UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 26, 2011
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   001-34365   41-1990662
         
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
7800 Walton Parkway, New Albany, Ohio   43054
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   614-289-5360
Not Applicable
 
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

Item 1.01   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On April 26, 2011, Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the private sale of $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”). The Company used the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes (i) to repay all outstanding indebtedness under the Second Lien Credit Agreement (as defined below), (ii) to fund the repurchase of approximately $94.9 million of the Company’s 8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “2005 Notes”) and approximately $48.0 million of the Company’s 11%/13% Third Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2013 (the “2009 Notes” and, together with the 2005 Notes, the “Existing Notes”) on the early settlement date of the previously announced concurrent tender offers and consent solicitations for the Existing Notes as described below; and (iii) to pay related fees and expenses.
     The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated April 26, 2011 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries party thereto, as guarantors (the “guarantors”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
Indenture
Interest and Maturity
     Interest is payable on the Notes on April 15 and October 15 of each year until their maturity date of April 15, 2019.
Security and Guarantees
     The Indenture provides that the Notes are senior secured obligations of the Company. The Company’s obligations under the Notes are guaranteed by the guarantors. The obligations of the Company and the guarantors under the Notes are secured by a second-priority lien (subject to certain permitted liens) on substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and the guarantors, and a pledge of 100% of the capital stock of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the voting capital stock of each foreign subsidiary directly owned by the Company and the guarantors. The liens, the security interests and all of the obligations of the Company and the guarantors and all provisions regarding remedies in an event of default are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below).
Covenants
     The Indenture contains restrictive covenants that limit the ability and the ability of the Company’s restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: incur additional debt; pay dividends on, redeem or repurchase capital stock; restrict dividends or other payments by subsidiaries; make investments; engage in transactions with affiliates; create liens on assets; engage in sale/leaseback transactions; and consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of its restricted subsidiaries. These covenants are subject to important qualifications and exceptions set forth in the Indenture.
Events of Default
     The Indenture provides for events of default (subject in certain cases to customary grace and cure periods) which include, among others, nonpayment of principal or interest when due, breach of covenants or other agreements in the Indenture, defaults in payment of certain other indebtedness, certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency and certain defaults with respect to the security interests. Generally, if an event of default occurs, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all of the Notes to be due and payable immediately. All provisions regarding remedies in an event of default are subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.
Redemption
     The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time prior to April 15, 2014 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, plus the “make-whole” premium set forth in the Indenture. The Company may redeem the Notes,

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in whole or in part, at any time on or after April 15, 2014 at the redemption prices set forth in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. Not more than once during each twelve-month period ending on April 15, 2012, April 15, 2013 and April 15, 2014, the Company may redeem up to $25.0 million of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 103% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. In addition, at any time on or prior to April 15, 2014, on one or more occasions, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the net proceeds of certain equity offerings, as described in the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 107.875% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. If the Company experiences certain change of control events, holders of the Notes may require it to repurchase all or part of their Notes at 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repurchase date.
     A copy of the Indenture is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein. The description of the material terms of the Notes and the Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
Registration Rights Agreement
     In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Company and the guarantors entered into a registration rights agreement, dated April 26, 2011 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), with the initial purchaser of the Notes.
     Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company agreed for the benefit of the holders of the Notes that, if on April 26, 2012 (the one-year anniversary of the issue date of the Notes) (such date, the “Registration Trigger Date”), (i) any Notes are not freely transferable without volume restrictions by holders that are not affiliates of the Company in accordance with Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (ii) the restrictive legend has not been removed from any outstanding Notes held by holders that are not affiliates of the Company or (iii) any outstanding Notes held by holders that are not affiliates of the Company continue to bear a restricted CUSIP number, the Company will file an exchange offer registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such registration statement declared effective by the SEC and keep the exchange offer open for not less than 20 business days (or longer if required by applicable law), and, in certain limited circumstances, to file a shelf registration statement. If the Company breaches certain of its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, the interest rate for the Notes will increase by 0.50% per annum so long as the registration default continues. The Company also agreed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement to indemnify the holders of the Notes against certain liabilities in connection with the registration statement or contribute to payments that the holders may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.
     A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is attached as Exhibit 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein. The description of the material terms of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement
     On April 26, 2011, the Company and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, as borrowers (together with the Company, the “borrowers”) entered into an Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A. as agent and lender, which amended and restated the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 7, 2009, by and among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, as borrowers, and Bank of America, N.A., as agent and lender, as amended, governing the Company’s revolving credit facility. Among other things, the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement extended the maturity of the revolving credit facility to April 26, 2014, increased the revolving commitment to $40.0 million and revised the availability block to equal the amount of debt Bank of America, N.A. or its affiliates makes available to the Company’s foreign subsidiaries. Up to an aggregate of $10.0 million is available to the borrowers for the issuance of letters of credit, which reduces availability under the revolving credit facility.
     The revolving credit facility, as amended, provides additional flexibility with respect to foreign investments by permitting certain foreign investments in amounts of up to $10.0 million during any 12 month period, which

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amount may be increased to up to $70.0 million during any 12 month period if the revolving credit facility is undrawn as of the date of the investment and for the 30 days prior to such investment. The revolving credit facility, as amended, also permits the Company to consummate certain permitted acquisitions subject to certain conditions, including, without limitation, minimum availability requirements, an aggregate cap on purchase consideration and further assurances with respect to perfection of the lenders’ security interest on the acquired assets.
Interest Rates and Commitment Fees
     In connection with the amendment and restatement, the applicable margin is as follows:
                         
