain effective notwithstanding
any contrary action which may be taken by the Trustee or any Holder in reliance upon such amount
required to be returned. This paragraph (d) shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
(e) Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the
Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby
may be accelerated as provided in Article VI hereof for the purposes of the Note Guarantee of such
Guarantor, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration
in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such
obligations as provided in Article VI hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable)
shall forthwith become due and payable by each Guarantor for the purpose of the Note Guarantee of
such Guarantor.
SECTION 10.2
Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee
.
To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.1, each Guarantor agrees that a
notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B
shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Such notation of Note
Guarantee shall be signed on behalf of such Guarantor by an officer of such Guarantor (or, if an
officer is not available, by a board member or director) on behalf of such Guarantor by manual or
facsimile signature. In case the officer, board member or director of such Guarantor who shall
have signed such notation of Note Guarantee shall cease to be such officer, board member or
director before the Note on which such Note Guarantee is endorsed shall have been authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee, such Note nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered as though the
Person who signed such notation of Note Guarantee had not ceased to be such officer, board member
or director.
Each Guarantor agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.1 shall remain in full
force and effect and apply to all the Notes notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a
notation of such Note Guarantee. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication
thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture
on behalf of the Guarantors.
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SECTION 10.3
Severability
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In case any provision of any Note Guarantee 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 10.4
Limitation of Guarantors Liability
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Each Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder confirms that it is the intention of
all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance for purposes of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law or the provisions of its local
law relating to fraudulent transfer or conveyance. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the
Trustee, the Holders and Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor
under its Note Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount that will not, after giving effect
to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any
collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other
Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Note Guarantee, result in
the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee constituting a fraudulent transfer or
conveyance. Each Guarantor that makes a payment for distribution under its Note Guarantee is
entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor in a
pro rata
amount based on the adjusted net
assets of each Guarantor.
SECTION 10.5
Releases Following Sale of Assets
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Any Guarantor shall be released and relieved of any obligations under this Note Guarantee in
the event of a sale or other transfer or disposition of all of the Capital Interests in any
Guarantor to any Person that is not (after giving effect to such transaction) a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, or in the event all or
substantially all the assets or Capital Interests of a Guarantor are sold or otherwise transferred,
by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, to a Person that is not (after giving effect to such
transaction) a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in compliance with the terms of this Indenture.
Upon delivery to the Trustee of an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that such sale or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.10 hereof, the Trustee shall execute any
documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its
obligations under its Note Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under this Note Guarantee shall remain liable
for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any
Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article X.
SECTION 10.6
Release of a Guarantor
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Any Guarantor that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture shall, at such time, be deemed
automatically and unconditionally released and discharged of its obligations under its Note
Guarantee without any further action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Note Guarantees
will also be terminated and released and the Guarantors discharged with respect to their Note
Guarantees upon a Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, without any further action on the part
of the Trustee or any Holder. In addition, upon a sale of Capital Interests which causes a
Guarantor to cease to be a Restricted Subsidiary, such Guarantor shall be deemed automatically and
unconditionally released and discharged of its obligations under its Note Guarantee without any
further action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder;
provided
that such sale of Capital Interests does not violate any provision of this Indenture. The
Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing such release upon receipt of the
Companys request for such release accompanied by an Officers Certificate certifying as to the
compliance with this Section 10.6. Any Guarantor not so released shall remain liable for the full
amount of principal of and interest on the Notes as provided in its Note Guarantee.
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SECTION 10.7
Benefits Acknowledged
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Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the
financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that its guarantee and waivers pursuant
to its Note Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
SECTION 10.8
Future Guarantors
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Each future Restricted Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor. Within ten (10) days of becoming
a Restricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental
indenture and other agreements making such Subsidiary a party to this Indenture.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.1
Trust Indenture Act Controls
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If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
TIA § 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 11.2
Notices
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Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly
given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified,
return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to
the others address:
If to the Company:
American Reprographics Company
1981 N. Broadway, Suite 385
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Facsimile: (925) 949-5102
Attention: Legal Department
With a copy to:
Hanson Bridgett LLP
425 Market Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Facsimile: (415) 995-3431
Attention: Teresa V. Pahl, Esq.
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If to the Trustee:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Services
707 Wilshire Blvd, 17th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Facsimile: 213-614-3355
Attention: American Reprographics Company Administrator
If for Payments, Transfers and Exchanges to the Trustee as Regirstrar:
Wells Fargo Bank DAPS Reorg.
MAC N9303-121
608 2
nd
Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Facsimile: (866) 969-1290
With a copy to:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Administration
707 Wilshire Blvd, 17th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
Facsimile: (213) 614-3355
Attention: Corporate Trust Administrator American
Reprographics Company Administrator
The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different
addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been
duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and
the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier
promising next Business Day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail or by overnight
air courier promising next Business Day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the
Registrar. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA
§ 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder
or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time
prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except in the case of
notices or communications given to the Trustee, which shall be effective only upon actual receipt.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee
and each Agent at the same time.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any
Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption or purchase) to a Holder
of a
Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given
to DTC (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from DTC or its designee.
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SECTION 11.3
Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of
Notes
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Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their
rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else
shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
SECTION 11.4
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this
Indenture (other than the initial issuance of the Notes), the Company shall furnish to the Trustee
upon request:
(a) an Officers Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section
11.5 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and
covenants, if any,
provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
satisfied; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.5
hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and
covenants have been satisfied.
SECTION 11.5
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
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Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply
with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or
covenant has been satisfied.
SECTION 11.6
Rules by Trustee and Agents
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The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar
or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
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SECTION 11.7
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
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No director, officer, employee, stockholder, general or limited partner or incorporator, past,
present or future, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as such or in such capacity, shall
have any Personal liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, or of any Guarantor
under any Note Guarantee or this Indenture by reason of his, her or its status as such director,
officer, employee, stockholder, general or limited partner or incorporator. Each Holder of Notes
by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of
the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
SECTION 11.8
Governing Law
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THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE,
THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES, IF ANY. The parties to this Indenture each hereby irrevocably
submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the
Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating
to the Notes, the Note Guarantees or this Indenture, and all such parties hereby irrevocably agree
that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New
York State or federal court and hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent that they may
legally do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or
proceeding. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE NOTE GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 11.9
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
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This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the
Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may
not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 11.10
Successors
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All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Notes and the Note
Guarantees, as applicable, shall bind their respective successors and assigns. All agreements of
the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns.
SECTION 11.11
Severability
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In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 11.12
Counterpart Originals
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The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
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SECTION 11.13
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc
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The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this
Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of
this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 11.14
Acts of Holders
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(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided 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 agent
duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
Act
of 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 conclusive in
favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 11.14.
(b) 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 such officer the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signers individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signers 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.
(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Holder list maintained under Section 2.05
hereunder.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the holder of every Note
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such
record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be
deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Notes shall
be computed as of such record date;
provided
that no such authorization, agreement or consent by
the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant
to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
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SECTION 11.15
USA PATRIOT Act
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The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act,
the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism
and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each
person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The
parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may
request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
SECTION 11.16
Force Majeure
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In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly,
forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts
of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of
God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are
consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as
practicable under the circumstances.
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Dated as of December 1, 2010
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AMERICAN REPROGRAPHICS COMPANY
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By:
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/s/ KUMARAKULASINGAM SURIYAKUMAR
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Name:
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KUMARAKULASINGAM SURIYKUMAR
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Title:
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President & CEO
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Signature Page to Indenture
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AMERICAN REPROGRAPHICS COMPANY, L.L.C.
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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AMERICAN REPROGRAPHICS SOUTHEAST, LLC
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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ARC ACQUISITION CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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BLUE PRINT SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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BPI REPRO, LLC
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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DUNN BLUE PRINT COMPANY
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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ERS DIGITAL, INC. (F/K/A ENGINEERING REPRO-SYSTEMS, INC.)
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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LEET-MELBROOK, INC.
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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LICENSING SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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MBC PRECISION IMAGING, INC.
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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MCKEE ENTERPRISES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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MIRROR PLUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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OLYMPIC REPROGRAPHICS, LLC
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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PENINSULA BLUEPRINT, INC.
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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PLANWELL, LLC
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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REPROGRAPHICS FORT WORTH, INC. (F/K/A WILCO
REPROGRAPHICS, INC.)
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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REPROGRAPHICS NORTHWEST, LLC
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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RIDGWAYS, LLC
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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SUBHUB, INC.
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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THE PEIR GROUP, LLC
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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THE PEIR GROUP INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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By:
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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Name:
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Jonathan Mather
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
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as Trustee
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By:
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/s/ MADDY HALL
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Name:
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Maddy Hall
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Title:
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Vice President
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Signature Page to Indenture
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
(Face of 10.5% Senior Note)
10.5% Senior Notes due 2016
[Global Notes Legend]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OR TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUIRED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE
OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE 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
NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE.
[Restricted Notes Legend]
THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT
FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
SECURITIES ACT), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH
PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE
EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH
SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1)(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A
PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF APPLICABLE) OR (d) IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION
(AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO
THE COMPANY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE
JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY
PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A)
ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144
FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.
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[Temporary Regulation S Notes Legend]
THIS SECURITY IS A REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE. EXCEPT
IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, NO TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF AN INTEREST IN THIS
TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN THE RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. NO EXCHANGE OF AN
INTEREST IN THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE MADE FOR AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE
EXCEPT (A) ON OR AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD (AS DEFINED IN
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND (B) UPON DELIVERY OF THE OWNER NOTES CERTIFICATION AND
THE TRANSFEREE NOTES CERTIFICATION RELATING TO SUCH INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE
INDENTURE.
UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE OFFERING OF THE NOTES, AN OFFER OR SALE OF THE NOTES
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY A DEALER (AS DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES ACT) MAY VIOLATE THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT IF SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS MADE OTHERWISE THAN IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
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American Reprographics Company
promises to pay to Cede & Co. or registered assigns, the
principal sum of
Dollars
($
) on December 15, 2016.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15, and December 15, beginning June 15, 2011
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1
Reference is made to further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefits under
the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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AMERICAN REPROGRAPHICS COMPANY
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This is one of the 10.5% Senior Notes
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:
Dated:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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(Back of 10.5% Senior Note)
10.5% Senior Notes due 2016
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture
referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1)
Interest
.
(a) American Reprographics Company, a Delaware corporation, or its successor (together, the
Company), promise to pay interest on the principal amount of this 10.5% Senior Note at a fixed
rate. The Company will pay interest in United States dollars (except as otherwise provided herein)
semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15, commencing on June 15, 2011 or if any such day
is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an Interest Payment Date).
Interest on the 10.5% Senior Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has
been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from December 1, 2010;
provided
that if there is no
existing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest, and if this 10.5% Senior Note is
authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest
Payment Date (but after December 1, 2010), interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest
Payment Date, except in the case of the original issuance of 10.5% Senior Notes, in which case
interest shall accrue from the date of authentication. The Company shall pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate
equal to 1%
per annum
in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the 10.5% Senior Notes to
the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under
any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace
period) at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. The interest rate on the Notes will in no event be
higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be modified by United States
law of general application.
(b)
Registration Rights Agreement
. The Holder of this Note is entitled to the
benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Issuer, the
Guarantors party thereto and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative
of the several initial purchasers.
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(2)
Method of Payment
. The Company will pay interest on the 10.5% Senior Notes
(except defaulted interest) on the applicable Interest Payment Date to the Persons who are
registered Holders of 10.5% Senior Notes at the close of business on the June 1 and December 1
preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such 10.5% Senior Notes are cancelled after such
record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the
Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The 10.5% Senior Notes shall be payable as to
principal, premium and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose,
or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at
their addresses set forth in the register of Holders;
provided
that payment by wire transfer of
immediately available funds shall be required with respect to principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on, all Global Notes and all other 10.5% Senior Notes the
Holders of which shall have provided written wire transfer instructions to the Company and the
Paying Agent. Such payment shall be 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.
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To be included only in the Initial Notes on the Issue
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Any payments of principal of this 10.5% Senior Note prior to Stated Maturity shall be binding upon
all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or
in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted hereon. The amount due and payable at
the maturity of this Note shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this Note at an
office of the Trustee or the Trustees agent appointed for such purposes.
(3)
Paying Agent and Registrar
. Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change
any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries
may act in any such capacity.
(4)
Indenture
. The Company issued the 10.5% Senior Notes under an Indenture, dated as
of December 1, 2010 (the Indenture), among American Reprographics Company and the Trustee. The
terms of the 10.5% Senior Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made a part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code
§§ 77aaa-77bbbb) (the TIA). To the extent the provisions of this 10.5% Senior Note are
inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture, the Indenture shall govern. The 10.5% Senior
Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a
statement of such terms. The 10.5% Senior Notes issued on the Issue Date are senior Obligations of
the Company limited to $200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, plus amounts, if any, sufficient
to pay premium and interest on outstanding 10.5% Senior Notes as set forth in Paragraph 2 hereof.
The Indenture permits the issuance of Additional Notes subject to compliance with certain
conditions.
The payment of principal and interest on the 10.5% Senior Notes is unconditionally guaranteed
on a senior basis by the Guarantors.
(5)
Optional Redemption
.
(a) The Notes are subject to redemption, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at
any time on or after December 15, 2013, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice (except
that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is
issued in connection with a defeasance of Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture)
at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount to be
redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant regular record date to
receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date), if
redeemed during the 12-month period beginning September 1 of the years indicated:
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(b) In addition to the optional redemption of the Notes in accordance with the provisions of
the preceding paragraphs, prior to December 15, 2013, the Company may, with the net proceeds of one
or more Qualified Equity Offerings, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes (which include Additional Notes, if any) at a Redemption Price equal to 110.500%
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of
redemption;
provided
that at least 65% of the principal amount of Notes originally issued under the
Indenture (which include Additional Notes, if any) remains outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of any such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company or its Subsidiaries) and
that any such redemption occurs within 90 days following the closing of any such Qualified Equity
Offering.
(c) At any time prior to December 15, 2013, the Company may also redeem all or a part of the
Notes, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice at a Redemption Price equal to
100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the date of redemption (the Redemption
Date), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest
due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date
(6)
Mandatory Redemption
. The Company shall not be required to make mandatory
redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the 10.5% Senior Notes.
(7)
Repurchase at Option of Holder
.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require the
Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of such
Holders 10.5% Senior Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the Change of Control Offer)
at an offer price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to the date of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control,
the Company will mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that
constitute the Change of Control setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer
required by the Indenture.
(b) Upon the occurrence of certain Asset Sales, the Company may be required to offer to
purchase Notes.
(c) Holders of the 10.5% Senior Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will
receive notice of an Offer to Purchase pursuant to an Asset Sale or a Change of Control from the
Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such 10.5% Senior Notes purchased
by completing the form titled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase appearing below.
(8)
Notice of Redemption
. Notice of redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but
not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder whose 10.5% Senior Notes are to be
redeemed at its registered address. 10.5% Senior Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be
redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the 10.5% Senior Notes held
by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date, interest ceases to accrue on the
10.5% Senior Notes or portions hereof called for redemption so long as the Company timely delivers
funds to the Trustee for such redemption.
(9)
Denominations, Transfer, Exchange
. The 10.5% Senior Notes are in registered form
without coupons in initial denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer
of the 10.5% Senior Notes may be registered and the 10.5% Senior Notes may be exchanged as provided
in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay
any
taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange
or register the transfer of any 10.5% Senior Note or portion of a 10.5% Senior Note selected for
redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any 10.5% Senior Note being redeemed in part.
Also, it need not exchange or register the transfer of any 10.5% Senior Notes for a period of 15
days before a selection of 10.5% Senior Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record
date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
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(10)
Persons Deemed Owners
. The registered holder of a 10.5% Senior Note may be
treated as its owner for all purposes.
(11)
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
. Subject to the following paragraphs, the
Indenture and the 10.5% Senior Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders
of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding 10.5% Senior Notes,
including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or, tender offer
or exchange offer for 10.5% Senior Notes, and any existing Default or Event of Default or
compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the 10.5% Senior Notes may be waived with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding 10.5%
Senior Notes, including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for
10.5% Senior Notes.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, the Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee, at
any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to this
Indenture and the Guarantees for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by
any such successor of the covenants of the Company in the Indenture, the Guarantees and in
the Notes;
(2) to secure the Notes, to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(3) to add additional Events of Default;
(4) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of the certificated
Notes;
(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture by a
successor Trustee;
(6) to provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture;
(7) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in this Indenture
which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision in this Indenture, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture,
provided
that such actions pursuant to this clause shall not adversely affect the interests
of the Holders in any material respect, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Company; or
(8) to conform the text of the Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the
Description of Notes in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the
Description of Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this
Indenture or the Notes, as certified to the Trustee in an Officers Certificate delivered by
the Company.
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With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Notes, the Company, the Guarantors, if any, and the Trustee may enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to
or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or the Notes or
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under the Indenture, including the definitions
therein;
provided
,
however
, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of any Note or of any installment of interest on any
Note, or reduce the amount payable in respect of the principal thereof or the rate of
interest thereon or any premium payable thereon, or reduce the amount that would be due and
payable on acceleration of the maturity thereof, or change the place of payment where, or
the coin or currency in which, any Note or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the
Stated Maturity thereof, or change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption
or reduce the Redemption Price therefor,
(2) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the
consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of
whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of the
Indenture or certain defaults thereunder and their consequences) provided for in the
Indenture,
(3) modify the obligations of the Company to make Offers to Purchase upon a Change of
Control or from the Excess Proceeds of Asset Sales if such modification was done after the
occurrence of such Change of Control or such Asset Sale,
(4) subordinate, in right of payment, the Notes to any other Debt of the Company,
(5) modify any of the provisions of this paragraph or provisions relating to waiver of
defaults or certain covenants, except to increase any such percentage required for such
actions or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby, or
(6) release any Guarantees required to be maintained under the Indenture (other than in
accordance with the Indenture).