            Domestic Base     LIBOR  
Level   Ratio     Rate Loans     Revolver Loans  
III
  < 1.25 to 1.00   1.50%     2.50%  
II
  > 1.25 to 1.00 but <1.75 to 1.00   1.25%     2.25%  
I
  > 1.75 to 1.00   1.00%     2.00%  
     Until receipt by the agent of the financial statements and corresponding compliance certificate for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2011, the applicable margin shall be set at Level II. Thereafter, the applicable margin shall be subject to increase or decrease following receipt by the agent of the financial statements and corresponding compliance certificate for each fiscal quarter. If the financial statements or corresponding compliance certificate are not timely delivered, then the highest rate shall be applicable until the first day of the calendar month following actual receipt.
     The Company will pay a commitment fee to the lenders, which is calculated at a rate per annum based on a percentage of the difference between committed amounts and amounts actually borrowed under the revolving credit facility multiplied by an applicable margin. The commitment fee is payable quarterly in arrears. Currently, the unused commitment fee is (i) .500% per annum times the unused commitment during any fiscal quarter in which the aggregate average daily unused commitment is equal to or greater than 50% of the revolver commitments or (ii) .375% per annum times the unused commitment during any fiscal quarter in which the aggregate average daily unused commitment is less than 50% of the revolver commitments.
Terms, Covenants and Compliance Status
     The revolving credit facility, as amended, requires the maintenance of a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio calculated based upon consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the revolving credit facility) as of the last day of each of the Company’s fiscal quarters. The borrowers are not required to comply with the fixed charge coverage ratio requirement for as long as the borrowers maintain at least $10.0 million of borrowing availability under the revolving credit facility. If borrowing availability is less than $10.0 million at any time, the borrowers would be required to comply with a fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.1:1.0 as of the end of any fiscal quarter, and would be required to continue to comply with these requirements until the borrowers have borrowing availability of $10.0 million or greater for 60 consecutive days.
     The revolving credit facility, as amended, contains customary restrictive covenants, including, without limitation, limitations on the ability of the borrowers and their subsidiaries to incur additional debt and guarantees; grant liens on assets; pay dividends or make other distributions; make investments or acquisitions; dispose of assets; make payments on certain indebtedness; merge, combine with any other person or liquidate; amend organizational documents; file consolidated tax returns with entities other than other borrowers or their subsidiaries; make material changes in accounting treatment or reporting practices; enter into restrictive agreements; enter into hedging agreements; engage in transactions with affiliates; enter into certain employee benefit plans; amend subordinated debt or the indenture governing the notes; and other matters customarily restricted in loan agreements. The revolving credit facility, as amended, also contains customary reporting and other affirmative covenants.
     The revolving credit facility, as amended contains customary events of default, including, without limitation, nonpayment of obligations under the revolving credit facility when due; material inaccuracy of representations and warranties; violation of covenants in the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement and certain other documents executed in connection therewith; breach or default of agreements related to debt in

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excess of $5.0 million that could result in acceleration of that debt; revocation or attempted revocation of guarantees; denial of the validity or enforceability of the loan documents or failure of the loan documents to be in full force and effect; certain judgments in excess of $2.0 million; the inability of an obligor to conduct any material part of its business due to governmental intervention, loss of any material license, permit, lease or agreement necessary to the business; cessation of an obligor’s business for a material period of time; impairment of collateral through condemnation proceedings; certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency; certain Employee Retirement Income Securities Act events; and a change in control of the Company. Certain of the defaults are subject to exceptions, materiality qualifiers, grace periods and baskets customary for credit facilities of this type.
     Voluntary prepayments of amounts outstanding under the revolving credit facility are permitted at any time, without premium or penalty.
     The revolving credit facility, as amended, requires the borrowers to make mandatory prepayments with the proceeds of certain asset dispositions and upon the receipt of insurance or condemnation proceeds to the extent the borrowers do not use the proceeds for the purchase of assets useful in the borrowers’ businesses.
     A copy of the Amended and Restated Loan Security Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein. The description of the material terms of the Amended and Restated Loan Security Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
Intercreditor Agreement
     On April 26, 2011, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an Intercreditor Agreement (the “Intercreditor Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A., as first lien administrative and first lien collateral agent under the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and second priority collateral agent under the Indenture. The Intercreditor Agreement establishes the relative lien priorities and rights of the lenders under the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement and the holders of the Notes.
     A copy of the Intercreditor Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein. The description of the material terms of the Intercreditor Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
Item 1.02   Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On April 26, 2011, in connection with the closing of the Notes offering, the Company repaid in full all outstanding indebtedness under the Loan & Security Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2009 (the “Second Lien Credit Agreement”), by and among the Company, as borrower, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, as guarantors, the financial institutions party thereto, as lenders, and Credit Suisse, as agent, and terminated the Second Lien Credit Agreement. A summary of the terms of the Second Lien Credit Agreement is included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2.03   Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of the Registrant.
     The information set forth under the captions “Indenture” and “Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement” in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 3.03   Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
     On April 26, 2011, the Company accepted for purchase the approximately $94.9 million of its 2005 Notes and the approximately $48.0 million of its 2009 Notes that had been validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 21, 2011 pursuant to its previously announced tender offers and consent solicitations. Upon such acceptance, the amendments (the “Amendments”) to the indentures governing the Existing Notes contained in the supplemental indentures, dated as of April 21, 2011, became operative. The Amendments (i) eliminated substantially all of the restrictive covenants contained in the Indentures, (ii) eliminated or modified certain events of default contained in the indentures, (iii) eliminated or modified related provisions contained in the indentures and (iv) with respect to the 2009 Notes, eliminated certain conditions to covenant defeasance contained in the indenture governing the 2009 Notes and released the liens in respect of the 2009 Notes.

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Item 8.01   Other Events.
     On April 26, 2011, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the refinancing transactions and the early settlement of the tender offers and consent solicitations for its Existing Notes described above. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
         
Exhibit No.   Description
  4.1    
Indenture, dated as of April 26, 2011, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
  4.2    
Form of 7.875% Senior Secured Note due 2019 (included as Exhibit 1 to Exhibit 4.1).
  4.3    
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2011, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and the purchaser named therein.
  10.1    
Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2011, by and among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, as borrowers, and Bank of America, N.A. as agent and lender.
  10.2    
Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2011, between Bank of America, N.A., as first lien administrative and first lien collateral agent, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and second priority collateral agent.
  99.1    
Press Release, dated April 26, 2011.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.
 