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes
may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes waive any past default under the Indenture and its
consequences, except a default:
(1) in any payment in respect of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on
any Notes (including any Note which is required to have been purchased pursuant to an Offer
to Purchase which has been made by the Company) (except that a rescission of acceleration of
the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration may be
made by Holders of not less than a majority of the Notes), or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under the Indenture cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected.
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(12)
Defaults and Remedies
. Events of Default include:
(1) default in the payment in respect of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Note at its maturity (whether at Stated Maturity or upon repurchase, acceleration, optional
redemption or otherwise);
(2) default in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes due and
payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
(3) failure by the Company to make an Offer to Purchase as required by the Indenture,
and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days after receipt of written notice;
(4) failure to perform or comply with Section 5.1 of the Indenture;
(5) except as permitted herein, any Note Guarantee shall for any reason cease to be, or
it shall be asserted by any Guarantor or the Company not to be, in full force and effect and
enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(6) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company
or any Guarantor in the Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose
performance or whose breach is specifically dealt with in clauses (1), (2) or(3) above), and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof
has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes;
provided
that in the case of a failure to comply with Section 4.3, such period of continuance of such
default or breach shall be 90 days after written notice described in this clause (6) has
been given;
(7) a default or defaults under any bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of Debt
(other than the Notes) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary having, individually or
in the aggregate, a principal or similar amount outstanding of at least $15.0 million,
whether such Debt now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default or defaults shall
have resulted in the acceleration of the maturity of such Debt prior to its express maturity
or shall constitute a failure to pay at least $15.0 million of such Debt when due and
payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto;
(8) the entry against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of a final
non-appealable judgment or judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in
excess of $15.0 million, by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction, which judgments
remain undischarged, unwaived, unstayed, unbonded or unsatisfied for a period of 60
consecutive days and, in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, any enforcement
proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment which is not promptly
stayed; or
(9) (i) the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(a) commences a voluntary case,
(b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
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(c) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or
substantially all of its property,
(d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(e) generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
(ii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy
Law that:
(a) is for relief against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in an involuntary case;
(b) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the
property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(c) orders the liquidation of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is
a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken
together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (ix) above with
respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the
principal of the Notes and any accrued interest on the Notes to be due and payable immediately by a
notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders);
provided
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however
, that
after such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may, under certain circumstances,
rescind and annul such acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of
accelerated principal of or interest on the Notes, have been cured or waived as provided in the
Indenture.
In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes solely because an Event of Default
described in clause (vii) above has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of
the Notes shall be automatically rescinded and annulled if the event of default or payment default
triggering such Event of Default pursuant to clause (vii) shall be remedied or cured by the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or waived by the holders of the relevant Debt within 20
Business Days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if the rescission and
annulment of the acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a
court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Trustee for the payment of amounts due on the
Notes.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (9) above occurs with respect to the Company, the
principal of and any accrued interest on the Notes then outstanding shall ipso facto become
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any Default (except Default in payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest) if the Trustee determines that withholding notice is
in the interest of the Holders to do so.
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(13)
Trustee Dealings with the Company
. The Trustee, in its individual or any other
capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company, the
Guarantors or their respective Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Guarantors
or their respective Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
(14)
No Recourse Against Others
. No director, officer, employee, stockholder, general
or limited partner or incorporator, past, present or future, of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, as such or in such capacity, shall have any Personal liability for any obligations of
the Company under the Notes, any Note Guarantee or the Indenture by reason of his, her or its
status as such director, officer, employee, stockholder, general or limited partner or
incorporator.
(15)
Authentication
. This 10.5% Senior Note shall not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(16)
Abbreviations
. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN
(= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(17)
CUSIP Numbers
. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on
Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on
the 10.5% Senior Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to the Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as
printed on the 10.5% Senior Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to:
American Reprographics Company
1981 N. Broadway, Suite 385
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Facsimile: (925) 949-5102
Attention: Legal Department
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this 10.5% Senior Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer
this 10.5% Senior Note to
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
to transfer this 10.5% Senior Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another
to act for him.
Date:
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this 10.5% Senior Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 4.10, 4.13 or 4.19 of the Indenture, check the box below:
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Section 4.10
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Section 4.13
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Section 4.19
If you want to elect to have only part of the 10.5% Senior Note purchased by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.10, Section 4.13 or Section 4.19 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect
to have purchased: $
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Tax Identification No.:
Signature guarantee:
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CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON
EXCHANGE OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED NOTES
American Reprographics Company
1981 N. Broadway, Suite 385
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Facsimile: (925) 949-5102
Attention: Legal Department
Wells Fargo Bank DAPS Reorg.
MAC N9303-121
608 2
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Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Facsimile: (866) 969-1290
With a copy to:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
707 Wilshire Blvd, 17th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
Facsimile: (213) 614-3355
Attention: Corporate Trust Administrator
American Reprographics Company Administrator
Re: CUSIP #
Reference is hereby made to that certain Indenture dated December 1, 2010 (the
Indenture
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American Reprographics Company (the
Company
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trustee (the
Trustee
). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set
forth in the Indenture.
This certificate relates to $
principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space)
book-entry or
definitive form by the undersigned.
The undersigned
(transferor) (check one box below):
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hereby requests the Registrar to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the
Global Note held by the Depository a Note or Notes in definitive, registered form of
authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest
in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above), in accordance with Section
2.6 of the Indenture;
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hereby requests the Trustee to exchange a Note or Notes to
(transferee).
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In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior
to the expiration of the periods referred to in Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended or replaced, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance
with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW:
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to the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
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inside the United States to a qualified
institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) that
purchases for its own account or for the account of a
qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given
that such transfer is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in each case pursuant to and in compliance
with Rule 144A thereunder; or
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outside the United States in an offshore transaction
within the meaning of Regulation S under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in compliance
with Rule 904 thereunder.
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Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Registrar will refuse to register any of the Notes
evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered holder thereof.
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Signature Guarantee:
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(Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guarantee medallion program)
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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or
an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such
account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (Rule 144A), and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance
on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the
undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information
and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigneds foregoing
representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
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[Name of Transferee]
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NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF 10.5% SENIOR NOTES
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for other 10.5% Senior Notes have been
made:
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Increase)
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF NOTATION OF NOTE GUARANTEE
The Guarantor listed below (hereinafter referred to as the
Guarantor
, which term includes
any successors or assigns under that certain Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2010, by and among
American Reprographics Company, Inc. (the
Company
) and the Trustee (as amended and supplemented
from time to time, the
Indenture
) and any additional Guarantors), has guaranteed the Notes and
the obligations of the Company under the Indenture, which include (i) the due and punctual payment
of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the 10.5% Senior Notes due 2016 (the
Notes
)
of American Reprographics Company, a Delaware corporation, whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and
premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on any interest, if any, on the
Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders
or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article X of the Indenture, (ii) in
case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligations,
that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of
the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, and (iii) the
payment of any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by the
Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Note Guarantee or the Indenture.
The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to this Note
Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article X of the Indenture and reference is
hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of this Note Guarantee.
No stockholder, employee, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future
of each Guarantor shall have any liability under this Note Guarantee by reason of his or its status
as such stockholder, employee, officer, director or incorporator.
This is a continuing Note Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be
binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns until full and final payment of all of
the Companys obligations under the Notes and Indenture or until released in accordance with the
Indenture 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 is a
Note Guarantee of payment and not of collectibility.
This Note Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of
authentication on the Note upon which this Note Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the
Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers. The
Obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guarantee shall be limited to the extent necessary to
insure that it does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.
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THE TERMS OF ARTICLE X OF THE INDENTURE ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.
Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Indenture unless otherwise
indicated.
Dated as of
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[NAME OF GUARANTOR]
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(SEAL)
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED
IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO RULE 144A]
American Reprographics Company
1981 N. Broadway, Suite 385
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Facsimile: (925) 949-5102
Attention: Legal Department
Wells Fargo Bank DAPS Reorg.
MAC N9303-121
608 2
nd
Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Facsimile: (866) 969-1290
With a copy to:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
707 Wilshire Blvd, 17th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
Facsimile: (213) 614-3355
Attention: Corporate Trust Administrator
American Reprographics Company Administrator
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American Reprographics Company. (the Company)
10.5% Senior Notes due 2016 (the Notes)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of $
aggregate principal amount at maturity of
the Notes, we hereby certify that such transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance
with Rule 144A (Rule 144A) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act), and, accordingly, we hereby further certify that the Notes are being transferred
to a Person that we reasonably believe is purchasing the Notes for its own account, or for one or
more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such
Person and each such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A
in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Notes are being transferred in
compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to
produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
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Very truly yours,
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[Name of Transferor]
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED
IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS
PURSUANT TO REGULATION S]
American Reprographics Company
1981 N. Broadway, Suite 385
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Facsimile: (925) 949-5102
Attention: Legal Department
Wells Fargo Bank DAPS Reorg.
MAC N9303-121
608 2
nd
Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Facsimile: (866) 969-1290
With a copy to:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
707 Wilshire Blvd, 17th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
Facsimile: (213) 614-3355
Attention: Corporate Trust Administrator
American Reprographics Company Administrator
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American Reprographics Company. (the Company)
10.5% Senior Notes due 2016 (the Notes)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of
$_____ aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we
confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and, accordingly, we represent
that:
(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a Person in the United States;
(2) either (a) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the
United States or we and any Person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the
transferee was outside the United States or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or
through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any
Person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in
the United States;
(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of
the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and
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(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.
In addition, if the sale is made during a restricted period and the provisions of
Rule 903(c)(3) or Rule 904(c)(1) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale
has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 903(c)(3) or Rule 904(c)(1), as
the case may be.
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The Company and you are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to
produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this
certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
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Exhibit 10.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is entered into as of December 1, 2010, by and among
AMERICAN REPROGRAPHICS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (Borrower), each of its Subsidiaries from
time to time party hereto as Subsidiary Guarantors, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Bank).
RECITALS
Borrower has requested that Bank extend or continue credit to Borrower as described below, and
Bank has agreed to provide such credit to Borrower on the terms and conditions contained herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Bank and Borrower hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. DEFINED TERMS.
Schedule 1
, Defined Terms, is attached hereto and
incorporated by this reference.
SECTION 1.2. INTERPRETATION. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, (a) terms used in this Agreement
include, as appropriate, all genders and the plural as well as the singular; (b) references to this
Agreement include any and all Exhibits and Schedules hereto; (c) references to words such as
herein, hereof and the like shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
part or Section herein; (d) any defined term which relates to a document referenced in this
Agreement shall include within its definition any amendments, modifications, renewals,
restatements, extensions, supplements or substitutions in effect through the date of this Agreement
but shall not include within its definition any renewals, restatements, extensions, supplements or
substitutions after the date of this Agreement unless approved by Bank and Borrower in writing; (e)
references to any statute or regulation are to be construed as including all statutory and
regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting the statute
or regulation; (f) any defined term which relates to a Person shall include within its definition
the successors and permitted assigns of such Person; (g) all references herein to times of day
shall be references to Pacific time (daylight or standard, as applicable); (h) all references
herein to
fiscal year
and
fiscal quarter
refer to the fiscal year and fiscal quarter,
respectively, of Borrower; (i) the words
include
and
including
are not limiting and, unless the
context otherwise clearly requires, the word
or
is not exclusive. This Agreement and the other
Loan Documents are the result of negotiations among, and have been reviewed by counsel to, the Loan
Parties and Bank and are the products of all parties. Accordingly, they shall not be construed
against Bank merely because of the involvement of Bank any or all of the preceding Persons in their
preparation.
SECTION 1.3. CERTAIN CALCULATIONS. For all purposes of this Agreement, during any period
during which an acquisition or Disposition has occurred (each a
Subject Transaction
),Consolidated Leverage Ratio, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated
Interest Coverage Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such period on a pro forma basis
(including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to a Subject
Transaction, are factually supportable and are expected to have a
continuing impact, in each case determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X
promulgated under the Securities Act and as interpreted by the staff of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, which would include cost savings resulting from head count reduction, closure of
facilities and similar restructuring charges, which pro forma adjustments shall be certified by the
chief financial officer of Borrower and shall in each instance be agreed upon between Borrower and
Bank in their reasonable discretion) using the historical financial statements of any business so
acquired or to be acquired or sold or to be sold.
ARTICLE II
CREDIT TERMS
SECTION 2.1. LINE OF CREDIT.
(a)
Line of Credit
. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bank
hereby agrees to make advances to Borrower from time to time up to and including the Maturity Date,
not to exceed at any time the aggregate principal amount of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000)
(Line of Credit), the proceeds of which shall be used to refinance certain outstanding
indebtedness as approved by Bank and for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Borrowers obligation to repay advances under the Line of Credit shall be evidenced by a promissory
note dated as of the date hereof (Line of Credit Note) substantially in the form of
Exhibit
A
hereto, all terms of which are incorporated herein by this reference.
(b)
Letter of Credit Subfeature
. As a subfeature under the Line of Credit, Bank
agrees from time to time during the term thereof to issue or cause an affiliate to issue commercial
or standby letters of credit for the account of Borrower (each, a Letter of Credit and
collectively, Letters of Credit); provided however, that the aggregate undrawn amount of all
outstanding Letters of Credit shall not at any time exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000).
The form and substance of each Letter of Credit shall be subject to approval by Bank, in its sole
discretion. Each Letter of Credit shall expire on a date (the
L/C Expiration Date
) at or prior
to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of
such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such
renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.
The undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit shall be reserved under the Line of Credit and shall
not be available for borrowings thereunder. Each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the
additional terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit agreements, applications and any related
documents required by Bank in connection with the issuance thereof. Each drawing paid under a
Letter of Credit shall be deemed an advance under the Line of Credit and shall be repaid by
Borrower in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement applicable to such advances;
provided however, that if advances under the Line of Credit are not available, for any reason, at
the time any drawing is paid, then Borrower shall immediately pay to Bank the full amount drawn,
together with interest thereon from the date such drawing is paid to the date such amount is fully
repaid by Borrower, at the Default Rate. In such event Borrower agrees that Bank, in its sole
discretion, may debit any account maintained by Borrower with Bank for the amount of any such
drawing.
(c)
Borrowing and Repayment
. Borrower may from time to time during the term of the
Line of Credit borrow, partially or wholly repay its outstanding borrowings, and reborrow, subject
to all of the limitations, terms and conditions contained herein or in the Line of Credit Note;
provided however, that the total outstanding borrowings under the Line of Credit (the
Loans
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shall not at any time exceed the maximum principal amount available thereunder, as set forth
above. The outstanding principal balance of all Loans, and all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, shall be due and payable in full on the Maturity Date. Borrower may terminate the Line of
Credit in whole, or reduce the maximum amount of the Line of Credit in part in an amount not less
than $5,000,000 in principal amount and incremental multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or
in such other amount as agreed by Bank), any time prior to the Maturity Date upon not less than
thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Bank. Each such notice shall specify the date and
amount of such prepayment and be irrevocable. On such date of termination or reduction, Borrower
shall pay to Bank the principal outstanding amount of any Loans in excess of the Line of Credit
after giving effect to such termination or reduction, together with all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, any accrued and unpaid unused line fees and any amounts owing under Section 2.2(i). In no
event shall any partial reduction in the Line of Credit result in the Letter of Credit Subfeature
being in excess of the Line of Credit, and Borrower agrees to cash collateralize outstanding
Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the L/C Outstanding Amount in excess of the maximum
amount of the remaining Letter of Credit Subfeature after giving effect to any reduction thereof.
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SECTION 2.2. INTEREST/FEES.
(a)
Interest
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(i) The outstanding principal balance of each Loan shall bear interest, and the amount
of each drawing paid under any Letter of Credit shall bear interest from the date such
drawing is paid to the date such amount is fully repaid by Borrower, at the Applicable Rate.
So long as no Event of Default exists or would result from any credit extension hereunder,
Borrower may select, subject to
Section 2.2(a)(iii)
, whether any advance under the
Line of Credit will bear interest by reference to Daily One Month LIBOR or to a Fixed Rate
Term, and the length of the applicable Fixed Rate Term as set forth below.
(ii) At any time any Obligation bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR for a
Fixed Rate Term, it may be continued by Borrower at the end of the Fixed Rate Term
applicable thereto so that all or a portion thereof bears interest determined in relation to
the Daily One Month LIBOR Rate or to LIBOR for a new Fixed Rate Term designated by Borrower.
At any time any portion of this Note bears interest determined in relation to the Daily One
Month LIBOR Rate, Borrower may at any time convert all or a portion thereof so that it bears
interest determined in relation to LIBOR for a Fixed Rate Term designated by Borrower. At
such time as Borrower requests an advance hereunder or wishes to select an interest rate
determined in relation to the Daily One Month LIBOR Rate or a Fixed Rate Term for all or a
portion of the outstanding principal balance hereof, and at the end of each Fixed Rate Term,
Borrower shall give Bank notice specifying: (A) the interest rate option selected by
Borrower; (B) the principal amount subject thereto; and (C) for each LIBOR selection for a
Fixed Rate Term, the length of the applicable Fixed Rate Term. Any such notice may be given
by telephone (or such other electronic method as Bank may permit) so long as, with respect
to each LIBOR selection for a Fixed Rate Term, (1) if requested by Bank, Borrower provides
to Bank written confirmation thereof not later than three (3) Business Days after such
notice is given, and (2) such notice is given to Bank prior to 10:00 a.m. on the first day
of the Fixed Rate Term, or at a later time during any Business Day if Bank, at its sole
option but without obligation to do so, accepts Borrowers notice and quotes a fixed rate to
Borrower. If Borrower does not immediately accept a fixed rate when quoted by Bank, the
quoted rate shall expire and any subsequent LIBOR request from Borrower shall be
subject to a redetermination by Bank of the applicable fixed rate. If no specific
designation of interest is made at the time any advance is requested hereunder or at the end
of any Fixed Rate Term, Borrower shall be deemed to have made a Daily One Month LIBOR Rate
interest selection for such advance or the principal amount to which such Fixed Rate Term
applied.
(iii) At no time shall there be more than ten (10) Fixed Rate Terms in effect at any
time.
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(b)
Unused Commitment Fee
. Borrower shall pay to Bank a fee on the average daily
unused amount of the Line of Credit at the Applicable Rate, which fee shall be calculated quarterly
in arrears by Bank and shall be due and payable by Borrower in arrears within ten (10) Business
Days after each billing is sent by Bank.
(c)
Letter of Credit Fees
. Borrower shall pay to Bank:
(i) fees upon the issuance of each Commercial Letter of Credit, determined in
accordance with Banks standard fees and charges then in effect;
(ii) upon the payment or negotiation of each drawing under any Letter of Credit and
upon the occurrence of any other activity with respect to any Letter of Credit (including
the transfer, amendment or cancellation of any Letter of Credit), determined in accordance
with Banks standard fees and charges then in effect for such activity; and
(iii) for each Standby Letter of Credit a fee equal to the per annum Applicable Rate
for Standby Letters of Credit
multiplied
by the daily amount available to be drawn under
such Standby Letter of Credit. Such fees shall be: (A) computed on a quarterly basis in
arrears; and (B) due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and
December (in each case for the calendar quarter then ending), commencing with the first such
date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the L/C Expiration Date and
thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter,
then the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed
and
multiplied
by the Applicable Rate per day separately for each period during such quarter
that such Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, while any Event of Default exists, all such fees shall accrue at the Default Rate
unless waived by Bank in writing.
(d)
Computation and Payment
. Interest and fees shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year, actual days elapsed. Interest shall be payable at the times and place set forth in
each promissory note or other instrument or document required hereby.
(e)
Default Rate
. From and after the Maturity Date, or at Banks option upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all outstanding Obligations shall
bear interest at the Default Rate. Accrued and unpaid interest at the Default Rate shall be due
and payable upon demand.
(f)
Interest Payments
. Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein.
Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof both
before and after judgment, and both before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law.
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(g)
Taxes and Costs
. Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand, in addition
to any other amounts due or to become due hereunder, any and all (i) withholdings, interest
equalization taxes, stamp taxes or other taxes (except income and franchise taxes) imposed by any
domestic or foreign governmental authority and related in any manner to LIBOR, and (ii) future,
supplemental, emergency or other changes in the LIBOR Reserve Percentage, assessment rates imposed
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or similar requirements or costs imposed by any
domestic or foreign governmental authority or resulting from compliance by Bank with any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other governmental
authority and related in any manner to LIBOR to the extent they are not included in the calculation
of LIBOR. In determining which of the foregoing are attributable to any LIBOR option available to
Borrower hereunder, any reasonable allocation made by Bank among its operations shall be conclusive
and binding upon Borrower.
(h)
Inability to Determine LIBOR
. If Bank determines (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining
the LIBOR of any Fixed Rate Term, or it is unlawful for Bank to make or maintain credit extensions
with reference to LIBOR, or LIBOR for any Fixed Rate Term will not adequately and fairly reflect
the cost to Bank of making or maintaining any Loan accruing interest at such rate as a consequence
of a change of Laws or otherwise, Bank shall give notice thereof to Borrower and Bank and Borrower
shall negotiate in good faith to find a substitute rate or interest.
(i)
Breakage Costs
. In the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any Fixed
Rate Term Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a
result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment, (ii) the conversion of any Fixed
Rate Term Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (iii) the
failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Fixed Rate Term Loan on the date specified in
any notice delivered pursuant hereto, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate Bank
for the loss and reasonable cost and expense attributable to such event. A certificate of Bank
setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of any amount or amounts that Bank is entitled
to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to Borrower. Borrower shall pay Bank the
amount shown as due on any such certificate within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.3. COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS. Borrower authorizes Bank to collect all principal,
interest and fees due under each credit subject hereto by charging deposit account number
4038174405 with Bank, or any other deposit account maintained by any Loan Party with Bank, for the
full amount thereof. Should there be insufficient funds in any such deposit account to pay all
such sums when due, the full amount of such deficiency shall be immediately due and payable by
Borrower.
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SECTION 2.4. COLLATERAL.
(a) As security for all indebtedness and other Obligations of Borrower to Bank hereunder or
under any of the Loan Documents, Borrower hereby grants to Bank security interests of first
priority in all Collateral in which Borrower has any right, title or interest, whether now existing
or hereafter arising, acquired or created. In addition, each Subsidiary Guarantor
party hereto hereby grants to Bank, and Borrower shall cause each additional Subsidiary Guarantor
to grant to Bank, as security for all Obligations, security interests of first priority in all
Collateral in which such Subsidiary Guarantor has any right, title or interest, whether now
existing or hereafter arising, acquired or created. All of the foregoing shall be evidenced by and
subject to the terms of such security agreements, financing statements, deeds or mortgages, and
other documents as Bank shall reasonably require, all in form and substance satisfactory to Bank.
Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand the full amount of all charges, costs and
expenses (to include reasonable fees paid to third parties), expended or incurred by Bank in
connection with any of the foregoing security, including filing and recording fees and costs of
appraisals, audits and title insurance.
(b) Unless and until requested by Bank in its sole discretion, none of the Owned Real Estate
and none of Borrowers or any Loan Partys interest in any of the Material Leased Real Estate shall
be required to be subject to a Lien in favor of Bank as Collateral security for the Obligations.
The leasehold interest of Borrower or any other Loan Party in any real property, other than (if
requested) with respect to any of the Material Leased Real Estate, shall not be required to be
subject to a Lien in favor of Bank as Collateral security for the Obligations.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to Bank, which representations and
warranties shall survive the execution of this Agreement and shall continue in full force and
effect until the full and final payment, and satisfaction and discharge, of all obligations of
Borrower to Bank subject to this Agreement.
SECTION 3.1. LEGAL STATUS. Borrower is a corporation, duly organized and existing and in good
standing under the laws of Delaware, and is qualified or licensed to do business (and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation, if applicable) in all jurisdictions in which such qualification
or licensing is required or in which the failure to so qualify or to be so licensed could have a
Material Adverse Effect. Each Subsidiary of Borrower is a corporation, partnership or limited
liability company duly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation, and is qualified or licensed to do
business (and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability
company, if applicable) in all jurisdictions in which such qualification or licensing is required
or in which the failure to so qualify or to be so licensed could have a Material Adverse Effect.
Schedule 3.1
correctly identifies the jurisdiction of organization of each of Borrower and
each of its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof.
SECTION 3.2. AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY. This Agreement and each Loan Document have been duly
authorized, and upon their execution and delivery in accordance with the provisions hereof and
thereof will constitute legal, valid and binding agreements and obligations of Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto, or the party which executes the same, enforceable in accordance
with their respective terms, except, as to enforceability, as may be limited by Bankruptcy Laws and
the availability of equitable remedies.
SECTION 3.3. NO VIOLATION. The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor of each of the Loan Documents do not violate any provision of any law or
regulation, or contravene any provision of such Persons Organizational Documents, or result in any
breach of or default under any material contract, obligation, indenture or other
instrument to which Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or by which Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor may be bound.
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SECTION 3.4. LITIGATION. There are no pending, or to Borrowers or any Subsidiary Guarantors
actual knowledge after due inquiry (based upon the litigation search reports by CT Corporation
dated November 19, November 22 and November 23, 2010, respectively, attached as
Schedule
3.4A
) threatened, actions, claims, investigations, suits or proceedings by or before any
Governmental Authority, arbitrator, court or administrative agency which could have a Material
Adverse Effect other than those disclosed to Bank on
Schedule 3.4
hereto.
SECTION 3.5. CORRECTNESS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The annual consolidated and consolidating
financial statements of Borrower dated December 31, 2009, and all interim financial statements
delivered to Bank since such date, true copies of which have been delivered by Borrower to Bank
prior to the date hereof, (a) are complete and correct and present fairly the financial condition
of Borrower and each Subsidiary, (b) disclose all liabilities of Borrower and each Subsidiary that
are required to be reflected or reserved against under GAAP, whether liquidated or unliquidated,
fixed or contingent, and (c) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
Since the December 31, 2009, there has been no Material Adverse Effect except as disclosed to Bank
on
Schedule 3.5
hereto, nor has Borrower or any Subsidiary mortgaged, pledged, granted a
security interest in or otherwise encumbered any of its assets or properties except in favor of
Bank or as otherwise permitted hereunder.
SECTION 3.6. INCOME TAX RETURNS. Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor has any
knowledge of any pending material assessments or adjustments of its income tax payable with respect
to any year.
SECTION 3.7. NO SUBORDINATION. There is no agreement, indenture, contract or instrument to
which Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or by which Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor may be bound that requires the subordination in right of payment of any of Borrowers or
any Subsidiary Guarantors obligations subject to this Agreement to any other obligation of
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor.
SECTION 3.8. PERMITS, FRANCHISES. Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries possesses, and will
hereafter possess, all material permits, consents, approvals, franchises and licenses required and
rights to all trademarks, trade names, patents, and fictitious names, if any, necessary to enable
it to conduct the business in which it is now engaged in compliance in all material respects with
applicable law.
SECTION 3.9. ERISA. Borrower and each Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects
with all applicable provisions of ERISA; Borrower has not, and none of its Subsidiaries has,
violated any provision of any Plan maintained or contributed to by Borrower or such Subsidiary; no
Reportable Event (as defined in ERISA) has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Plan
initiated by Borrower or any Subsidiary; Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has met its minimum
funding requirements under ERISA with respect to each Plan; and each Plan will be able to fulfill
its benefit obligations as they come due in accordance with the Plan documents and under GAAP.
SECTION 3.10. OTHER OBLIGATIONS. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default
on any material obligation for borrowed money, any purchase money obligation or any other material
lease, commitment, contract, instrument or obligation and no condition exists which, with the
giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, could constitute such a default,
except where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if any, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 3.11. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.11
hereto,
each of Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable federal or state environmental, hazardous waste, health and safety statutes, and any
rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, which govern or affect such Persons operations
and/or properties, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Federal Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, and the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, as any of the
same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. None of the operations of
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating
whether any remedial action involving a material expenditure is needed to respond to a release of
any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment. None of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries has any material contingent liability in connection with any release of any toxic or
hazardous waste or substance into the environment.
SECTION 3.12. SUBSIDIARIES. Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary owns any Equity Interest,
directly or indirectly, in any Person other than the Persons set forth on
Schedule 3.12
hereto, which accurately and completely reflects the capital and ownership of such Person.
SECTION 3.13. TRUTH, ACCURACY OF INFORMATION. To the best of each Loan Partys knowledge, no
statement of financial or other information furnished by Borrower or any other Loan Party to Bank
in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents contains any untrue statement
of material fact or omits a material fact necessary to make the statement not misleading in light
of all of the circumstances existing on the date the statement was made, including such
circumstances or other factual information previously furnished by Borrower or any other Loan Party
to Bank. Any projections and pro forma financial information contained in such materials are based
upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by Borrower to be reasonable at the time made,
it being recognized by Bank that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts
and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ
from the projected results. There are no facts known (or which should upon the reasonable exercise
of diligence be known) to Borrower or any other Loan Party (other than matters of a general
economic nature) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect and that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents,
certificates and statements furnished to Bank for use in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
SECTION 3.14. FICTITIOUS NAMES. The only fictitious names used by Borrower or any other Loan
Party are set forth on
Schedule 3.14
hereto.
SECTION 3.15. MUTUAL BENEFIT. The funds that have been and are to be borrowed from Bank by
Borrower have been and are to be contemporaneously paid to or used for the benefit of each Loan
Party. It is the position, intent and expectation of the parties that each of Borrower and each
other Loan Party has derived and will continue to derive significant, substantial and direct
benefits from the accommodations that have been made by Bank under the Loan Documents and that each
of Borrower and each other Loan Party has received at least reasonably equivalent value (as such
phrase is used in Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code) and more than sufficient consideration to
support the indebtedness, obligations, liens and security interests created under the Loan
Documents and all repayments or other transfers
made or to be made to Bank. To the extent, if any, that funds are transferred by any of Borrower
or any Loan Party to Borrower or any other Loan Party, as the case may be, which such recipient
intends to be used to repay Bank, it is the position, intent and expectation of the parties that:
(a) such funds shall in fact be used to contemporaneously repay Bank; (b) to the maximum extent
permitted by law, these transfers constitute contemporaneous exchanges for value given to the
transferor and, therefore, shall qualify for the protection and benefits of Section 547(c) of the
Bankruptcy Code; and (c) in any event, Bank, as the immediate transferee of such funds, shall take
them in good faith and without knowledge of the voidability of the transfer as between Borrower
and such other Loan Party or as between Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be, if any, as those
phrases are used in Section 550(b) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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To the extent that any payment or collateral proceeds received by Bank is subsequently avoided
or otherwise required to be paid over to any other person or entity, then the obligation or
indebtedness which had been paid, reduced or satisfied by such payment or receipt of collateral
proceeds shall be reinstated and continued in full force and effect as of the date such initial
payment, reduction or satisfaction occurred.
SECTION 3.16. SOLVENCY. Borrower and each other Loan Party, taken individually, is solvent,
able to pay its debts generally as such debts mature, and has capital sufficient to carry on its
businesses and all businesses in which it is about to engage. The saleable value of Borrowers and
each other Loan Partys total assets at a fair valuation, and at a present fair saleable value, is
great than the amount of Borrowers or such other Loan Partys total obligations. None of Borrower
or any other Loan Party will be rendered insolvent by the execution or delivery of this Agreement
or of any of the other Loan Documents or by the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 3.17. MARGIN STOCK. Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged
principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the Loans made to
Borrower will be used to purchase or carry any such margin stock or to extend credit to others for
the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock or for any purpose that violates, or is
inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
SECTION 3.18. ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS.
(a) No Loan Party, and to such Loan Partys knowledge none of their respective Affiliates, is
in violation of, and shall not violate, any Laws relating to terrorism or money laundering
(
Anti-Terrorism Laws
), including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective
September 24, 2001 (the
Executive Order
), and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56 (the
USA PATRIOT Act
);
(b) No Loan Party and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no Affiliate or broker or other
agent of any Loan Party acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with any extension of
credit hereunder is any of the following: (i) a person that is listed in the annex to, or is
otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order; (ii) a person owned or controlled by,
or acting for or on behalf of, any person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject
to the provisions of, the Executive Order; (iii) a person with which any Lender is prohibited from
dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law; (iv) a person that
commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports terrorism as defined in the Executive
Order; or (v) a person that is named as a specially designated national and blocked person on the
most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control
(
OFAC
) at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official
publication of such list.
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(c) No Loan Party and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no broker or other agent of any
Loan Party acting in any capacity in connection with any credit extension hereunder (i) conducts
any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or
for the benefit of any person described in paragraph (b) above, (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages
in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the
Executive Order, (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids,
or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set
forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iv) is in violation of, and shall not violate, any of the
county or list based economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC as published
from time to time.
SECTION 3.19 REAL PROPERTY. As of the Closing Date,
Schedule 3.19
contains a true,
accurate and complete list of (a) all Owned Real Estate and (b) all Material Leased Real Estate.
Except as disclosed on
Schedule 3.19
, none of the Owned Real Estate is subject to any
leases, subleases or assignments of leases. The lease (or sublease) for each Material Leased Real
Estate listed in
Schedule 3.19
is, to Borrowers knowledge, in full force and effect and
Borrower does not have knowledge of any material default that has occurred and is continuing
thereunder.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS
SECTION 4.1. CONDITIONS OF INITIAL EXTENSION OF CREDIT. The obligation of Bank to extend any
credit contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment to Banks satisfaction of all
of the following conditions:
(a)
Approval of Bank Counsel
. All legal matters incidental to the extension of credit
by Bank shall be reasonably satisfactory to Banks counsel.
(b)
Documentation
. Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to
Bank, each of the following, duly executed:
(i) This Agreement, the Line of Credit Note, the Security Agreements and the
other Security Documents, and the Loan Documents.
(ii) Authorizing resolutions and incumbency certificates from or on behalf of
Borrower and each other Loan Party certified as of the date hereof by the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of Borrower or such other Loan Party, as applicable.
(iv) A true and correct copy of Borrowers and each other Loan Partys
Organizational Documents, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of
such Persons jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation, as applicable,
and certified as of the date hereof to be a true and correct copy thereof by a
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Borrower or such other Loan Party, as applicable.
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(v) A good standing and/or tax good standing certificate for Borrower and each
other Loan Party from each such Persons jurisdiction of organization and each other
jurisdiction reasonably requested by Bank as of a recent date, and, if requested by
Bank, a bring-down certificate by facsimile dated on or about the Closing Date.
(vi) All security agreements, pledge agreements, guaranties, UCC-1 financing
statements, UCC amendments and other documentation from Borrower, each other Loan Party
and each other Person required by Bank for the creation, perfection and preservation of
the personal property security interests described in
Section 2.4
hereof or in
any Security Document, including, if requested by Bank, the original stock certificates
of each other Loan Party and current UCC searches covering Borrower and each other Loan
Party from such jurisdictions as Bank shall require.
(vii) A legal opinion from counsel to Borrower and the other Loan Parties in form and
substance satisfactory to Bank.
(viii) Such other documents as Bank may require under any other Section of this Agreement.
(c)
Financial Condition
. There shall have been no material adverse change, as
reasonably determined by Bank, in the financial condition or business of Borrower, any other Loan
Party, nor any material decline, as reasonably determined by Bank, in the market value of any
Collateral required hereunder.
(d)
Insurance
. Borrower shall have delivered to Bank evidence of insurance coverage
on all Borrowers and each other Loan Partys property, in form, substance, amounts, covering risks
and issued by companies reasonably satisfactory to Bank, and where required by Bank, with loss
payable endorsements in favor of Bank.
(e)
Note Issuance
. Bank shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that the
Borrower has closed, or is in a position immediately to close, its offering of senior unsecured
notes maturing in 2016 (the
Note Offering
).