 
April 28, 2011  By:   /s/ Chad M. Utrup    
    Name:   Chad M. Utrup   
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   
 

 


 

Exhibit Index
         
Exhibit No.   Description
  4.1    
Indenture, dated as of April 26, 2011, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
  4.2    
Form of 7.875% Senior Secured Note due 2019 (included as Exhibit 1 to Exhibit 4.1).
  4.3    
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2011, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and the purchaser named therein.
  10.1    
Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2011, by and among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, as borrowers, and Bank of America, N.A. as agent and lender.
  10.2    
Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2011, between Bank of America, N.A., as first lien administrative and first lien collateral agent, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and second priority collateral agent.
  99.1    
Press Release, dated April 26, 2011.

 

Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION VERSION
 
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC.,
as Issuer,
the SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS named herein,
as Subsidiary Guarantors
and
U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee
 
INDENTURE
Dated as of April 26, 2011
 
7.875% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019
 

 


 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
           
TIA   Indenture  
Section   Section  
310 (a)(1)      7.10  
  (a)(2)      7.10  
  (a)(3)      N.A.  
  (a)(4)      N.A.  
  (a)(5)      7.10  
  (b)      7.10  
311 (a)      7.11  
  (b)      7.11  
312 (a)      2.05  
  (b)      12.03  
  (c)      12.03  
313 (a)      7.06  
  (b)      7.06; 11.05  
  (c)      7.06; 12.02  
  (d)      7.06  
314 (a)      4.02; 11.02  
314 (a)(4)      4.13  
  (b)      11.02  
  (c)(1)      12.04  
  (c)(2)      12.04  
  (c)(3)      N.A.  
  (d)      11.05; 11.06  
  (e)      12.05  
  (f)      N.A.  
315 (a)      7.01  
  (b)      7.05; 12.02  
  (c)      7.01  
  (d)      7.01  
  (e)      6.11  
316 (a)(last sentence)      12.06  
  (a)(1)(A)      6.05  
  (a)(1)(B)      6.04  
  (a)(2)      N.A.  
  (b)      6.07  
  (c)      9.04  
317 (a)(1)      6.08  
  (a)(2)      6.09  
  (b)      2.04  
318 (a)      12.01  
N.A. means Not Applicable.
 
Note:      This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
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Article 1
 
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
 
SECTION 1.01. Definitions
    1  
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions
    38  
SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
    38  
SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction
    39  
Article 2
 
The Securities
 
SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating
    40  
SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication
    40  
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent
    41  
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust
    41  
SECTION 2.05. Securityholder Lists
    41  
SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange
    41  
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities
    42  
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities
    42  
SECTION 2.09. Temporary Securities
    42  
SECTION 2.10. Cancellation
    42  
SECTION 2.11. Defaulted Interest
    43  
SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc
    43  
SECTION 2.13. Issuance of Additional Securities
    43  
Article 3
 
Redemption
 
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee
    44  
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed
    44  
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption
    44  
SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption
    45  
SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price
    45  
SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part
    45  
Article 4
 
Covenants
 
SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities
    46  
SECTION 4.02. SEC Reports
    46  


 

         
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SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Indebtedness
    47  
SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments
    51  
SECTION 4.05. Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries
    55  
SECTION 4.06. Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock
    57  
SECTION 4.07. Limitation on Affiliate Transactions
    61  
SECTION 4.08. Limitation on Line of Business
    62  
SECTION 4.09. Change of Control
    62  
SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Liens
    64  
SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions
    65  
SECTION 4.12. Future Guarantors
    65  
SECTION 4.13. Compliance Certificate
    66  
SECTION 4.14. Further Instruments and Acts
    66  
Article 5
 
Successor Company
 
SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets
    66  
Article 6
 
Defaults and Remedies
 
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default
    68  
SECTION 6.02. Acceleration
    70  
SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies
    71  
SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults
    71  
SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority
    71  
SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits
    71  
SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
    72  
SECTION 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee
    72  
SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
    72  
SECTION 6.10. Priorities
    72  
SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs
    73  
SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
    73  
Article 7
 
Trustee
 
SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee
    73  
SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee
    74  
SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee
    75  
SECTION 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer
    76  
SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults
    76  
SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders
    76  

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SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity
    76  
SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee
    77  
SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger
    78  
SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification
    78  
SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
    78  
Article 8
 
Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
 
SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance
    78  
SECTION 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance
    79  
SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money
    81  
SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Company
    81  
SECTION 8.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations
    81  
SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement
    81  
Article 9
 
Amendments
 
SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders
    81  
SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders
    83  
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
    84  
SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers
    84  
SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities
    84  
SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments
    84  
SECTION 9.07. Payment for Consent
    85  
Article 10
 
Subsidiary Guaranties
 
SECTION 10.01. Guaranties
    85  
SECTION 10.02. Limitation on Liability
    87  
SECTION 10.03. Successors and Assigns
    87  
SECTION 10.04. No Waiver
    87  
SECTION 10.05. Modification
    87  
SECTION 10.06. Release of Subsidiary Guarantor
    87  
SECTION 10.07. Contribution
    88  
Article 11
 
Collateral and Security
 
SECTION 11.01. Collateral and Security Documents
    88  
SECTION 11.02. Recordings and Opinions
    89  
SECTION 11.03. Release of Collateral
    90  