(f)
Existing Credit Facilities
. Bank shall have received a copy of a payoff letter
and release and extinguishment of rights executed by the Existing Agent (as defined below) and such
other evidence satisfactory to it that all obligations owing under the Credit and Guaranty
Agreement dated as of December 6, 2007 (as amended from time to time, the
Existing Credit
Agreement
) among American Reprographics Company, L.L.C., as Borrower, Borrower and certain other
subsidiaries thereof as Guarantors, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the
"
Existing Agen
t), and the Persons party thereto as Lenders, shall have been (or upon application
of the proceeds of the Note Offering or the initial extension of credit hereunder will be) paid in
full, that the commitments of the Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have terminated
and the Liens that secure any of the obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement are
terminated.
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SECTION 4.2. CONDITIONS OF EACH EXTENSION OF CREDIT. The obligation of Bank to make each
extension of credit requested by Borrower hereunder shall be subject to the fulfillment to Banks
satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
(a)
Compliance
. The representations and warranties contained herein and in each of
the other Loan Documents shall be true on and as of the date of the signing of this Agreement
and on the date of each extension of credit by Bank pursuant hereto, with the same effect as though
such representations and warranties had been made on and as of each such date, and on each such
date, no Event of Default as defined herein, and no condition, event or act which with the giving
of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute such an Event of Default, shall have
occurred and be continuing or shall exist.
(b)
Documentation
. Bank shall have received all additional documents which may be
required in connection with such extension of credit.
ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor covenant that so long as Bank remains committed to
extend credit to Borrower pursuant hereto, or any liabilities (whether direct or contingent,
liquidated or unliquidated) of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to Bank under any of the Loan
Documents remain outstanding, and until payment in full of all obligations of Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor subject hereto, Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall, unless Bank
otherwise consents in writing:
SECTION 5.1. PUNCTUAL PAYMENTS. Punctually pay all principal, interest, fees or other
liabilities due under any of the Loan Documents at the times and place and in the manner specified
therein.
SECTION 5.2. ACCOUNTING RECORDS. Maintain adequate books and records in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, and permit any representative of Bank, at any reasonable time, to inspect,
audit and examine such books and records, to make copies of the same, and to inspect the properties
of Borrower (specifically excluding, however, any such books or records (a) subject to the attorney
client privilege or (b) to the extent they include personnel, medical and similar records which the
Borrower is not permitted by law to disclose). Without limiting the foregoing, annually, permit
Bank, or Banks employees, accountants, attorneys or agents, to conduct, with respect to each such
Person, examinations and inspections of any collateral required hereby or any other property of
Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable. Such examination and inspection shall be conducted
during ordinary business hours and upon five (5) Business Days advance notice (unless an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in which case no notice shall be required).
SECTION 5.3. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION. Provide to Bank all of the
following, in form and detail satisfactory to Bank:
(a) upon the earlier of the date that is 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower
or the date such information is filed with the SEC, the consolidated and consolidating balance
sheets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related
consolidated and consolidating statements of income or operations, changes in shareholders equity,
and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, such
consolidated statements to be audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent
certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing acceptable to Bank, which report and
opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be
subject to any going concern or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception
as to the scope of such audit, and such consolidating statements to be certified by a Responsible
Officer of Borrower to the effect
that such statements are fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the
consolidated financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
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(b) upon the earlier of the date that is 45 days after the end of each of the first three
fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Borrower or the date such information is filed with the SEC,
a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of
such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of income or
operations, changes in shareholders equity, and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the
portion of Borrowers fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding
portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, such consolidated statements to be
certified by a Responsible Officer of Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition,
results of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes and such consolidating statements to be certified by a Responsible Officer of Borrower to
the effect that such statements are fairly stated in all material respects when considered in
relation to the consolidated financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(c) contemporaneously with each quarterly and annual financial statement of Borrower required
by
Section 5.3(a)
and
(b)
, a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by an
appropriate Responsible Officer of Borrower;
(d) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to any
holder of debt securities of Borrower or of any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any
indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to Bank
pursuant to this Agreement;
(e) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial
statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of Borrower, and copies of all
annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which Borrower may file
or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or with any national securities exchange, and in any case not otherwise required to be
delivered to Bank pursuant hereto; Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this
Section
5.3(e)
(to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the
SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the date (i) on which Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on Borrowers
website on the Internet at the website address listed in its signature block hereto; or (ii) on
which such documents are posted on Borrowers behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to
which Bank has access; provided that Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to Bank
upon request.
(f) promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof by Borrower or
any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or
comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible
investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of
Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof; and
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(g) As soon as practicable and in any event no later than ninety (90) days after the beginning
of each fiscal year, a consolidated plan and financial forecast for such fiscal year and each
fiscal year (or portion thereof) through the final maturity date of the Loans (a Financial Plan),
including (i) a forecasted consolidated balance sheet and forecasted consolidated
statements of income and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each such fiscal year,
together with pro forma Compliance Certificates for each such fiscal year and an explanation of the
assumptions on which such forecasts are based, (ii) forecasted consolidated statements of income
and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each month of such fiscal year, (iii) forecasts
demonstrating projected compliance with the requirements of
Section 5.9
through the final
maturity date of the Loans and (iv) forecasts demonstrating adequate liquidity through the final
maturity date of the Loans without giving effect to any additional debt or equity offerings not
reflected in the Projections, together, in each case, with an explanation of the assumptions on
which such forecasts are based all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Bank;
(h) from time to time such other information as Bank may reasonably request.
SECTION 5.4. COMPLIANCE. Preserve and maintain all licenses, permits, governmental approvals,
rights, privileges and franchises necessary for the conduct of its business; and comply with the
provisions of all documents pursuant to which Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor is organized
and/or which govern Borrowers or such Subsidiary Guarantors continued existence and with the
requirements of all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to
Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor and/or such Persons business except where such failure could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.5. INSURANCE. Maintain and keep in force, for each business in which Borrower and
each of its Subsidiaries is engaged, insurance of the types and in amounts customarily carried in
similar lines of business, including but not limited to fire, extended coverage, public liability,
flood, property damage and workers compensation, with all such insurance carried with companies
and in amounts reasonably satisfactory to Bank, and deliver to Bank from time to time at Banks
request schedules setting forth all insurance then in effect.
SECTION 5.6. FACILITIES. Keep all properties useful and necessary to Borrowers and each of
its Subsidiaries business in good repair and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), and from
time to time make necessary repairs, renewals and replacements thereto so that such properties
shall be fully and efficiently preserved and maintained.
SECTION 5.7. TAXES AND OTHER LIABILITIES. Pay and discharge when due any and all
indebtedness, obligations, assessments and taxes, both real or personal, including without
limitation federal and state income taxes and state and local property taxes and assessments,
except (a) such as Borrower or such Subsidiary may in good faith contest or as to which a bona fide
dispute may arise, and (b) for which Borrower or such Subsidiary has made provision, to Banks
satisfaction, for eventual payment thereof in the event Borrower or such Subsidiary is obligated to
make such payment.
SECTION 5.8. LITIGATION. Promptly give notice in writing to Bank of any litigation pending or
threatened in writing against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with a stated claim (a) in excess
of Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000.00) or (b) that could reasonably be expected to have or result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.9. FINANCIAL CONDITION. Maintain Borrowers financial condition as follows, with
compliance determined commencing with Borrowers financial statements for the period ending
December 31, 2010:
(a) Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio not greater than the corresponding ratio as set forth
below, on a rolling 4-quarter basis determined on the last day of each fiscal quarter:
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Leverage Ratio
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December 31, 2010 through September 30, 2011
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4.35 : 1.00
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December 31, 2011 through September 30, 2012
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4.25 : 1.00
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December 31, 2012 through September 30, 2013
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4.15 : 1.00
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December 31, 2013 thereafter
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4.00 : 1.00
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(b) Maximum Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Leverage Ratio not greater than 1.50 : 1.00, on a
rolling 4-quarter basis determined on the last day of each fiscal quarter.
(c) Minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio not less than the corresponding ratio as set
forth below, on a rolling 4-quarter basis determined on the last day of each fiscal quarter:
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Rolling 4-Quarters At
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Maximum Consolidated
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Fiscal Quarter End
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Leverage Ratio
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December 31, 2010 through September 30, 2011
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1.70 : 1.00
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December 31, 2011 thereafter
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1.75 : 1.00
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SECTION 5.10. NOTICE TO BANK. Promptly (but in no event more than ten (10) days after the
occurrence of each such event or matter) give written notice to Bank in reasonable detail of: (a)
the occurrence of any Event of Default, or any condition, event or act which with the giving of
notice or the passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default; (b) any change in the
name, the organizational structure or jurisdiction of organization of Borrower or any other Loan
Party; (c) the occurrence and nature of any Reportable Event or Prohibited Transaction, each as
defined in ERISA, or any funding deficiency with respect to any Plan; or (d) any termination or
cancellation of any insurance policy which Borrower or any other Loan Party is required to
maintain, or any uninsured or partially uninsured loss through liability or property damage, or
through fire, theft or any other cause affecting Borrowers property in excess of an aggregate of
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00).
SECTION 5.11. SUBSIDIARIES. In the event that any Person becomes a Domestic Subsidiary of
Borrower, Borrower shall (a) promptly cause such Domestic Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary
Guarantor hereunder and a grantor under the Security Agreements by executing and delivering a
Joinder Agreement and a supplement to the Security Agreement in the form attached thereto, and (b)
take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such
documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar to those described in
Section 4.1(b),
or as reasonably requested by Bank. In the event that any Person becomes a
Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower, Borrower shall deliver or shall cause to be delivered all such
documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar to those described in
Section 4.1(b)(iv)
, and Borrower shall take, or shall cause its Domestic Subsidiary to
take, all of the actions necessary or reasonably requested by Bank to grant and to perfect a first
priority Lien in favor of Bank under the Security Agreements in the lesser of (i) 65% of the Equity
Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary and (ii) all of the Equity Interests of such Foreign
Subsidiary owned by Borrower or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries. With respect to each such
Subsidiary, Borrower shall promptly send to Bank written notice setting forth with respect to such
Person (i) the date on which such Person became a Subsidiary of Borrower, and (ii) all of the
information required to be set forth in
Schedules 3.1
and
3.12
with respect to all
Subsidiaries of Borrower;
provided
that such written notice shall be deemed to supplement
Schedules 3.1
and
3.12
for all purposes hereof.
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SECTION 5.12. CASH MANAGEMENT; DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS.
(a) Borrower and each other Loan Party shall establish and maintain with Bank their primary
cash management services of a type and on terms reasonably satisfactory to Bank. Each deposit
account of Borrower and each other Loan Party (
Deposit Account
), if not maintained with Bank,
shall be maintained with one or more other financial institutions at all times reasonably
acceptable to Bank (each a
Cash Management Bank
), and if requested by Bank in its discretion, be
subject to a control agreement (a
Deposit Account Control Agreement
) entered into with Bank, the
applicable Loan Party and such Cash Management Bank, which shall provide, among other things, that
(i) the Cash Management Bank will comply with any instructions originated by Bank directing the
disposition of the funds in such Deposit Account without further consent by Borrower or any other
Loan Party, as applicable, and (ii) the Cash Management Bank has no rights of setoff or recoupment
or any other claim against the applicable Deposit Account, other than for payment of its service
fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such Deposit Account and for
returned checks or other items of payment.
(b) Each Cash Management Bank and each Deposit Account existing as of the Closing Date is set
forth on
Schedule 5.12
. So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, Borrower may amend
Schedule 5.12
to add or replace a Cash Management Bank or
Deposit Account, within 30 days after establishing such Deposit Account; provided, that such
additional Cash Management Bank shall be reasonably satisfactory to Bank.
(c) In the event that Bank shall request Borrower or any other Loan Party to deliver a Deposit
Account Control Agreement with respect to any Deposit Account held with a Cash Management Bank,
Borrower and each other Loan Party shall deliver to Bank a Deposit Account Control Agreement fully
executed by all parties thereto other than Bank within 30 days after such request, or such later
date as Bank may permit in its reasonable discretion so long as Bank is satisfied that Borrower or
such other Loan Party is using its diligent efforts to deliver a Deposit Account Control Agreement;
provided, that in such instance, Bank may limit the aggregate amounts that can be held in such
Deposit Accounts after such 30 day period, or immediately if a Default or Event of Default then
exists.
SECTION 5.13. REAL PROPERTY ASSETS. Upon request by Bank, provide Bank with a complete and
current list of its Real Property Assets and such further information with respect thereto as
reasonably requested by Bank; and with respect to any Real Property Asset required to be included
in the Collateral, promptly after request by Bank, (a) execute and deliver to Bank, such mortgages,
deeds of trust, leasehold deeds of trust, assignments of rents and other collateral assignment
documents, and landlord or other third party estoppels, consents and attornments, all in form and
substance satisfactory to Bank, as Bank may reasonably request, to grant to Bank a Lien on and
ensure access to such Real Property Asset and any related fixtures and other Collateral, subject to
no other Liens except as permitted in writing by Bank with respect to such Real Property Asset; and
(b) deliver or cause to be delivered to Bank, at Borrowers expense, (i) a Phase I environmental
report, (ii) an appraisal report prepared for
Bank by a state certified appraiser selected by the Bank, which appraisal report shall describe the
fair market value of such Real Property Asset, and which report shall meet or exceed the
requirements of applicable law for appraisals prepared for federally insured depository
institutions; and (iii) an ALTA lenders title insurance policy insuring the Lien of the Bank on
the premises subject to the Lien of the deed of trust or mortgage to be a valid, first mortgage
lien subject to no defects or objections except those permitted by Bank in writing, together with
such endorsements as the Bank may reasonably require.
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ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor further covenant that so long as Bank remains committed
to extend credit to Borrower pursuant hereto, or any liabilities (whether direct or contingent,
liquidated or unliquidated) of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to Bank under any of the Loan
Documents remain outstanding, and until payment in full of all obligations of Borrower subject
hereto, Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor will not and Borrower will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, without in each instance Banks prior written consent:
SECTION 6.1. USE OF FUNDS. Use any of the proceeds of any credit extended hereunder except
for the purposes stated in Article I hereof.
SECTION 6.2. CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. Make any additional cash investment in fixed assets in any
fiscal year in an aggregate amount for Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess of Twenty-Five
Million Dollars ($25,000,000).
SECTION 6.3. [OMITTED.]
SECTION 6.4. OTHER DEBT. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Debt, except:
(a) the liabilities of Borrower to Bank, including pursuant to Swap Contracts entered into
with Bank;
(b) Debt outstanding on the date hereof and listed on
Schedule 6.4(b
)
and any
refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof;
provided
that: (i) the amount of such
Debt is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an
amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses
reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing
commitments unutilized thereunder; and (ii) the terms relating to principal amount, amortization,
maturity, collateral (if any) and subordination (if any), and other material terms taken as a
whole, of any such refinancing, refunding, renewing or extending Debt, and of any agreement entered
into and of any instrument issued in connection therewith, are no less favorable in any material
respect to the Loan Parties or Bank than the terms of any agreement or instrument governing the
Debt being refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended and the interest rate applicable to any such
refinancing, refunding, renewing or extending Debt does not exceed the then applicable market
interest rate;
(c) Debt of any Foreign Subsidiary, inclusive of amounts listed on
Schedule 6.4(b)
,
(i) owing to a Loan Party to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder and (ii) owing to any
Person other than a Loan Party in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $25,000,000 plus
the Unused Covenant Allocation Amount;
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(d) Guarantees (i) by Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower of Debt of Borrower or any other
Loan Party owing to Bank or any of its Affiliates; (ii) by Borrower or any other Loan Party of Debt
otherwise permitted hereunder of Borrower or any other Loan Party,
provided
both before and
immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default exists or would result therefrom, including as
a consequence of failure to comply with any of the financial covenants set forth in Section 5.9;
(iii) by any Foreign Subsidiary of Debt otherwise permitted hereunder of such Foreign Subsidiary;
(iv) by Borrower or any other Loan Party of Debt otherwise permitted hereunder of any Foreign
Subsidiary,
provided
that the aggregate outstanding amount of all Debt so guaranteed shall not at
any time exceed $25,000,000; and (v) by Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower permitted pursuant
to
Section 6.6
;
(e) Debt (i) with respect to capital leases or Synthetic Lease Obligations and (ii) that
constitutes purchase money Debt (including Debt with respect to assets acquired in connection with
a Permitted Acquisition) that is secured by a Permitted Lien pursuant to Section 6.9(n);
provided
that the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the immediately
preceding fiscal quarter, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of any such
Debt as if was incurred on such date, does not exceed 1.50 : 1.00.
(f) Debt of Borrower, American Reprographics Company, LLC and ARC Acquisition Corporation with
respect to Earn-Out Obligations;
provided
that such Earn-Out Obligations also conform to the
requirement of clause (d) of the definition of Permitted Acquisition; and
(g) unsecured Debt not otherwise permitted under subsections (a) through (f) inclusive of this
Section 6.4
in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed at any time
$30,000,000 plus the Unused Covenant Allocation Amount.
SECTION 6.5. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, PERMITTED ACQUISITIONS, TRANSFER OF ASSETS.
(a) Merge into or consolidate with any other Person if, with respect to any Subsidiary, the
surviving Person is not (directly or indirectly) a wholly owned Subsidiary of Borrower and, with
respect to Borrower, the surviving Person is not the Borrower;
(b) make any substantial change in the nature of Borrowers or any Subsidiary Guarantors
business as conducted or proposed to be conducted as of the date hereof;
(c) other than pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition, acquire Equity Interests in or all or
substantially all of the assets of any other Person; nor
(d) consummate any Asset Sales unless (i) Borrower (or the Subsidiary, as the case may be)
receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the
assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise Disposed of, and at least 75% of the
consideration received in the Asset Sale by Borrower or such Subsidiary is in the form of cash or
eligible Cash Equivalents, or (ii) such Asset Sale is in respect of equipment in connection with
Permitted Sale-Leasebacks,
provided
that the proceeds of any such Permitted Sale-Leaseback shall be
entirely in cash and shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the equipment being
sold (determined in good faith by the board of directors of Borrower (or similar governing body)).
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SECTION 6.6. GUARANTIES. Guarantee or become liable in any way as surety, endorser (other
than as endorser of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business), accommodation endorser or otherwise for, nor pledge or hypothecate any assets of
Borrower as security for, any liabilities or obligations of any other person or entity, except any
of the foregoing (i) in favor of Bank; (ii) as permitted pursuant to
Section 6.4(d)
; (iii)
in respect of performance, surety, statutory, appeal or similar obligations otherwise permitted
hereunder incurred in the ordinary course of business but excluding guaranties with respect to any
obligations for borrowed money); and (iv) guaranties in the ordinary course of business of the
obligations (other than obligations for borrowed money) of suppliers, customers, franchisees and
licensees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 6.7. INVESTMENTS. Make any Investments in any Person, except:
(a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;
(b) Investments arising from transactions by Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof with customers
or suppliers in the ordinary course of business, including Investments (including debt obligations)
received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers and suppliers and in
settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in
the ordinary course of business;
(c) advances to officers, directors, employees, shareholders, partners or members of Borrower
or any Subsidiary thereof for travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business
purposes in a maximum aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $5,000,000;
(d) (i) Investments of Borrower in any Subsidiary Guarantor; (ii) Investments of any
Subsidiary Guarantor in any other Subsidiary Guarantor; (iii) Investments of any Subsidiary in
Borrower; (iv) Investments of Borrower or any wholly owned Subsidiary thereof consisting of Equity
Interests disclosed on
Schedule 3.12
; and (v) following the Closing Date, Investments of
Borrower or any wholly owned Subsidiary thereof in: Foreign Subsidiaries and Foreign Joint
Ventures in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $25,000,000 for all such Foreign
Subsidiaries and Foreign Joint Ventures;
(e) Investments made for the benefit of employees of Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof for
the purposes of deferred compensation;
(f) Guarantees permitted by
Section 6.4(d)
;
(g) Investments consisting of Swap Contracts permitted by
Section 6.4(a)
;
(h) Investments consisting of Capital Expenditures permitted by
Section 6.2
; and
(i) Investments not to exceed $30,000,000.
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SECTION 6.8 RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted
Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except:
(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to Borrower and to wholly owned Subsidiaries
(and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly owned Subsidiary, to
Borrower and any Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro
rata basis based on their relative ownership interests);
(b) Borrower and each Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions
payable solely in common Equity Interests of such Person;
(c) Borrower may declare and make other Restricted Payments, up to the Restricted Payments
Permitted Amount, so long as (i) no Default exists at the time of the making of such Restricted
Payment or results or would result by virtue of the making thereof and (ii) Borrower, after giving
effect to such Restricted Payments (and any other Restricted Payments pursuant to this
Section
6.8
) on a pro forma basis, would be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in
Section 5.9
as of the end of the fiscal quarter most recently ended, as if such Restricted
Payments were made during such fiscal quarter;
provided
that Borrower shall not make any Restricted
Payment in respect of any of the Senior Unsecured Notes triggered by any calculation of excess
cash flow without Banks prior written consent.
SECTION 6.9. PLEDGE OF ASSETS. Mortgage, pledge, grant or permit to exist a Lien upon all or
any portion of Borrowers or any Subsidiarys assets now owned or hereafter acquired, except any of
the following (
Permitted Liens
):
(a) any Lien in favor of Bank;
(b) any Lien existing on the date hereof and listed on
Schedule 6.10
and any renewals
or extensions thereof, provided that: (i) the property covered thereby is not changed; (ii) the
amount secured or benefited thereby is not increased; (iii) the direct or any contingent obligor
with respect thereto is not changed; and (iv) and any renewal or extension of the obligations
secured or benefited thereby is permitted by
Section 6.4(b)
;
(c) any Lien for tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies not yet due
or to the extent that non payment thereof is permitted by
Section 5.7
; provided that no
notice of lien has been filed or recorded under the Code;
(d) any landlords, growers, suppliers, producers, carriers, warehousemans, mechanics,
materialmans, repairmans or other like Lien arising in the ordinary course of business that is
not overdue for a period of more than thirty days or that is being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings timely instituted and diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with
respect thereto, if any, in accordance with GAAP are set aside on the financial statements of the
applicable Person;
(e) any pledge or deposit in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any Lien
imposed by ERISA;
(f) any deposit to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts or leases (other than
Debt), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation),
performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
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(g) any lease, utility access, sublease, easement, right of way, encroachment, restriction or
other similar encumbrance affecting real property that, when aggregated with all other such Liens,
is not substantial in amount, and that does not in any case materially detract
from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of
the business of the applicable Person;
(h) any Lien securing a judgment for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default
under
Section 7.1(f)
or securing an appeal or other surety bond related to any such
judgment;
(i) any Lien existing on any property prior to a Permitted Acquisition or existing on any
property of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower after the date hereof prior to the
time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower; provided that: (i) such Lien is not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such Permitted Acquisition or such Person becoming a
Subsidiary of Borrower as otherwise permitted hereunder, as the case may be; (ii) such Lien shall
not apply to any other property or assets of Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof; and (iii) such
Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such Permitted Acquisition
or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, as the case may be;
(j) any Lien securing obligations in respect of a capital lease on the assets subject to such
lease; provided that such capital lease is otherwise permitted hereunder;
(k) any Lien arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to
bankers liens, rights of set off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other
funds maintained with a creditor depository institution; provided that: (i) such deposit account
is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access by
Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the
FRB; and (ii) such deposit account is not intended by Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to provide
collateral to the depository institution;
(l) any Lien on assets of a Foreign Subsidiary securing Debt permitted under
Section
6.4(c)
;
(m) the right of a licensee under a license agreement entered into by Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof, as licensor, in the ordinary course of business for the use of intellectual
property or other intangible assets of Borrower or any such Subsidiary;
provided
that, in the case
of any such license granted by Borrower or any such Subsidiary on an exclusive basis: (i) such
Person shall have determined in its reasonable business judgment that such intellectual property or
other intangible assets are no longer useful in the ordinary course of business; (ii) such license
is for the use of intellectual property or other intangible assets in geographic regions in which
Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof does not have material operations or in connection with the
exploitation of any product not then produced or planned to be produced by Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof; or (iii) such license is granted in connection with a transaction otherwise
permitted by this Agreement in which a third party acquires the right to manufacture or sell any
product covered by such intellectual property or other intangible assets from Borrower or such
Subsidiary;
provided further
that, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this subsection (m),
Borrower or such Subsidiary has determined that it is in its best economic interest to grant such
license; and
(n) any Lien securing Debt permitted under
Section 6.4(e)
;
provided
that: (i) any
such Lien does not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by the
related Debt; and (ii) the Debt secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value,
whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of the acquisition thereof.
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SECTION 6.10. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Enter into any transaction of any kind with any
Affiliate of any Loan Party, irrespective of whether in the ordinary course of business, other than
on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower as
would be obtainable by such Person at the time in a comparable arms-length transaction with a
Person other than an Affiliate,
provided
that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to: (a)
transactions between or among Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor or between or among Subsidiary
Guarantors; (b) Restricted Payments permitted hereunder; and (c) Guarantees permitted by
Section 6.4(d)
.
SECTION 6.11 SALES AND LEASE BACKS. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or
other surety with respect to any lease (a
Sale-Leaseback
) of any property (whether real, personal
or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter required, which such Loan Party (a) has sold or
transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries), or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property which
has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Loan Party to any Person (other than Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries) in connection with such lease; provided, that the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries may enter into Sale-Leasebacks which are in the ordinary course of the Borrowers or
such Subsidiarys business, consistent with past practice and at market rates and subject to
compliance with
Section 6.5(d)(ii)
, with respect to equipment acquired by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date (
Permitted Sale Leasebacks
). For avoidance of doubt,
Sale-Leasebacks that result in capital leases shall be treated as Debt for all purposes of this
Agreement.
SECTION 6.12 SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES. Borrower shall not amend or modify any of the terms
applicable to the Senior Unsecured Notes unless such amendment or modification would not, as
determined by Bank in Banks reasonable discretion (confirmed by an opinion of counsel at
Borrowers expense if requested by Bank) (i) be or result in any conflict with this Agreement or
any of the other Loan Documents, (ii) adversely effect any of Banks rights or interests under this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or (iii) adversely effect Borrowers or any other
Loan Partys ability to perform and observe their respective obligations under this Agreement or
any of the other Loan Documents.
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 7.1. The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default
under this Agreement:
(a) Borrower shall fail to pay (i) when due any principal or interest payable under any of the
Loan Documents, or (ii) within five (5) Business Days after the same becomes due any other amount
payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(b) Any financial statement or certificate furnished to Bank in connection with, or any
representation or warranty made by Borrower or any other party under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document shall prove to be incorrect, false or misleading in any material respect when
furnished or made.
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(c) Any default in the performance of or compliance with any obligation, agreement or other
provision contained herein or in any other Loan Document (other than those specifically
described as an Event of Default in this
Section 7.1
), and with respect to any such
default that by its nature can be cured, such default shall continue for a period of twenty (20)
days from its occurrence.
(d) Any default in the payment or performance of any obligation, or any defined event of
default, under the terms of any contract, instrument or document (other than any of the Loan
Documents) pursuant to which Borrower, any guarantor hereunder or any general partner or joint
venturer in Borrower if a partnership or joint venture (with each such guarantor, general partner
and/or joint venturer referred to herein as a Third Party Obligor) has incurred any debt or other
liability to any person or entity, including Bank.
(e) Borrower or any Third Party Obligor shall become insolvent, or shall suffer or consent to
or apply for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator of itself or any of
its property, or shall generally fail to pay its debts as they become due, or shall make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; Borrower or any Third Party Obligor shall file a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy, or seeking reorganization, in order to effect a plan or other arrangement
with creditors or any other relief under the Bankruptcy Reform Act, Title 11 of the United States
Code, as amended or recodified from time to time (Bankruptcy Code), or under any state or federal
law granting relief to debtors, whether now or hereafter in effect; or Borrower or any Third Party
Obligor shall file an answer admitting the jurisdiction of the court and the material allegations
of any involuntary petition; or Borrower or any Third Party Obligor shall be adjudicated a
bankrupt, or an order for relief shall be entered against Borrower or any Third Party Obligor by
any court of competent jurisdiction under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law; or any
involuntary petition or proceeding pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law is
filed or commenced against Borrower or any Third Party Obligor unless dismissed within sixty (60)
days thereof.
(f) (i) There is entered against Borrower or any Third Party Obligor a judgment or order that
has or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect and, in any such case there is a period of thirty consecutive days during which a stay of
enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect, or (ii)
the filing of a notice of judgment lien against, or the recording in any county in which Borrower
or such Third Party Obligor has an interest in real property of any abstract of judgment against,
Borrower or any Third Party Obligor, or the service of a notice of levy and/or of a writ of
attachment or execution, or other like process, against any material portion of assets of Borrower
or any Third Party Obligor.
(g) There shall exist or occur any event or condition that Bank in good faith believes
materially impairs, or is substantially likely to materially impair, the prospect of payment or
performance by Borrower, any Third Party Obligor, or the general partner of either if such entity
is a partnership, of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents.
(h) The dissolution or liquidation of Borrower or (unless permitted pursuant to
Section
6.5
) any Third Party Obligor; or Borrower or any such Third Party Obligor, or any of its
directors, stockholders or members, shall take action seeking to effect the dissolution or
liquidation of Borrower or (unless permitted pursuant to
Section 6.5
) such Third Party
Obligor.
(i) Any Change of Control.
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(j) The sale, transfer, hypothecation, assignment or encumbrance, whether voluntary,
involuntary or by operation of law, without Banks prior written consent, of all or any part of or
interest in any real property collateral required hereby.
SECTION 7.2. REMEDIES. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default: (a) all indebtedness of
Borrower under each of the Loan Documents, any term thereof to the contrary notwithstanding, shall
at Banks option and without notice become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand,
protest or notice of dishonor, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower; (b) the
obligation, if any, of Bank to extend any further credit under any of the Loan Documents shall
immediately cease and terminate; (c) Bank may require Borrower immediately to cash collateralize
the Obligations in respect of all issued and outstanding Letters of Credit in an amount equal to
105.00% of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus
the aggregate of all unreimbursed amounts in respect of drawn Letters of Credit (the
L/C
Outstanding Amount
); and (d) Bank shall have all rights, powers and remedies available under each
of the Loan Documents, or accorded by law, including without limitation the right to resort to any
or all security for any credit subject hereto and to exercise any or all of the rights of a
beneficiary or secured party pursuant to applicable law. All rights, powers and remedies of Bank
may be exercised at any time by Bank and from time to time after the occurrence of an Event of
Default, are cumulative and not exclusive, and shall be in addition to any other rights, powers or
remedies provided by law or equity;
provided
that, upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry
of an order for relief with respect to Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Bankruptcy Law,
any commitment and obligation of Bank to make Loans shall automatically terminate and the unpaid
principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall
automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of Borrower to Cash Collateralize the
Letter of Credit obligations in an amount equal to 105.00% of the then L/C Outstanding Amount shall
automatically become effective, in each case, without further act of Bank.
ARTICLE VIII
GUARANTY BY SUBSIDIARIES
SECTION 8.1. GUARANTY. Each Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower party hereto (each, a
Subsidiary
Guarantor
) unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to Bank the full and prompt payment when due
(whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or
otherwise) and performance of the Obligations (the
Guaranteed Obligations
). The Guaranteed
Obligations include interest that, but for a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, would have
accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Borrower for such
interest in any such proceeding.
SECTION 8.2. SEPARATE OBLIGATION. Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that:
(i) the Guaranteed Obligations are separate and distinct from any Debt arising under or in
connection with any other document, including under any provision of this Agreement other than this
Article VIII, executed at any time by such Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of Bank; and (ii) such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall pay and perform all of the Guaranteed Obligations as required under this
Article VIII, and Bank may enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder, without regard
to any other document, including any provision of this Agreement other than this Article VIII, at
any time executed by such Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of Bank, irrespective of whether any such
other document, or any provision thereof or hereof, shall for any reason become unenforceable or
any of the Debt thereunder shall have been discharged, whether by performance, avoidance or
otherwise. Each Subsidiary Guarantor
acknowledges that, in providing benefits to Borrower, Bank is relying upon the enforceability
of this Article VIII and the Guaranteed Obligations as separate and distinct Debt of such
Subsidiary Guarantor, and each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that Bank would be denied the full
benefit of its bargain if at any time this Article VIII or the Guaranteed Obligations were treated
any differently. The fact that the guaranty is set forth in this Agreement rather than in a
separate guaranty document is for the convenience of Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantors and shall
in no way impair or adversely affect the rights or benefits of Bank under this Article VIII. Each
Subsidiary Guarantor agrees to execute and deliver a separate document, immediately upon request at
any time of Bank, evidencing such Subsidiary Guarantors obligations under this Article VIII. Upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default, a separate action or actions may be brought against such
Subsidiary Guarantor, whether or not Borrower, any other Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person
is joined therein or a separate action or actions are brought against Borrower, any such other
Subsidiary Guarantor or any such other Person.
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SECTION 8.3. LIMITATION OF GUARANTY. To the extent that any court of competent jurisdiction
shall impose by final judgment under applicable law (including the California Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act and Sections 544 and 548 of the Bankruptcy Code) any limitations on the amount of any
Subsidiary Guarantors liability with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations that Bank can enforce
under this Article VIII, Bank by its acceptance hereof accepts such limitation on the amount of
such Subsidiary Guarantors liability hereunder to the extent needed to make this Article VIII
fully enforceable and nonavoidable.
SECTION 8.4. LIABILITY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS. The liability of any Subsidiary Guarantor
under this Article VIII shall be irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional, and shall
not be affected by any circumstance that might constitute a discharge of a surety or guarantor
other than the indefeasible payment and performance in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. In
furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, each Subsidiary Guarantor
agrees as follows:
(a) such Subsidiary Guarantors liability hereunder shall be the immediate, direct, and
primary obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor and shall not be contingent upon Banks
exercise or enforcement of any remedy it may have against Borrower or any other Person, or
against any collateral or other security for any Guaranteed Obligations;
(b) this Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not merely of collectibility;
(c) Bank may enforce this Article VIII upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between Bank, on the one hand, and Borrower or
any other Person, on the other hand, with respect to the existence of such Event of Default;
(d) such Subsidiary Guarantors payment of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed
Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge such Subsidiary Guarantors
liability for any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations remaining unsatisfied; and
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(e) such Subsidiary Guarantors liability with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations
shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall
not be impaired or affected by, nor shall such Subsidiary Guarantor be exonerated or
discharged by, any of the following events:
(i) any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law;
(ii) any limitation, discharge, or cessation of the liability of Borrower or
any other Person for any Guaranteed Obligations due to any statute, regulation or
rule of law, or any invalidity or unenforceability in whole or in part of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations or the Loan Documents;
(iii) any merger, acquisition, consolidation or change in structure of any Loan
Party or any other Person, or any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any
or all of the assets or shares of Borrower or any other Person;
(iv) any assignment or other transfer, in whole or in part, of Banks interests
in and rights under this Agreement (including this Article VIII) or the other Loan
Documents;
(v) any claim, defense, counterclaim or setoff, other than that of prior
performance, that Borrower or any Guarantor or any other Person may have or assert,
including any defense of incapacity or lack of corporate or other authority to
execute any of the Loan Documents;
(vi) Banks amendment, modification, renewal, extension, cancellation or
surrender of any Loan Document or any Guaranteed Obligations;
(vii) Banks exercise or non-exercise of any power, right or remedy with
respect to any Guaranteed Obligations or any collateral;
(viii) Banks vote, claim, distribution, election, acceptance, action or
inaction in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law; or
(ix) any other guaranty, whether by such Subsidiary Guarantor or any other
Person, of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other indebtedness,
obligations or liabilities of Borrower to Bank.