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SECTION 11.04. After-Acquired Property
    90  
SECTION 11.05. Permitted Releases Not to Impair Lien; Trust Indenture Act Requirements
    90  
SECTION 11.06. Reports, Certificates and Opinions
    91  
SECTION 11.07. Use of Trust Monies
    91  
SECTION 11.08. Suits to Protect the Collateral
    92  
SECTION 11.09. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents
    92  
SECTION 11.10. Trustee and Second Lien Collateral Agent
    92  
Article 12
 
Miscellaneous
 
SECTION 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls
    93  
SECTION 12.02. Notices
    94  
SECTION 12.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders
    94  
SECTION 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
    94  
SECTION 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
    95  
SECTION 12.06. When Securities Disregarded
    95  
SECTION 12.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar
    95  
SECTION 12.08. Legal Holidays
    95  
SECTION 12.09. Governing Law
    95  
SECTION 12.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
    95  
SECTION 12.11. No Recourse Against Others
    96  
SECTION 12.12. Successors
    96  
SECTION 12.13. Multiple Originals
    96  
SECTION 12.14. Table of Contents; Headings
    96  
 
Rule 144A/Regulation S Appendix        
 
Exhibit 1 — Form of Initial Security        
 
Exhibit A — Form of Exchange Security or Private Exchange Security        
 
Exhibit B — Form of Supplemental Indenture        
 

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     INDENTURE dated as of April 26, 2011, among COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking organization (the “Trustee”).
          Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s Initial Securities, Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities (in each case, as defined in the Rule 144A/Regulation S Appendix attached hereto and, collectively, the “Securities”):
Article 1
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
          SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
          “ ABL Credit Facility ” means the Amended and Restated Credit Facility under the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2011, by and among the Company, each other borrower party thereto, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder and Bank of America, N.A., as agent for such lenders, including any Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and other agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.03) or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender, group of lenders, investor or group of investors.
          “ Additional Assets ” means (1) any capital expenditure or other acquisition of property, plant or equipment used in a Related Business; (2) the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; or (3) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that any such Restricted Subsidiary described in clause (2) or (3) above is primarily engaged in a Related Business.
          “ Additional Securities ” means Securities issued under this Indenture after the Issue Date and in compliance with Sections 2.13, 4.03 and 4.10, it being understood that any Securities issued in exchange for or replacement of any Initial Security issued on the Issue Date shall not be an Additional Security, including any such Securities issued pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.


 

          “ Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
          “ After-Acquired Property ” means any property of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor acquired after the Issue Date that is intended to secure the Obligations under this Indenture and the Securities pursuant to this Indenture and the Security Documents, including property of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor acquired using the proceeds from any issuance of Additional Securities.
          “ Applicable Premium ” means, with respect to any Security on any redemption date, the greater of (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Security and (2) the excess of (A) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of such Security at April 15, 2014 (such redemption price being set forth in the table in Section 5 of the Securities), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Security through April 15, 2014 (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 such Security.
          “ Asset Disposition ” means any direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”), of
     (1) any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary);
     (2) all or substantially all of the assets of any division or line of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
     (3) any other assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
other than, in the case of clauses (1), (2) and (3) above,
     (A) a disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;
     (B) for purposes of Section 4.06 only, (i) a disposition that constitutes a Restricted Payment (or would constitute a Restricted Payment but for the exclusions from the definition thereof (including a Permitted Investment)) and that is not prohibited by Section 4.04 and (ii) a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01;

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     (C) a disposition of assets or Capital Stock with a fair market value of less than $2.5 million;
     (D) a disposition of cash or Temporary Cash Investments;
     (E) the creation of a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien);
     (F) sales of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction for the fair market value thereof or in connection with a Permitted Factoring Program for the fair market value thereof or the creation of a Lien on any such accounts receivable or related assets in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or a Permitted Factoring Program;
     (G) any exchange of like property pursuant to Section 1031 of the Code for use in a Related Business;
     (H) any sale, transfer or other disposition of defaulted receivables for collection;
     (I) a disposition of assets that are worn out, obsolete or damaged or no longer used in the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in the ordinary course of business;
     (J) the licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles and licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases of other property in the ordinary course of business which, in each case, does not materially interfere with the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
     (K) for purposes of clauses (a)(1) and (2) of Section 4.06 only, the disposition of any property or other assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event;
     (L) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;
     (M) foreclosures on assets subject to Liens otherwise permitted to be incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under this Indenture;
     (N) any sale of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
     (O) for purposes of clauses (a)(1) and (2) of Section 4.06 only, dispositions of Investments in joint ventures (including Foreign Subsidiaries), to the extent required by, or made pursuant to buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties;
     (P) any sale of inventory, consignment arrangement or similar arrangement for the sale of property in the ordinary course of business; and

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     (Q) the sale, transfer or other disposition of Hedging Obligations incurred pursuant to Section 4.03.
          “ Attributable Debt ” in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate borne by the Securities, compounded semiannually) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/ Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended); provided , however , that if such Sale/Leaseback Transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation.”
          “ Average Life ” means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of the numbers of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Indebtedness multiplied by the amount of such payment by (2) the sum of all such payments.
          “ Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board.
          “ Borrowing Base ” means, as of any date, an amount equal to: (1) 80% of the face amount of all accounts receivable owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date; plus (2) 50% of the book value of all inventory owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter preceding such date; provided , however , that (a) if Indebtedness is being incurred to finance an acquisition pursuant to which any accounts receivable or inventory will be acquired (whether through the direct acquisition of assets or the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person), Borrowing Base shall include the applicable percentage of any accounts receivable and inventory to be acquired in connection with such acquisition and (b) any accounts receivable owned by a Receivables Subsidiary, or which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to transfer to a Receivables Subsidiary, shall be excluded for purposes of determining such amount.
          “ Business Day ” means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
          “ Capital Lease Obligation ” means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. For purposes of Section 4.10, a Capital Lease Obligation will be deemed to be secured by a Lien on the property being leased.
          “ Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests (including partnership interests), rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of