SECTION 8.5. CONSENTS OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby
unconditionally consents and agrees that, without notice to or further assent from such Subsidiary
Guarantor:
(i) the principal amount of the Guaranteed Obligations may be increased or decreased
and additional indebtedness or obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents may be
incurred and the time, manner, place or terms of any payment under any Loan Document may be
extended or changed, by one or more amendments, modifications, renewals or extensions of any
Loan Document or otherwise;
(ii) the time for Borrowers (or any other Persons) performance of or compliance with
any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed under any Loan
Document may be extended, or such performance or compliance waived, or failure in or
departure from such performance or compliance consented to, all in such manner and upon such
terms as Bank may deem proper;
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(iii) Bank may request and accept other guaranties and may take and hold security as
collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, and may, from time to time, in whole or in part,
exchange, sell, surrender, release, subordinate, modify, waive, rescind, compromise or
extend such other guaranties or security and may permit or consent to any such action or the
result of any such action, and may apply such security and direct the order or manner of
sale thereof; and
(iv) Bank may exercise, or waive or otherwise refrain from exercising, any other right,
remedy, power or privilege even if the exercise thereof affects or eliminates any right of
subrogation or any other right of such Subsidiary Guarantor against Borrower.
SECTION 8.6. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS WAIVERS. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives, to the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law, and agrees not to assert:
(i) any right to require Bank to proceed against Borrower, any other Guarantor or any
other Person, or to pursue any other right, remedy, power or privilege of Bank whatsoever;
(ii) the defense of the statute of limitations in any action hereunder or for the
collection or performance of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(iii) any defense arising by reason of any lack of corporate or other authority or any
other defense of Borrower, such Guarantor or any other Person;
(iv) any defense based upon Banks errors or omissions in the administration of the
Guaranteed Obligations;
(v) any rights to set-offs and counterclaims;
(vi) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law
limiting the liability of or exonerating guarantors or sureties, or that may conflict with
the terms of this Article VIII, including any and all benefits that otherwise might be
available to such Subsidiary Guarantor under California Civil Code Sections 1432, 2809,
2810, 2815, 2819, 2839, 2845, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2899 and 3433 and California Code of Civil
Procedure Sections 580a, 580b, 580d and 726; and
(vii) any and all notice of the acceptance of this guaranty, and any and all notice of
the creation, renewal, modification, extension or accrual of the Guaranteed Obligations, or
the reliance by Bank upon this Guaranty, or the exercise of any right, power or privilege
hereunder. The Guaranteed Obligations shall conclusively be deemed to have been created,
contracted, incurred and permitted to exist in reliance upon this Guaranty. Each Subsidiary
Guarantor waives promptness, diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment, notice of
default, dishonor or nonpayment and all other notices to or upon Borrower, each Guarantor or
any other Person with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations.
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SECTION 8.7. FINANCIAL CONDITION OF BORROWER. No Subsidiary Guarantor shall have any right to
require Bank to obtain or disclose any information with respect to: the financial condition or
character of Borrower or the ability of Borrower to pay and perform the
Guaranteed Obligations; the Guaranteed Obligations; any collateral or other security for any
or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; the existence or nonexistence of any other guarantees of all
or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; any action or inaction on the part of Bank or any other
Person; or any other matter, fact or occurrence whatsoever. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby
acknowledges that it has undertaken its own independent investigation of the financial condition of
Borrower and all other matters pertaining to this Guaranty and further acknowledges that it is not
relying in any manner upon any representation or statement of Bank with respect thereto.
SECTION 8.8. SUBROGATION. Until the Guaranteed Obligations shall be satisfied in full and the
commitment of Bank hereunder shall be terminated, no Subsidiary Guarantor shall directly or
indirectly exercise: (i) any rights that it may acquire by way of subrogation under this Article
VIII, by any payment hereunder or otherwise; (ii) any rights of contribution, indemnification,
reimbursement or similar suretyship claims arising out of this Article VIII; or (iii) any other
right that it might otherwise have or acquire (in any way whatsoever) that could entitle it at any
time to share or participate in any right, remedy or security of Bank as against Borrower, any
other Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person, whether in connection with this Article VIII, any
of the other Loan Documents or otherwise. If any amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary Guarantor
on account of the foregoing rights at any time when all the Guaranteed Obligations shall not have
been paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of Bank and shall forthwith
be paid to Bank to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or
unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.
SECTION 8.9. SUBORDINATION. All payments on account of all indebtedness, liabilities and
other obligations of Borrower to any Subsidiary Guarantor, whether now existing or hereafter
arising, and whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated,
determined or undetermined (the
Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt
), shall be subject,
subordinate and junior in right of payment and exercise of remedies, to the extent and in the
manner set forth herein, to the prior payment in full in cash or cash equivalents of the Guaranteed
Obligations. As long as any of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than unasserted contingent
indemnification obligations) shall remain outstanding and unpaid, no Subsidiary Guarantor shall
accept or receive any payment or distribution by or on behalf of Borrower, directly or indirectly,
or assets of Borrower, of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, including
on account of the purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated
Debt, as a result of any collection, sale or other disposition of collateral, or by setoff,
exchange or in any other manner, for or on account of any Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt
(
Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt Payments
), except that, so long as an Event of Default
does not then exist, any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to accept and receive payments on
its Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt, in accordance with past business practices of such
Subsidiary Guarantor and Borrower and not in contravention of any Law or the terms of the Loan
Documents.
If any Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt Payments shall be received in contravention of
this Article VIII, such Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt Payments shall be held in trust for
the benefit of Bank and shall be paid over or delivered to Bank for application to the payment in
full in cash or cash equivalents of all Guaranteed Obligations remaining unpaid to the extent
necessary to give effect to this Article VIII after giving effect to any concurrent payments or
distributions to Bank in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.
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SECTION 8.10. CONTINUING GUARANTY. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and agreement of
subordination and shall continue in effect and be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor until
termination of the commitment and payment and performance in full of the Guaranteed Obligations,
including Guaranteed Obligations which may exist continuously or which may arise from time to time
under successive transactions, and each Subsidiary Guarantor expressly acknowledges that this
guaranty shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding that there may be periods in which
no Guaranteed Obligations exist. This Guaranty shall continue in effect and be binding upon each
Subsidiary Guarantor until actual receipt by Bank of written notice from such Subsidiary Guarantor
of its intention to discontinue this Guaranty as to future transactions (which notice shall not be
effective until noon on the day that is five Business Days following such receipt);
provided
that
no revocation or termination of this guaranty shall affect in any way any rights of Bank hereunder
with respect to any Guaranteed Obligations arising or outstanding on the date of receipt of such
notice, including any subsequent continuation, extension, or renewal thereof, or change in the
terms or conditions thereof, or any Guaranteed Obligations made or created after such date to the
extent made or created pursuant to a legally binding commitment of Bank in existence as of the date
of such revocation (collectively,
Existing Guaranteed Obligations
), and the sole effect of such
notice shall be to exclude from this Guaranty Guaranteed Obligations thereafter arising which are
unconnected to any Existing Guaranteed Obligations.
SECTION 8.11. REINSTATEMENT. This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or shall be
reinstated and revived, as the case may be, if, for any reason, any payment of the Guaranteed
Obligations by or on behalf of Borrower (or receipt of any proceeds of collateral) shall be
rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, voided or otherwise
required to be repaid to Borrower, its estate, trustee, receiver or any other Person (including
under any Bankruptcy Law), or must otherwise be restored by Bank, whether as a result of
proceedings under any Bankruptcy Law or otherwise. All losses, damages, costs and expenses that
Bank may suffer or incur as a result of any voided or otherwise set aside payments shall be
specifically covered by the indemnity in favor of Bank contained in
Section 9.3
.
SECTION 8.12. SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS. The Credit Extensions provided to or for the benefit of
Borrower hereunder have been and are to be contemporaneously used for the benefit of Borrower and
each Subsidiary Guarantor. It is the position, intent and expectation of the parties that Borrower
and each Subsidiary Guarantor have derived and will derive significant and substantial benefits
from the Credit Extensions to be made available under the Loan Documents. Each Subsidiary
Guarantor has received at least reasonably equivalent value (as such phrase is used in Section
548 of the Bankruptcy Code and in comparable provisions of other applicable law) and more than
sufficient consideration to support its obligations hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed
Obligations. Immediately prior to and after and giving effect to the incurrence of each Subsidiary
Guarantors obligations under this Guaranty, such Subsidiary Guarantor will be Solvent.
SECTION 8.13.
Knowing and Explicit Waivers
.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor
acknowledges that it either has obtained the advice of legal counsel or has had the opportunity to
obtain such advice in connection with the terms and provisions of this Article VIII. Each
Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that each of the waivers and consents set forth herein
is made with full knowledge of its significance and consequences, that all such waivers and
consents herein are explicit and knowing and that each Subsidiary Guarantor expects such waivers
and consents to be fully enforceable.
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If, while any Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt is outstanding, any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law is commenced by or against Borrower or its property, Bank is hereby irrevocably
authorized and empowered (in the name of Bank or in the name of any Subsidiary Guarantor or
otherwise), but shall have no obligation, to demand, sue for, collect and receive every payment or
distribution in respect of all Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt and give acquittances
therefor and to file claims and proofs of claim and take such other action (including voting the
Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt) as it may deem necessary or advisable for the exercise or
enforcement of any of the rights or interests of Bank; and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall promptly
take such action as Bank may reasonably request: (A) to collect the Subsidiary Guarantor
Subordinated Debt for the account of Bank and to file appropriate claims or proofs of claim in
respect of the Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt; (B) to execute and deliver to Bank such
powers of attorney, assignments and other instruments as it may request to enable it to enforce any
and all claims with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt; and (C) to collect and
receive any and all Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt Payments.
SECTION 8.14. COLLATERAL. As security for all of its Guaranty Obligations and all of other
indebtedness and obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor to Bank hereunder or under any of the
Loan Documents, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby grants to Bank security interests of first
priority in all Collateral in which such Subsidiary Guarantor has any right, title or interest,
whether now existing or hereafter arising, acquired or created. All of the foregoing shall be
evidenced by and subject to the terms of such security agreements, financing statements, deeds or
mortgages, and other documents as Bank shall reasonably require, all in form and substance
satisfactory to Bank. Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand the full
amount of all charges, costs and expenses (to include fees paid to third parties), expended or
incurred by Bank in connection with any of the foregoing security, including filing and recording
fees and costs of appraisals, audits and title insurance.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1. NO WAIVER. No delay, failure or discontinuance of Bank in exercising any right,
power or remedy under any of the Loan Documents shall affect or operate as a waiver of such right,
power or remedy; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy
preclude, waive or otherwise affect any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power or remedy. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind by Bank of any
breach of or default under any of the Loan Documents must be in writing and shall be effective only
to the extent set forth in such writing.
SECTION 9.2. NOTICES.
(a)
Addresses
. All notices, requests and demands which any party is required or may
desire to give to any other party under any provision of this Agreement must be in writing
delivered to each party at its address as set forth in its signature block to this Agreement or to
such other address as any party may designate by written notice to all other parties. Each such
notice, request and demand shall be deemed given or made as follows: (i) if sent by hand delivery,
upon delivery; (ii) if sent by mail, upon the earlier of the date of receipt or three (3) days
after deposit in the U.S. mail, first class and postage prepaid; and (iii) if sent by telecopy,
upon receipt.
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(b)
Electronic Communications
. Each of Bank and Borrower may, in its discretion,
agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by means of electronic
communication pursuant to procedures approved by it;
provided
that approval of such procedures may
be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless Bank otherwise prescribes: (i) notices
and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the senders
receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the return receipt
requested function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement);
provided
that,
if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the
recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of
business on the next business day for the recipient; and (ii) notices or communications posted to
an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended
recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such
notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c)
Reliance by Bank
. Bank shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices
(including telephonic or electronically delivered requests for credit extensions) purportedly given
by or on behalf of Borrower even if: (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein,
were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein; or
(ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof.
Borrower shall indemnify Bank and its Related Parties from all losses, costs, expenses and
liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on
behalf of Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with Bank may be
recorded by Bank, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
SECTION 9.3. COSTS, EXPENSES AND ATTORNEYS FEES; INDEMNITY.
(a) Costs and Expenses. Borrower shall pay to Bank immediately upon demand the full amount
of all payments, advances, charges, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees (to
include outside counsel fees), expended or incurred by Bank in connection with (i) the negotiation
and preparation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Banks continued administration
hereof and thereof, and the preparation of any amendments and waivers hereto and thereto, (ii) the
enforcement of Banks rights and/or the collection of any amounts which become due to Bank under
any of the Loan Documents, and (iii) the prosecution or defense of any action in any way related to
any of the Loan Documents, including any action for declaratory relief, whether incurred at the
trial or appellate level, in an arbitration proceeding or otherwise, and including any of the
foregoing incurred in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding (including any adversary
proceeding, contested matter or motion brought by Bank or any other person) relating to Borrower or
any other person or entity.
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(b)
Indemnification by Borrower
. Borrower shall indemnify each of Bank and its
Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (each, and
Indemnified Party
) against, and hold each Indemnified Party harmless from, any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of
any counsel for any Indemnified Party), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified
Party from all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys, who may be employees of any
Indemnified Party, incurred by any Indemnified Party or asserted against any Indemnified Party by
any third party or by Borrower or any other Loan Party arising
out of, in connection with, or as a result of: (i) the execution or delivery of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any document contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance
by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; (ii) any Loan or the use or proposed use of the
proceeds therefrom; (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of toxic or hazardous waste or
materials on or from any property owned or operated by Borrower, any Subsidiary thereof or any
other Loan Party, or any Environmental Claim or Environmental Liability related in any way to
Borrower, any Subsidiary thereof or any other Loan Party; or (iv) any actual or prospective claim,
litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on
contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by Borrower, any Subsidiary
thereof or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnified Party is a party
thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the
comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnified Party;
provided
that such indemnity
shall not, as to any Indemnified Party, be available to the extent that such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a
final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of such Indemnified Party.
(c)
Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc
. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Laws, each Loan Party shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any
Indemnified Party, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive
damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result
of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any document contemplated hereby, the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnified Party
shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or
other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information
transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(d)
Payments
. All amounts due under this
Section 9.3
shall be payable not
later than three Business Days after demand therefor.
(e)
Survival
. The agreements in this
Section 9.3
shall survive the
termination of the commitment and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other
Obligations.
SECTION 9.4. SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of
the parties; provided however, that Borrower may not assign or transfer its interests or rights
hereunder without Banks prior written consent. Bank reserves the right to sell, assign, transfer,
negotiate or grant participations in all or any part of, or any interest in, Banks rights and
benefits under each of the Loan Documents. In connection therewith, Bank may disclose all
documents and information which Bank now has or may hereafter acquire relating to any credit
subject hereto, Borrower or its business, any guarantor hereunder or the business of such
guarantor, or any collateral required hereunder.
SECTION 9.5. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
constitute the entire agreement between Bank and the Loan Parties with respect to each credit
subject hereto and supersede all prior negotiations, communications, discussions and correspondence
concerning the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended or modified only in writing
signed by Bank and Bow and, if applicable, the applicable Loan Party.
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SECTION 9.6. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is made and entered into for the
sole protection and benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and
assigns, and no other person or entity shall be a third party beneficiary of, or have any direct or
indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this Agreement or any other of the Loan
Documents to which it is not a party.
SECTION 9.7. TIME. Time is of the essence of each and every provision of this Agreement and
each other of the Loan Documents.
SECTION 9.8. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS. If any provision of this Agreement shall be
prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the
extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or
any remaining provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.9. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which when taken
together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
SECTION 9.10. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of California.
SECTION 9.11. ARBITRATION.
(a)
Arbitration
. The parties hereto agree, upon demand by any party, to submit to
binding arbitration all claims, disputes and controversies between or among them (and their
respective employees, officers, directors, attorneys, and other agents), whether in tort, contract
or otherwise in any way arising out of or relating to (i) any credit subject hereto, or any of the
Loan Documents, and their negotiation, execution, collateralization, administration, repayment,
modification, extension, substitution, formation, inducement, enforcement, default or termination;
or (ii) requests for additional credit.
(b)
Governing Rules
. Any arbitration proceeding will (i) proceed in a location in
California selected by the American Arbitration Association (AAA); (ii) be governed by the
Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9 of the United States Code), notwithstanding any conflicting choice
of law provision in any of the documents between the parties; and (iii) be conducted by the AAA, or
such other administrator as the parties shall mutually agree upon, in accordance with the AAAs
commercial dispute resolution procedures, unless the claim or counterclaim is at least
$1,000,000.00 exclusive of claimed interest, arbitration fees and costs in which case the
arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the AAAs optional procedures for large, complex
commercial disputes (the commercial dispute resolution procedures or the optional procedures for
large, complex commercial disputes to be referred to herein, as applicable, as the
Rules
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there is any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the Rules, the terms and procedures set
forth herein shall control. Any party who fails or refuses to submit to arbitration following a
demand by any other party shall bear all costs and expenses incurred by such other party in
compelling arbitration of any dispute. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a waiver by
any party that is a bank of the protections afforded to it under 12 U.S.C. §91 or any similar
applicable state law.
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(c)
No Waiver of Provisional Remedies, Self-Help and Foreclosure
. The arbitration
requirement does not limit the right of any party to (i) foreclose against real or personal
property
collateral; (ii) exercise self-help remedies relating to collateral or proceeds of collateral such
as setoff or repossession; or (iii) obtain provisional or ancillary remedies such as replevin,
injunctive relief, attachment or the appointment of a receiver, before during or after the pendency
of any arbitration proceeding. This exclusion does not constitute a waiver of the right or
obligation of any party to submit any dispute to arbitration or reference hereunder, including
those arising from the exercise of the actions detailed in sections (i), (ii) and (iii) of this
paragraph.