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or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
          “ Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
     (1) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause (1) such person shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;
     (2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
     (3) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into the Company, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (determined on a consolidated basis) to another Person other than a transaction following which (i) in the case of a merger or consolidation transaction, holders of securities that represented 100% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction (or other securities into which such securities are converted as part of such merger or consolidation transaction) own directly or indirectly at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation transaction immediately after such transaction and in substantially the same proportion as before the transaction and (ii) in the case of a sale of assets transaction, each transferee becomes an obligor in respect of the Securities and a Subsidiary of the transferor of such assets.
          “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
          “ Collateral ” means all of the property and assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time constituting collateral pursuant to the Security Documents; provided , however , that in no event shall the term “Collateral” include any Excluded Assets.
          “ Commodity Agreement ” means any commodity futures contract, commodity option, commodity swap agreement, commodity collar agreement, commodity cap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary designed to protect the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in the price of commodities actually used in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
          “ Company ” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the indenture securities.

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          “ Consolidated Coverage Ratio ” as of any date of determination means the ratio of:
     (1) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters prior to the date of such determination for which financial statements are available to
     (2) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters;
provided , however , that
     (A) if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period that remains outstanding or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, or both, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period (except that in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness Incurred for working capital purposes under any Revolving Credit Facility outstanding on the date of such calculation will be deemed to be (i) the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period for which such facility was outstanding or (ii) if such facility was created after the end of such four fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the period from the date of the creation of such facility to the date of such calculation);
     (B) if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period or if any Indebtedness is to be repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred for working capital purposes under any Revolving Credit Facility) on the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period and as if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary had not earned the interest income actually earned during such period in respect of cash or Temporary Cash Investments used to repay, repurchase, defease or otherwise discharge such Indebtedness;
     (C) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Disposition (including any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition that would constitute an Asset Disposition but for the exclusions contained in clauses (C) and (G) of the definition thereof), EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to EBITDA (if positive) directly attributable to the assets which are the subject of such Asset Disposition for such period, or increased by an amount equal to EBITDA (if negative), directly attributable thereto for such period and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated Interest Expense directly attributable to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with

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respect to the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition for such period (or, if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period directly attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such sale);
     (D) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of assets, including any acquisition of assets occurring in connection with a transaction requiring a calculation to be made hereunder, which constitutes all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Investment or acquisition had occurred on the first day of such period;
     (E) if since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Asset Disposition (including any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition that would constitute an Asset Disposition but for the exclusions contained in clauses (C) and (G) of the definition thereof), any Investment or acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (C) or (D) above if made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition had occurred on the first day of such period;
     (F) if since the beginning of such period any Person was designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or redesignated as, or otherwise became, a Restricted Subsidiary, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such event had occurred on the first day of such period; and
     (G) if, since the beginning of such period, the Company has classified any of its businesses as discontinued operations, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as to exclude the impact of such discontinued operations on or after the date such operations are classified as discontinued.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of assets, the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness Incurred in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Company (and shall include any applicable Pro Forma Cost Savings). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable

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to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months).
          “ Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period, the total interest expense of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (but excluding any loss on early extinguishment of Indebtedness), plus, to the extent not included in such total interest expense, and to the extent incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, without duplication:
     (1) interest expense attributable to Capital Lease Obligations;
     (2) amortization of debt discount and debt issuance cost (other than the debt issuance costs incurred in connection with the Transactions);
     (3) capitalized interest;
     (4) non-cash interest expense;
     (5) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing;
     (6) net payments pursuant to Hedging Obligations relating to Interest Rate Agreements; provided , however , that any net receipts pursuant to such Hedging Obligations shall be included as a reduction of interest expense;
     (7) dividends accrued in respect of all Disqualified Stock of the Company and all Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than dividends payable solely in Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company); provided , however , that such dividends will be multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the effective combined tax rate of the issuer of such Preferred Stock (expressed as a decimal) for such period (as estimated by the chief financial officer of the Company in good faith);
     (8) interest incurred in connection with Investments in discontinued operations;
     (9) interest accruing on any Indebtedness of any other Person to the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by (or secured by the assets of) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and
     (10) the cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than the Company) in connection with Indebtedness Incurred by such plan or trust.
          “ Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the net income of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries; provided , however , that there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:

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     (1) any net income of any Person (other than the Company) if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that, subject to the exclusion contained in clause (4) below, the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution paid to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (3) below);
     (2) any net income (or loss) of any Person acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary in a pooling of interests transaction (or any transaction accounted for in a manner similar to a pooling of interests) for any period prior to the date of such acquisition;
     (3) any net income of any Restricted Subsidiary if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Company, except that:
     (A) subject to the exclusion contained in clause (4) below, the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution paid to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause); and
     (B) the Company’s equity in a net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income;
     (4) any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any assets of the Company, its consolidated Subsidiaries or any other Person (including pursuant to any sale-and-leaseback arrangement) which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person;
     (5) extraordinary gains or losses;
     (6) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;
     (7) any non-cash goodwill impairment charges or other intangible asset impairment charges incurred subsequent to the date of this Indenture resulting from the application of SFAS No. 142 or any other non-cash asset impairment charges incurred subsequent to the date of this Indenture resulting from the application of SFAS No. 144;
     (8) any non-recurring costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions or any other acquisition of, or Investment in, a Person in a Related Business;

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     (9) any non-cash compensation charges, including any such charges arising from stock options, restricted stock grants or other equity-incentive programs;
     (10) any net after-tax income or loss from discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on the disposition of discontinued operations;
     (11) any inventory purchase accounting adjustments made as a result of any acquisition of a Person in a Related Business;
     (12) any unrealized gain or loss resulting from the application of SFAS No. 133 with respect to Hedging Obligations; and
     (13) any non-cash gain or loss attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness,
in each case, for such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.04 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any repurchases, repayments or redemptions of Investments, proceeds realized on the sale of Investments or return of capital to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such repurchases, repayments, redemptions, proceeds or returns increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such Section pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(3)(D).
          “ Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio ” as of any date of determination means the ratio of (1) the aggregate principal amount of Secured Indebtedness (and without duplication the aggregate “net investment” outstanding under any Qualified Receivables Transaction or Permitted Factoring Program) on the date of determination after giving pro forma effect to all such Secured Indebtedness to be Incurred on such date to (2) EBITDA for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of determination, with (A) such pro forma adjustments to EBITDA as would be required under the definition of “Consolidated Coverage Ratio” in performing a calculation thereof and (B) the amount of Secured Indebtedness on the date of determination being calculated in accordance with the principles required to be applied in performing a calculation of Indebtedness under the definition of “Consolidated Coverage Ratio.”
          “ continuing ” means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.
          “ Credit Facilities ” means, with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities, including the ABL Credit Facility, or other financing arrangements (including commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or other Indebtedness, including any notes, mortgages, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and other agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that

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increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.03) or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender, group of lenders, investor or group of investors.
          “ Currency Agreement ” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement with respect to currency values.
          “ Default ” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
          “ Designated Non-cash Consideration ” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, or, in the case of Designated Non-cash Consideration with a fair market value of $5.0 million or greater, pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, in each case, setting forth the basis of such valuation.
          “ Discharge of First Lien Obligations ” means, subject to any reinstatement of First Lien Obligations in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, (a) indefeasible payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate provided for in the respective First Lien Document, whether or not such interest would be allowed in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) and premium, if any, on all Indebtedness under the First Lien Documents and termination of all commitments of the First Lien Lenders to lend or otherwise extend credit under the First Lien Documents, (b) indefeasible payment in full in cash of all other First Lien Obligations (including letter of credit reimbursement obligations) that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal, interest, and premium are paid and (c) termination or cash collateralization (in an amount and manner, and on terms, reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Collateral Agent) of all letters of credit issued under the First Lien Documents.
          “ Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder) or upon the happening of any event:
     (1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than redeemable only for Capital Stock of such Person which is not itself Disqualified Stock) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;
     (2) is convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holder for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock; or
     (3) is mandatorily redeemable or must be purchased upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise, in whole or in part,
in each case on or prior to the 180th day after the earlier of the Stated Maturity of the Securities and the date the Securities are no longer outstanding; provided , however , that any Capital Stock

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that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to purchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an “asset sale” or “change of control” occurring prior to the first anniversary of the earlier of the Stated Maturity of the Securities and the date the Securities are no longer outstanding shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if (A) the “asset sale” or “change of control” provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the terms applicable to the Securities in Sections 4.06 and 4.09 of this Indenture and (B) any such requirement only becomes operative after compliance with such terms applicable to the Securities, including the purchase of any Securities tendered pursuant thereto.
          The amount of any Disqualified Stock that does not have a fixed redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified Stock were redeemed, repaid or repurchased on any date on which the amount of such Disqualified Stock is to be determined pursuant to this Indenture; provided , however , that if such Disqualified Stock could not be required to be redeemed, repaid or repurchased at the time of such determination, the redemption, repayment or repurchase price will be the book value of such Disqualified Stock as reflected in the most recent financial statements of such Person. The Company may designate, in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee at the time of issuance, any Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that would not otherwise be “Disqualified Stock” to be Disqualified Stock for all purposes under this Indenture.
          “ EBITDA ” for any period means the sum of Consolidated Net Income, plus the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:
     (1) all provision for taxes of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, federal, state, local, foreign income, franchise, state single business unitary and similar tax expense);
     (2) Consolidated Interest Expense;
     (3) depreciation and amortization expense of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding amortization expense attributable to a prepaid item that was paid in cash in a prior period);
     (4) fees and expenses related to a Qualified Receivables Transaction or a Permitted Factoring Program (the “Receivables Fee and Expenses”);
     (5) any net after-tax losses attributable to the termination of any employee pension benefit plan (the “Termination Losses”);
     (6) extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual losses or expenses relating to severance, relocation costs, executive recruiting costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (the “Extraordinary Losses”);
     (7) all other non-cash charges of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period) less all non-cash items of

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income of the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (other than accruals of revenue by the Company and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and other than reversals (to the extent made without any payment in cash) of accruals or reserves previously excluded from EBITDA);
     (8) to the extent non-recurring and not capitalized, any fees, costs and expenses of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred as a result of Equity Offerings, Investments or Asset Dispositions permitted hereunder and the issuance, repayment or amendment of Capital Stock or Indebtedness permitted hereunder (in each case, whether or not consummated), including (i) such fees, costs and expenses related to the offering of the Securities and the amendment of the ABL Credit Facility and (ii) any amendment of other modification of the Securities; and
     (9) the amount of any restructuring charge or reserve or other plant closure costs, including any onetime costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the Issue Date and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities in connection therewith;
in each case for such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, the depreciation and amortization and non-cash charges of, the Receivables Fees and Expenses of, the Termination Losses of and the Extraordinary Losses of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion, including by reason of minority interests) that the net income or loss of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income and only if a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders.
          “ Equity Offering ” means either (i) an underwritten primary public offering of common stock of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or (ii) a private placement of common stock of the Company.
          “ Exchange Act ” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
          “ Excluded Assets ” means
     (i) all motor vehicles and other assets subject to a certificate of title (other than aircraft) the perfection of a security interest in which is excluded from the Uniform Commercial Code in the relevant jurisdiction;
     (ii) any General Intangible (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) or other rights arising under contracts, Instruments (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code), licenses, license agreements or other documents, to the extent (and only to the extent) that the grant of a security interest would (x) constitute a violation of a restriction in favor of a third party on such grant, unless and until any required consents shall have been obtained, (y) give any other party the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, or (z) violate any law; provided , however , that (1) any portion of any such General