(d)
Arbitrator Qualifications and Powers
. Any arbitration proceeding in which the
amount in controversy is $5,000,000.00 or less will be decided by a single arbitrator selected
according to the Rules, and who shall not render an award of greater than $5,000,000.00. Any
dispute in which the amount in controversy exceeds $5,000,000.00 shall be decided by majority vote
of a panel of three arbitrators; provided however, that all three arbitrators must actively
participate in all hearings and deliberations. The arbitrator will be a neutral attorney licensed
in the State of California or a neutral retired judge of the state or federal judiciary of
California, in either case with a minimum of ten years experience in the substantive law applicable
to the subject matter of the dispute to be arbitrated. The arbitrator will determine whether or
not an issue is arbitratable and will give effect to the statutes of limitation in determining any
claim. In any arbitration proceeding the arbitrator will decide (by documents only or with a
hearing at the arbitrators discretion) any pre-hearing motions which are similar to motions to
dismiss for failure to state a claim or motions for summary adjudication. The arbitrator shall
resolve all disputes in accordance with the substantive law of California and may grant any remedy
or relief that a court of such state could order or grant within the scope hereof and such
ancillary relief as is necessary to make effective any award. The arbitrator shall also have the
power to award recovery of all costs and fees, to impose sanctions and to take such other action as
the arbitrator deems necessary to the same extent a judge could pursuant to the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure, the California Rules of Civil Procedure or other applicable law. Judgment upon
the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The
institution and maintenance of an action for judicial relief or pursuit of a provisional or
ancillary remedy shall not constitute a waiver of the right of any party, including the plaintiff,
to submit the controversy or claim to arbitration if any other party contests such action for
judicial relief.
(e)
Discovery
. In any arbitration proceeding, discovery will be permitted in
accordance with the Rules. All discovery shall be expressly limited to matters directly relevant
to the dispute being arbitrated and must be completed no later than 20 days before the hearing
date. Any requests for an extension of the discovery periods, or any discovery disputes, will be
subject to final determination by the arbitrator upon a showing that the request for discovery is
essential for the partys presentation and that no alternative means for obtaining information is
available.
(f)
Class Proceedings and Consolidations
. No party hereto shall be entitled to join
or consolidate disputes by or against others in any arbitration, except parties who have executed
any Loan Document, or to include in any arbitration any dispute as a representative or member of a
class, or to act in any arbitration in the interest of the general public or in a private attorney
general capacity.
(g)
Payment Of Arbitration Costs And Fees
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The arbitrator shall award all costs and
expenses of the arbitration proceeding.
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(h)
Real Property Collateral; Judicial Reference
. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, no dispute shall be submitted to arbitration if the dispute concerns indebtedness
secured directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by any real property unless (i) the holder of
the
mortgage, lien or security interest specifically elects in writing to proceed with the arbitration,
or (ii) all parties to the arbitration waive any rights or benefits that might accrue to them by
virtue of the single action rule statute of California, thereby agreeing that all indebtedness and
obligations of the parties, and all mortgages, liens and security interests securing such
indebtedness and obligations, shall remain fully valid and enforceable. If any such dispute is not
submitted to arbitration, the dispute shall be referred to a referee in accordance with California
Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 et seq., and this general reference agreement is intended to be
specifically enforceable in accordance with said Section 638. A referee with the qualifications
required herein for arbitrators shall be selected pursuant to the AAAs selection procedures.
Judgment upon the decision rendered by a referee shall be entered in the court in which such
proceeding was commenced in accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 644 and
645.
(i)
Miscellaneous
. To the maximum extent practicable, the AAA, the arbitrators and
the parties shall take all action required to conclude any arbitration proceeding within 180 days
of the filing of the dispute with the AAA. No arbitrator or other party to an arbitration
proceeding may disclose the existence, content or results thereof, except for disclosures of
information by a party required in the ordinary course of its business or by applicable law or
regulation. If more than one agreement for arbitration by or between the parties potentially
applies to a dispute, the arbitration provision most directly related to the Loan Documents or the
subject matter of the dispute shall control. This arbitration provision shall survive termination,
amendment or expiration of any of the Loan Documents or any relationship between the parties.
(j)
Small Claims Court
. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each party
retains the right to pursue in Small Claims Court any dispute within that courts jurisdiction.
Further, this arbitration provision shall apply only to disputes in which either party seeks to
recover an amount of money (excluding attorneys fees and costs) that exceeds the jurisdictional
limit of the Small Claims Court.
SECTION 9.12 RIGHT OF SETOFF.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Bank and its Affiliates are
hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or
final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any
time owing by Bank to or for the credit or the account of Borrower or any other Loan Party against
any and all of the Obligations to Bank or such Affiliate, irrespective of whether or not Bank shall
have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations
of Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of
Bank different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such obligations.
The rights of Bank and its Affiliates under this
Section 9.12
are in addition to other
rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that Bank or its Affiliates may have. Bank
agrees to notify Borrower promptly after any such setoff and application;
provided
that the failure
to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
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SECTION 9.
13
COUNTERPARTS; INTEGRATION; EFFECTIVENESS.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different
counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together
shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
constitute the entire agreement among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersede any and all previous documents, agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating
to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in
Section 4.1
, this Agreement shall
become effective when it shall have been executed and delivered by Bank and when Bank shall have
received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other
parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by
telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.
14
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other
document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive
the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or
will be relied upon by Bank, regardless of any investigation made by Bank or on its behalf and
notwithstanding that Bank may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit
Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation
(other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.
SECTION 9.
15
SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid
or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the
parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of
the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.
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USA PATRIOT ACT NOTICE.
Bank hereby notifies Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower and each other Loan Party, which
information includes the name and address of Borrower and each other Loan Party and other
information that will allow Bank to identify Borrower and each other Loan Party in accordance with
the USA PATRIOT Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day
and year first written above.
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BORROWER:
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AMERICAN REPROGRAPHICS COMPANY
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
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AMERICAN REPROGRAPHICS COMPANY, L.L.C.
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AMERICAN REPROGRAPHICS SOUTHEAST, LLC
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ARC ACQUISITION CORPORATION
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BLUE PRINT SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
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BPI REPRO, LLC
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DUNN BLUE PRINT COMPANY, INC.
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ERS DIGITAL, INC.
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LEET-MELBROOK, INC.
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LICENSING SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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MBC PRECISION IMAGING, INC.
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MCKEE ENTERPRISES, INC.
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MIRROR PLUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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OLYMPIC REPROGRAPHICS, LLC
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PENINSULA BLUEPRINT, INC.
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PLANWELL, LLC
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REPROGRAPHICS FORT WORTH, INC.
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REPROGRAPHICS NORTHWEST, LLC
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RIDGWAYS, LLC
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SUBHUB, INC.
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THE PEIR GROUP, LLC
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THE PEIR GROUP INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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By
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/s/ JONATHAN MATHER
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1981 N. Broadway, Suite 385
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Name:
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Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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Title:
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Attn:
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BANK:
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ADDRESS:
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
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By
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/s/ MEHDI T. EMRANI
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
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Name:
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Mehdi T. Emrani
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1000 Lakes Drive, Suite 250
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Title:
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Assistant Vice President
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West Covina, CA 91790
Attn: Mehdi Emrani, Relationship Manager
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SCHEDULE 1
DEFINED TERMS
As used in this Agreement and unless otherwise expressly indicated, or unless the context
clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
AAA
means the American Arbitration Association.
Agreement
means this Credit Agreement, as amended, modified and/or supplemented from time to
time.
Affiliate
means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with
the Person specified.
Applicable Rate
means (i) from the Closing Date to the date on which Bank receives a
Compliance Certificate pursuant to
Section 5.3(c)
for the fiscal quarter ending December
31, 2010, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below corresponding to Pricing Level 1, and
(ii) thereafter, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below determined by reference to the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by Bank
pursuant to
Section 5.3(c)
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PRICING
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CONSOLIDATED
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INTEREST
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STANDBY
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UNUSED
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LEVEL
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LEVERAGE RATIO
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RATE
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L/C FEE
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FEE
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1
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>
3.00x
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LIBOR + 2.00%
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2.00% p.a.
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0.20%
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2
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2.00x 2.99x
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LIBOR + 1.75%
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1.75% p.a.
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0.15%
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3
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< 2.00x
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LIBOR + 1.50%
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1.50% p.a.
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0.10%
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LIBOR shall be determined as provided in
Section 2.2(a)
. Any increase or decrease in the
Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective
as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered
pursuant to
Section 5.3(c)
;
provided
, that if a Compliance Certificate is not
delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 1 shall apply, in each case
as of the third Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to
have been delivered and in each case shall remain in effect until the date on which such Compliance
Certificate is delivered. Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, if, for
any period and for any reason, the actual Consolidated Leverage Ratio is higher than that reported
in the related Compliance Certificate delivered for such period, then Borrower shall immediately,
without the requirement of notice or demand from any Person, pay to Bank an amount equal to the
excess of: (A) the amount of interest or fees that would have accrued had the Applicable Rates for
such period been based upon the actual Consolidated Leverage Ratio for such period rather than the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio reported in the Compliance Certificate delivered for such period;
over
(B) the amount of interest or fees that was actually paid by Borrower based upon the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio reported in the Compliance Certificate delivered for such period.
Asset Sale
means any direct or indirect Disposition (whether in one transaction or a series
of related transactions) by Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to any Person other than
Borrower or any wholly owned Subsidiary Guarantor of: (a) any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary
of Borrower; or (b) any other property of Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof other than: (i) any
Disposition by Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof of Investments of the type described in Section
6.7(a); (ii) any Disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of business; (iii) any Disposition
of used, obsolete or surplus property Disposed of in the ordinary course of business (unless such
Disposition is prohibited by Section 6.5). For the avoidance of doubt, an Asset Sale does not
include any issuance by Borrower of common Equity Interests.
Attributable Debt
means, on any date of determination: (a) in respect of any capital lease
of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP; and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease
Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that
would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if
such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.
Bank
has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Bankruptcy Code
means the federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. Sections 101
et
seq
.).
Bankruptcy Laws
means, collectively: (a) the Bankruptcy Code; and (b) all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the
rights of creditors generally.
Borrower
has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Business Day
means any day except a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial
banks in California are authorized or required by law to close.
Cash Collateral Account
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(d)
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Cash Equivalents
means, as to any Person: (a) securities issued or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (but only so
long as the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having
maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition; (b) securities issued by
any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than ninety days from the date of acquisition
and having one of the two highest ratings from either Standard & Poors Corporation or Moodys
Investors Service, Inc.; (c) domestic and Eurodollar certificates of deposit, time or demand
deposits or bankers acceptances maturing within six months after the date of acquisition issued or
guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by: (i) Bank;
and (ii) any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or
the District of Columbia having combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000; (d)
repurchase obligations with a term of not more than thirty days for underlying securities of the
types described in clause (a) and (b) of this definition entered into with any bank meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (c) of this definition; (e) commercial paper issued by the
parent corporation of Bank or any commercial bank (provided that the parent corporation and the
bank are both incorporated in the United States) having capital and surplus in excess of
$250,000,000 and commercial paper issued by any Person
incorporated in the United States, which commercial paper is rated at least A 1 or the equivalent
thereof by Standard & Poors Corporation or at least P 1 or the equivalent thereof by Moodys
Investors Service, Inc., and in each case maturing not more than ninety days after the date of
acquisition by such Person; and (f) investments in money market funds substantially all the assets
of which are comprised of securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) of this
definition.
Change of Control
means, (a) at any time (i) any person or group (within the meaning of
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (A) shall have acquired
beneficial ownership (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934), of 25% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting or economic interest in the Equity
Interests of the Borrower, or (B) shall have obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect
a majority of the members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower; or
(ii) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of
Borrower by Persons who were neither (x) nominated by the board of directors of Borrower nor (y)
appointed by directors so nominated; or (b) the occurrence of any event or the existence of any
circumstance that constitutes fundamental change or change of control (or any similar term)
under the documents governing any Debt.
Closing Date
means December 1, 2010.
Collateral
means, with respect to Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, all property and
interests in property of such Person as described below or as described in any Security Document:
(a) all accounts, deposit accounts, contract rights, chattel paper, (whether electronic or
tangible) instruments, promissory notes, documents, general intangibles, payment intangibles,
software, letter of credit rights, health-care insurance receivables and other rights to payment of
every kind now existing or at any time hereafter arising;
(b) all inventory, goods held for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts for
service, or goods so leased or furnished, raw materials, component parts, work in process and other
materials used or consumed in Debtors business, now or at any time hereafter owned or acquired by
Debtor, wherever located, and all products thereof, whether in the possession of Debtor, any
warehousemen, any bailee or any other person, or in process of delivery, and whether located at
Debtors places of business or elsewhere;
(c) all warehouse receipts, bills of sale, bills of lading and other documents of every kind
(whether or not negotiable) in which Debtor now has or at any time hereafter acquires any interest,
and all additions and accessions thereto, whether in the possession or custody of Debtor, any
bailee or any other person for any purpose;
(d) all money and property heretofore, now or hereafter delivered to or deposited with Secured
Party or otherwise coming into the possession, custody or control of Secured Party (or any agent or
bailee of Secured Party) in any manner or for any purpose whatsoever during the existence of this
Agreement and whether held in a general or special account or deposit for safekeeping or otherwise;
(e) all right, title and interest of Debtor under licenses, guaranties, warranties, management
agreements, marketing or sales agreements, escrow contracts, indemnity agreements, insurance
policies, service or maintenance agreements, supporting obligations and
other similar contracts of every kind in which Debtor now has or at any time hereafter shall have
an interest;
(f) all goods, tools, machinery, furnishings, furniture and other equipment and fixtures of
every kind now existing or hereafter acquired, and all improvements, replacements, accessions and
additions thereto and embedded software included therein, whether located on any property owned or
leased by Debtor or elsewhere, including any of the foregoing now or at any time hereafter located
at or installed on the land or in the improvements at any of the real property owned or leased by
Debtor, and all such goods after they have been severed and removed from any of said real property;
(g) all motor vehicles, trailers, mobile homes, manufactured homes, boats, other rolling stock
and related equipment of every kind now existing or hereafter acquired and all additions and
accessories thereto, whether located on any property owned or leased by Debtor or elsewhere;
(h) all of the following (collectively, Intellectual Property Collateral):
(i) all patents and patent applications and all patent rights with respect thereto
throughout the world, including without limitation all license royalties, foreign filing
rights, and rights to extend such patents and patent rights, and all rights in all patentable
inventions, and to file applications for patent under federal patent law or under the laws or
regulations of any foreign country (collectively, the Patents);
(ii) all copyrights (whether or not registered with the United States Copyright Office),
and all applications for copyright registration (including applications for copyright
registrations of derivative works and compilations), all license royalties, foreign filing
rights, and extension rights (collectively, the Copyrights);
(iii) all trademarks and rights and interests which are capable of being protected as
trademarks (including without limitation trademarks, service marks, designs, logos, indicia,
tradenames, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade
styles, and other source or business identifiers, and the goodwill related thereto and
represented thereby, and applications pertaining thereto, and all rights to register
trademark claims under any state or federal trademark law or regulation of any foreign
country, and to apply for, renew, and extend trademark registrations and trademark rights
(collectively, Trademarks );
(iv) all computer programs, software, source codes, object codes, data bases, processes
and trade secrets and all other intellectual property in which Debtor now has or hereafter
creates or acquires any interest; and
(v) all applications for any of the foregoing and all licenses with respect to any of
the foregoing;
(i) all commercial tort claims in existence on the date of this Agreement or at any time
hereafter arising and identified by the Debtor to Secured Party; and
(j) all Real Property Assets other than Owned Real Property and Material Leased Real Estate
listed on
Schedule 3.19
as of the Closing Date and any other Real Property Asset that is
not required to be subject to a Lien in favor of Bank pursuant to Section 2.4(b);
together with whatever is receivable or received when any of the foregoing or the proceeds thereof
are sold, leased, collected, exchanged or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is
voluntary or involuntary, including all rights to payment, including returned premiums, with
respect to any insurance relating to any of the foregoing, any infringement claims or causes of
action and all rights to payment with respect to any claim or cause of action affecting or relating
to any of the foregoing.
Commercial Letter of Credit
means a commercial letter of credit issued by Bank hereunder for
the account of Borrower.
Compliance Certificate
means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit B
hereto.
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA
means, for any period, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the sum for such period of (without duplication): (a) Consolidated Net Income;
and to the extent already deducted in arriving at Consolidated Net Income: (b) Consolidated
Interest Expense, (c) provisions for taxes based on income, (d) total depreciation expense, (e)
total amortization expense, and (f) other non cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income
(excluding any such non cash item to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for
potential cash items in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash item that were paid in
a prior period),
minus
(ii) other non cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period
(excluding any such non cash item to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve
for potential cash item in any prior period).
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR
means, for any period, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the sum for such period of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA
plus
(b)
Consolidated Rental Payments.
Consolidated Funded Debt
means, as of any date of determination, for Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (without duplication): (a) the outstanding
principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including
Obligations hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements
or other similar instruments;
plus
(b) all purchase money Debt;
plus
(c) all direct obligations
arising under letters of credit (whether standby or commercial and whether or not issued
hereunder), bankers acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
plus
(d)
all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade
accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);
plus
(e) all Attributable Debt;
plus
(f) all
Guarantees with respect to outstanding Debt of the types specified in clauses (a) through (e) of
this definition of Persons other than Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof;
plus
(g) all Debt of the
types referred to in clauses (a) through (f) of this definition of any partnership or joint venture
(other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which
Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Debt is expressly made
non-recourse to Borrower or such Subsidiary;
provided
that Consolidated Funded Debt shall not
include (without duplication): (i) Debt in respect of Swap Contracts; or (ii) obligations to the
extent that such obligations are indirect, contingent obligations (other than contingent
obligations with respect to the undrawn face amount of letters of credit (including standby and
commercial letters of credit)).
Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio
means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of:
(a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDAR for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters
ending on such date,
to
(b) the sum of (i) to the extent paid in cash during such period,
of Consolidated Interest Expense (excluding any termination payments made under any interest
rate Swap Contracts to the extent included in Consolidated Interest Expense determined in
accordance with GAAP)
plus
(ii) Consolidated Rental Payments.
Consolidated Interest Expense
means, for any period, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the sum for such period of (without duplication): (a) all interest, premium
payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses in connection with borrowed money
(including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets;
plus
(b) all payments made under interest rate Swap Contracts to the extent not included in clause (a)
of this definition;
minus
(c) all payments received under interest rate Swap Contracts;
plus
(d)
the portion of rent expense under capital leases that is treated as interest in accordance with
GAAP.
Consolidated Leverage Ratio
means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of: (a)
Consolidated Funded Debt on such date;
to
(b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the period
consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such date.
Consolidated Net Income
means, for any period, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, net income (or loss) for such period, but excluding (without duplication): (a)
any income of any Person if such Person is not a Subsidiary, except that Borrowers direct or
indirect equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such
computation of net income (or loss) up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such
Person during such period to Borrower or a Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution; and (b)
net income of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar
distributions by such Subsidiary of that income is prohibited by operation of the terms of its
Organizational Documents or any document or Laws applicable to such Subsidiary or by which
Subsidiary is bound.
Consolidated Rental Payments
means, for any period, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the total rent expense (including under any agreement to rent or lease any real
or personal property, but exclusive of obligations under capital leases).
Consolidated Senior Secured Debt
means, as of any date of determination, for Borrower and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (without duplication) the aggregate amount of
all Debt, including all Obligations and all Attributable Debt, that is secured by a Lien on any
assets or properties of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Leverage Ratio
means, as of any date of determination, the
ratio of: (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt on such date;
to
(b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA
for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such date.
Control
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting
power, by contract or otherwise. The terms
Controlling
and
Controlled
have meanings
correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to
be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power
to vote 5.00% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors,
managing general partners or the equivalent.
Daily One Month LIBOR
means for any day, the rate of interest equal to LIBOR then in effect
for delivery for a one (1) month period.
Debt
means, as to any Person as of any date of determination, without duplication, all of
the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP: (a)
all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments; (b) all direct or
contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and
commercial letters of credit), bankers acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar
instruments; (c) the Swap Termination Value under all Swap Contracts to which such Person is a
party; (d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business not past due for
more than sixty days after the date on which such trade account payable was created); (e)
indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being
purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title
retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or
is limited in recourse; (f) the amount of Attributable Debt in respect of all capital lease
obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations of such Person; (g) all obligations of such Person to
purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Disqualified
Equity Interest, valued, in the case of a Disqualified Equity Interest that is a redeemable
preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference
plus
accrued and unpaid dividends; and (h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the
foregoing. For all purposes hereof, the Debt of any Person shall include the Debt of any
partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited
liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Debt
is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.
Default
means a condition, event or act which with the giving of notice or the passage of
time or both would constitute an Event of Default.
Default Rate
means the rate per annum (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, actual days
elapsed) equal to four percent (4%) above the rate of interest from time to time applicable to Line
of Credit Advances.
Disposition
means the sale, assignment transfer, conveyance, license, lease or other
disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including
any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any
notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith. The term Dispose has
a meaning correlative thereto.
Domestic Subsidiary
means any Subsidiary of Borrower that is organized under the Laws of the
United States of America, any State or Territory thereof or the District of Columbia.
Earn-Out Obligation
means any unsecured contingent liability of Borrower or ARC Acquisition
Corporation owed to any seller in connection with any Permitted Acquisition that (a) constitutes a
portion of the purchase price for such Permitted Acquisition but is not an amount certain on the
date of incurrence thereof and is not subject to any right of acceleration by such seller, (b) is
only payable upon the achievement of performance standards by the Person or other property acquired
in such Permitted Acquisition and in an amount based upon such achievement;
provided
that the
maximum aggregate amount of such liability shall be fixed at a specified amount on the date of such
Permitted Acquisition, and (c) is expressly subordinate
and made junior to the payment and performance in full of all the Obligations in accordance with a
subordination agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit D
or an agreement containing
substantially similar terms;
provided,
that up to $20,000,000 outstanding at any time of such
unsecured contingent liabilities of Borrower shall not be required to be subordinate pursuant to
the above clause (c).
Equity Interests
means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of
(or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other
rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person
or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or
such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including
partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not
such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.
ERISA
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Event of Default
has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1
.
Existing Guaranteed Obligations
has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.10
.
Fixed Rate Term
means a period commencing on a Business Day and continuing for one (1),
three (3) or six (6) months, as designated by Borrower, during which all or a portion of the
outstanding principal balance of the Obligations bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR;
provided, that no Fixed Rate Term in respect of any Line of may be selected for a principal amount
less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00); and provided further, that no Fixed Rate Term
shall extend beyond the Maturity Date. If any Fixed Rate Term would end on a day which is not a
Business Day, then such Fixed Rate Term shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day.
Foreign Joint Venture
means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement,
whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form between or among any of Borrower or any
Subsidiary of Borrower and any Person that is organized under the Laws of any jurisdiction other
than the United States of America, any State or Territory thereof or the District of Columbia;
provided that no corporate or limited liability company Foreign Subsidiary wholly owned (directly
or indirectly) by Borrower shall be considered to be a Foreign Joint Venture to which Borrower or
any Subsidiary of Borrower is a party.
Foreign Subsidiary
means any Subsidiary of Borrower other than a Domestic Subsidiary.
GAAP
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or such other principles or standards as may be approved by a significant segment
of the accounting profession in the United States, that are in effect and applicable to the
circumstances and/or Persons to which such generally accepted accounting principles relate as of
the date of determination, consistently applied and used consistently with the prior practices of
such Persons (which Persons include Borrower each Subsidiary Guarantor for all purposes of this
Agreement). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, all
accounting terms not expressly defined herein shall be construed, and all financial computations
required under this Agreement shall be made, in accordance with GAAP applied in a manner consistent
with that used in preparing the audited financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
delivered most recently prior to the Closing Date, except as otherwise specifically prescribed
herein. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio,
financial covenant or other requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and Borrower and Bank shall
negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof
in light of such change in GAAP; provided that, until so amended: (i) such financial ratio,
financial covenant or other requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior
to such change therein; and (ii) Borrower shall provide to the Bank financial statements and other
documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a
reconciliation between calculations of such financial ratio, financial covenant or other
requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
Governmental Authority
means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of
any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central
Bank).
Governmental Authorization
means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive,
consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
Guarantee
means, as to any Person, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation payable or
performable by another Person (the
primary obligor
) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect: (a) to purchase or
pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation; (b)
to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in
respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Debt or other
obligation; (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement
condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the
primary obligor to pay such Debt or other obligation; or (d) entered into for the purpose of
assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment
or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in
part). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such
Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability
in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term
Guarantee
as
a verb has a corresponding meaning.
Guaranteed Obligations
has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1
.
Indemnified Party
has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.3(b)
.
Interest Payment Date
means the last Business Day of each calendar month or, if earlier, the
last day of any Fixed Rate Term and the Maturity Date.
Investment
means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such
Person in another Person, whether by means of: (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity
Interests of another Person; (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or
assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation
or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or limited liability company interest in
such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Debt of such other
Person; or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions)
of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance,
the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for
subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
Joinder Agreement
means an agreement entered into by a Subsidiary of Borrower following the
date hereof to join in the guaranty set forth in Article VIII, in substantially the form of
Exhibit C
hereto or any other form approved by Bank.
L/C Expiration Date has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(c)
.
L/C Outstanding Amount has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.2
.
Letter of Credit
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(b)
.
LIBOR
means the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest whole 1/8 of
1%) and determined pursuant to the following formula:
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(i) Base LIBOR means the rate per annum for United States dollar deposits quoted by Bank (A)
for the purpose of calculating effective rates of interest for loans making reference to LIBOR, as
the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate, with the understanding that such rate is quoted by Bank for the
purpose of calculating effective rates of interest for loans making reference thereto, on the first
day of a Fixed Rate Term for delivery of funds on said date for a period of time approximately
equal to the number of days in such Fixed Rate Term and in an amount approximately equal to the
principal amount to which such Fixed Rate Term applies, or (B) for the purpose of calculating
effective rates of interest for loans making reference to the Daily One Month LIBOR Rate, as the
Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate in effect from time to time for delivery of funds for one (1) month
in amounts approximately equal to the principal amount of such loans. Borrower understands and
agrees that Bank may base its quotation of the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate upon such offers or
other market indicators of the Inter-Bank Market as Bank in its discretion deems appropriate
including, but not limited to, the rate offered for U.S. dollar deposits on the London Inter-Bank
Market.
(ii) LIBOR Reserve Percentage means the reserve percentage prescribed by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as
defined in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board, as amended), adjusted by Bank for expected
changes in such reserve percentage during the applicable term of this Agreement.
Lien
means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest
or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any easement, right of
way or other encumbrance on title to real property).
Line of Credit
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(a)
.
Line of Credit Note
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(a)
.
Loan
has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(c).
Loan Documents
means this Agreement, each Letter of Credit agreement, the Line of Credit
Note, any Letter of Credit, each Security Document, and each contract, instrument and other
document required under this Agreement or at any time hereafter delivered to Bank in connection
herewith or therewith.
Material Adverse Effect
means any of the following: (a) a material adverse change in, or
material adverse effect upon, the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations,
performance, properties or prospects of either: (i) Borrower; or (ii) Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of either Borrower or
Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, taken as a whole, to perform their respective obligations
under the Loan Documents; or (c) a material adverse effect upon: (i) the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability of any Loan Document to which Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor
is a party; or (ii) the rights and remedies of Bank under or in respect of any Loan Document.
Material Leased Real Estate
means all real property in which Borrower or any Subsidiary has
a leasehold interest with a rental term (including any optional renewal) expiring on or after
December 31, 2013, other than leases or rentals of nonmanufacturing replaceable office space at a
rental rate at or above current market rates.
Maturity Date
means December 1, 2015.
Note Offering
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(e).
Obligations
means all advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of any
Loan Party to Bank under or in respect of any Loan Document or otherwise, whether with respect to
any Loan or any Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and
including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any
Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law naming such Person as the debtor in
such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such
proceeding.
Organizational Documents
means: (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or
articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with
respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction) of such Person; (b) with respect to any limited liability
company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement of such
Person; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business
entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization
of such Person and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in
connection with such Persons formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority
in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or
articles of formation or organization of such Person.
Owned Real Estate
means any real property in which Borrower or any Subsidiary holds title or
the beneficial interest in fee simple.
Plan
means an employee pension benefit plan (as defined in ERISA).
Permitted Acquisition
means any acquisition by Borrower or any of its wholly owned
Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets
of, all of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person;
provided
that,
(a) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(b) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material
respects, in accordance with all applicable laws and in conformity with all applicable
Governmental Authorizations;
(c) in the case of the acquisition of Equity Interests, all of the Equity Interests
(except for any such securities in the nature of directors qualifying shares required
pursuant to applicable law) acquired, or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly formed
Subsidiary of Borrower, in connection with such acquisition shall be owned 100% by Borrower
or another Loan Party, and Borrower shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of the date
such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower each of the actions set forth in
Section
5.11
;
(d) if the consideration to be delivered in connection with the proposed acquisition
includes any deferred consideration payable to any seller, such as payment under a seller
note, Earn-Out Obligations, or extraordinary payments under consulting, employment or lease
agreements with such seller or its Affiliates, such deferred consideration shall in all
cases be expressly subordinated to payment of the Obligations pursuant to a Seller
Subordinated Note or a subordination agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit
D
(or an agreement containing substantially similar terms);
(e) Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenants
set forth in
Section 5.9
on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such
acquisition as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended;
(f) Borrower shall have delivered to Bank at least five (5) Business Days prior to such
proposed acquisition: (x) a Compliance Certificate evidencing compliance with
Section
5.9
as required under clause (e) above, together with all relevant financial information
with respect to such acquired assets, including the aggregate consideration for such
acquisition and any other information required to demonstrate compliance with
Section
5.9
;
provided,
that Borrower shall not be required to deliver a Compliance Certificate
with respect to any proposed acquisition if, since the date of the most recently delivered
Compliance Certificate, all the aggregate consideration for all Permitted Acquisitions plus
the proposed acquisition is less than $10,000,000; (y) copies of the definitive
documentation relating to such proposed acquisition, unless the aggregate consideration to
be delivered in connection with the proposed acquisition is less than $10,000,000;
(g) any Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance herewith (i) shall be in
the same or a similar or related business or lines of business in which Borrower and/or its
Subsidiaries are permitted to be engaged pursuant to
Section 6.5
and (ii) if the
aggregate consideration to be paid in connection with the proposed acquisition is greater
than or equal to $10,000,000, shall have generated positive Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA
(after allowing for pro forma adjustments permitted hereunder) for the most recently
completed four-fiscal quarter period prior to the date of such acquisition;
(h) in the case of a purchase or other acquisition of the Equity Interests of another
Person, the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of such other Person
shall have duly approved such purchase or other acquisition; and
(i) no Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party shall, in connection with any such
transaction, assume or remain liable with respect to any Debt or other liability (including
any material tax or ERISA liability) of the related seller or the business, Person or
properties acquired, unless (i) with respect to any Debt, such Debt is permitted to exist
under
Section 6.4
and (ii) with respect to obligations not constituting Debt, such
obligations are incurred in the ordinary course of business and are necessary or desirable
to the continued operation of the underlying properties; and any other such liabilities or
obligations not permitted to be assumed or otherwise supported by any Loan Party hereunder
shall be paid in full or released as to the business, Persons or properties being so
acquired on or before the consummation of such acquisition.
Permitted Lien
has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.9
.
Person
means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
association, trust, unincorporated organization or any other entity or organization, including a
government or agency or political subdivision thereof.
Real Property Assets
means all Owned Real Estate and all Material Leased Real Estate.
Responsible Officer
means: (a) with respect to Borrower in connection with any Request for
Credit Extension, any Compliance Certificate or any other certificate or notice pertaining to any
financial information required to be delivery by Borrower hereunder, the chief financial officer,
treasurer or controller of Borrower; and (b) otherwise, with respect to Borrower or any other Loan
Party, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer or controller of
such Person.
Restricted Payment
means, as to any Person: (a) any dividend or other distribution by such
Person (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests of such
Person; (b) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund
or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation
or termination of any such Equity Interest; (c) any payment of principal or interest or any
purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition or defeasance with respect to any Debt of such Person
arising under the Senior Unsecured Notes or which is otherwise subordinated to the payment of the
Obligations; (d) the acquisition for value by such Person of any Equity Interests issued by such
Person or any other Person that Controls such Person; and (e) any other transaction that has a
similar effect as clauses (a) through (d) of this definition.
Restricted Payments Permitted Amount
means an aggregate cumulative amount equal to
$25,000,000.
Rules
has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.11(b)
.
Security Agreements
means (a) the Security Agreements, dated as of the Closing Date,
executed by Borrower and by each Subsidiary Guarantor, respectively, in favor of Bank; and (b) any
similar document executed thereafter pursuant to the terms hereof or otherwise in connection
herewith after the Closing Date.
Security Documents
means, collectively: (a) the Security Agreements; (b) each deposit
account control agreement or securities account control agreement, each in form and substance
satisfactory to the Bank, entered into in connection with this Agreement or the Security
Agreements; (c) each intellectual property assignment or security agreement, each in form and
substance satisfactory to Bank, entered into in connection with this Agreement or the Security
Agreements; and (d) any document similar to the documents referred to in clauses (a) through (c) of
this definition executed on or after the Closing Date pursuant to the terms hereof or the Security
Agreements or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
Seller Subordinated Notes
means, collectively, the unsecured promissory notes issued by any
Loan Party to any seller in connection with a Permitted Acquisition which are expressly
subordinated and made junior to the payment and performance in full of all the Obligations in
accordance with a subordination agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit D
.
Senior Unsecured Notes
means the promissory notes issued pursuant to the Note Offering.
Standby Letter of Credit
means a standby letter of credit issued by Bank hereunder for the
account of Borrower.
Subsidiary
of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than
securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at
the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise Controlled, directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise
specified, all references herein to a
Subsidiary
or to
Subsidiaries
shall refer to a Subsidiary
or Subsidiaries of Borrower.
Subsidiary Guarantor
has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1
.
Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt
has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.9
.
Subsidiary Guarantor Subordinated Debt Payments
has the meaning set forth in
Section
8.9
.
Swap Contract
means: (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative
transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity
contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or
options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate
options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap
transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any
combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing),
whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement; and (b) any
and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, that are subject to the terms and
conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps
and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any
other master agreement including any such obligations or liabilities under any such master
agreement (in each case, together with any related schedules).
Swap Termination Value
means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking
into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap
Contracts: (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and
termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s); and (b) for any
date prior to the date referenced in clause (a) of this definition, the amount(s) determined as the
mark to market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid market or
other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which
may include Bank or any Affiliate of Bank)
.
Synthetic Lease Obligation
means the monetary obligation of a Person under either: (a) a
so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease; or (b) an agreement for the use or
possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person
but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the
indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
Third Party Obligor
means, each Subsidiary Guarantor and any general partner or joint
venturer in Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor if a partnership or joint venture.
United States
and
U.S.
mean the United States of America.
Unused Covenant Allocation Amount
means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to
$50,000,000
minus
the sum of (a) the excess over $25,000,000 of Debt of any Foreign Subsidiary
permitted pursuant to Section 6.4(c),
plus
(b) the excess over $30,000,000 of unsecured Debt
permitted pursuant to Section 6.4(g).
USA PATRIOT Act has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.18(a)
.