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Intangible or other right shall cease to be excluded pursuant to this clause (ii) at the time and to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein does not result in any of the consequences specified above and (2) the limitation set forth in this clause (ii) above shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by a grantor of a security interest in any such General Intangible or other right, to the extent that an otherwise applicable prohibition or restriction on such grant is rendered ineffective by any applicable law, including the Uniform Commercial Code;
     (iii) property (whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible), and proceeds thereof, owned by any obligor on the date hereof or hereafter acquired that is subject to a Lien securing a purchase money obligation or capital lease permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Indenture, for so long as the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such purchase money obligation or capital lease) validly prohibits the creation of any other Lien on such property;
     (iv) applications filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to register trademarks or service marks on the basis of any obligor’s “intent to use” such trademarks or service marks unless and until the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” has been filed and accepted, whereupon such applications shall be automatically subject to the Lien granted herein and deemed included in the Collateral;
     (v) any property or assets to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any applicable law or requires a consent not obtained of any governmental authority pursuant to such applicable law;
     (vi) more than 65% of the Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary which represent Voting Stock to the extent a greater percentage would result in adverse tax consequences to the Company;
     (vii) Capital Stock and other securities of a Subsidiary to the extent a pledge of such Collateral is limited because such pledge would otherwise require the filing with the SEC of separate financial statements of such Subsidiary as described in the Security Documents;
     (viii) de minimis Capital Stock of any indirect Foreign Subsidiary or other foreign person held by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor solely for the benefit of any Person other than the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
     (ix) all tax, payroll, employee benefit, fiduciary and trust accounts; and
     (x) accounts receivable and any assets related thereto owned by a Receivables Subsidiary or which the Company or its Subsidiaries have agreed to transfer to a Receivables Subsidiary or as part of a Permitted Factoring Program.
          “ First Lien Collateral Agent ” means the agent under the ABL Credit Facility and any permitted successor thereto.

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          “ First Lien Documents ” means the ABL Credit Facility, the other Loan Documents (as defined in the ABL Credit Facility), each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any other First Lien Obligation and any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with any First Lien Obligation (including any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of First Lien Obligations), to the extent such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, modified, restated, supplemented, replaced, refinanced, renewed or extended from time to time.
          “ First Lien Lenders ” means the “Lenders” (or a similar term) from time to time party to, and as defined in, the ABL Credit Facility or any other Credit Facility secured by a first-lien security interest in the Collateral, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided , however , that the term “First Lien Lender” shall in any event also include each letter of credit issuer and swingline lender under the ABL Credit Facility, including the “Issuing Bank” and any “Agent” under (and each as defined in) the ABL Credit Facility.
          “ First Lien Obligations ” means all Obligations under and as defined in the ABL Credit Facility of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and under any other document relating to the ABL Credit Facility and all obligations under any other Credit Facilities Incurred under clause (1) of paragraph (b) under Section 4.03 the obligations under which are secured by first-lien security interests in the assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries. “First Lien Obligations” shall in any event include:
     (a) all interest accrued or accruing, or which would accrue, absent commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (and the effect of provisions such as Section 502(b)(2) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code), on or after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with the rate specified in the relevant First Lien Document, whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed or allowable as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding;
     (b) any and all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ and/or financial consultants’ fees and expenses) incurred by the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Priority Secured Parties on or after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not the claim for such fees and expenses is allowed or allowable under Section 502 or 506(b) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other provision of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; and
     (c) all obligations and liabilities of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor under each First Lien Document to which it is a party which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, would become due and payable.
          “ First Priority Secured Parties ” has the meaning given to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.
          “ Foreign Cash Investments ” means any Investment rated P-1 or A-1 or better by Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s, respectively, (i) in direct obligations issued by, or guaranteed by, the government of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and

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Development (the “OECD”) or any agency or instrumentality thereof; provided , however , that such obligations mature within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof, and (ii) in time deposits or negotiable certificates of deposit or money market securities issued by any commercial banking institution that is a member of an applicable central bank of a country that is a member of the OECD having surplus of at least $50.0 million in the aggregate at all times, payable on demand or maturing within 180 days of the acquisition thereof; provided , however , that such time deposits, negotiable certificates of deposit and money market securities are permitted under the Credit Facilities.
          “ Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
          “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Issue Date, including those set forth in
     (1) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants;
     (2) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board;
     (3) such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession; and
     (4) the rules and regulations of the SEC governing the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the SEC;
except with respect to any reports or financial information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.02, which shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date thereof; provided , however , that, at any time after adoption of IFRS by the Company for its financial statements and reports for all financial reporting purposes, the Company may elect to apply IFRS for all purposes of this Indenture, and, upon any such election, references in this Indenture to GAAP shall be construed to mean IFRS as in effect on the date of such election; provided further, however , that (1) any such election once made shall be irrevocable (and shall only be made once), (2) all financial statements and reports required to be provided after such election pursuant to this Indenture shall be prepared on the basis of IFRS, (3) from and after such election, all ratios, computations and other determinations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with IFRS with retroactive effect being given thereto assuming that such election had been made on the Issue Date, (4) such election shall not have the effect of rendering invalid any Restricted Payment made prior to the date of such election pursuant to Section 4.04 or any Incurrence of Indebtedness Incurred prior to the date of such election pursuant to Section 4.03 (or any other action conditioned on (x) the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors having been able to Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under the

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incurrence test set forth in clause (a) of Section 4.03 or (y) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio being a specified amount) if such Restricted Payment, Incurrence or other action was valid under this Indenture on the date made, Incurred or taken, as the case may be and (5) all accounting terms and references in this Indenture to accounting standards shall be deemed to be references to the most comparable terms or standards under IFRS. The Company shall give notice of any election to the Trustee and the Holders within 15 days of such election. For the avoidance of doubt, solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition will not be treated as an Incurrence of Indebtedness.
          “ Guarantee ” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
     (1) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or
     (2) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);
provided , however , that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
          “ Guaranty Agreement ” means a supplemental indenture, in the form of Exhibit B hereto, pursuant to which a Subsidiary Guarantor Guarantees the Company’s obligations with respect to the Securities on the terms provided for in this Indenture.
          “ Hedging Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or Commodity Agreement.
          “ Holder ” or “ Securityholder ” means the Person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.
          “ IFRS ” means the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.
          “ Immaterial Subsidiary ” means, as of any date, any Restricted Subsidiary (i) whose total assets, as of that date, are less than $1.0 million and whose total assets, as of that date and together with the total assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of such date, are less than $10.0 million and (ii) whose total revenues for the most recent 12-month period do not exceed $1.0 million and whose total revenues for the most recent 12-month period, together with the total revenues for the most recent 12-month period for all Immaterial Subsidiaries, do not exceed $10.0 million; provided , however , that a Restricted Subsidiary will not be considered to be an Immaterial Subsidiary if it, directly or indirectly, Guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor.

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          “ Incur ” means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided , however , that any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary. The term “Incurrence” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. Solely for purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.03:
     (1) amortization of debt discount or the accretion of principal with respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount security;
     (2) the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness of the same instrument or the payment of dividends on Capital Stock in the form of additional Capital Stock of the same class and with the same terms;
     (3) the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Indebtedness arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of redemption or making of a mandatory offer to purchase such Indebtedness;
     (4) changes in the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values; and
     (5) the reclassification of any outstanding Capital Stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles so long as such Capital Stock was issued prior to, and not in contemplation of, such accounting change
will not be deemed to be the Incurrence of Indebtedness.
          “ Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication):
     (1) the principal in respect of (A) indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable, including, in each case, any premium on such indebtedness to the extent such premium has become due and payable;
     (2) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale/Leaseback Transactions entered into by such Person;
     (3) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business);
     (4) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, bankers’ acceptance or similar credit transaction (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described in

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clauses (1) through (3) above) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the tenth Business Day following payment on the letter of credit);
     (5) the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock of such Person or, with respect to any Preferred Stock of any Subsidiary of such Person, the principal amount of such Preferred Stock to be determined in accordance with this Indenture (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends);
     (6) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (5) of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any Guarantee;
     (7) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person), the amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the fair market value of such property or assets and the amount of the obligation so secured; and
     (8) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, Hedging Obligations of such Person.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any business, the term “Indebtedness” will exclude 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 30 days thereafter.
          The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all obligations as described above; provided , however , that in the case of Indebtedness sold at a discount, the amount of such Indebtedness at any time will be the accreted value thereof at such time.
          The amount of Indebtedness represented by a Hedging Obligation shall be equal to:
     (1) zero if such Hedging Obligation has been Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(7), or
     (2) the termination value of such Hedging Obligation if not Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(7).
          “ Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.

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          “ Independent Qualified Party ” means an investment banking firm, accounting firm or appraisal firm of national standing; provided , however , that such firm is not an Affiliate of the Company.
          “ Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding ” means (a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or with respect to a material portion of its respective assets, (c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor.
          “ Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Intercreditor Agreement dated on or about the Issue Date among the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor named therein (the “2011 Intercreditor Agreement”), or other intercreditor agreements, consistent with the 2011 Intercreditor Agreement, among the Second Lien Collateral Agent and an agent for lenders providing a Credit Facility from time to time, in each case as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, extended or renewed from time to time.
          “ Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement or other financial agreement or arrangement designed to manage, hedge or protect against fluctuations in interest rates.
          “ Investment ” in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan (other than advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of the lender) or other extensions of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by such Person. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary issues, sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect thereto, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person remaining after giving effect thereto will be deemed to be a new Investment at such time. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person at such time. Except as otherwise provided for herein, the amount of an Investment shall be its fair market value at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

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          For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary,” the definition of “Restricted Payment” and Section 4.04:
     (1) “ Investment ” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to (A) the Company’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (B) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
     (2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
          “ Issue Date ” means April 26, 2011.
          “ Legal Holiday ” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York.
          “ Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).
          “ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.
          “ Net Available Cash ” from an Asset Disposition means cash payments and the fair market value of cash equivalents received therefrom (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any securities (other than cash equivalents) received as consideration, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to such properties or assets or received in any other non-cash form), in each case net of
     (1) all legal, accounting, investment banking, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition;
     (2) all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition;

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     (3) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset Disposition;
     (4) the deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the property or other assets disposed in such Asset Disposition and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition; and
     (5) any portion of the purchase price from an Asset Disposition placed in escrow, whether as a reserve for adjustment of the purchase price, for satisfaction of indemnities in respect of such Asset Disposition or otherwise in connection with that Asset Disposition; provided , however , that upon the termination of that escrow, Net Available Cash will be increased by any portion of funds in the escrow that are released to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
          “ Net Cash Proceeds ” means, with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
          “ Obligations” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, all obligations for principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, and other amounts payable pursuant to the documentation governing such Indebtedness.
          “ Offering Circular ” means the Confidential Offering Circular dated April 13, 2011, relating to the sale of the Initial Securities.
          “ Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
          “ Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by two Officers.
          “ Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
          “ Other Second Lien Obligations ” means other Indebtedness and related Obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are equally and ratably secured with the Securities and designated by the Company as an Other Second Lien Obligation.
          “ Permitted Asset Swap ” means the substantially concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Additional Assets or a combination of Additional Assets and cash or cash equivalents; provided that any cash or cash equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.06.
          “ Permitted Factoring Program ” means any and all agreements or facilities entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the purpose of factoring its or its

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Subsidiaries’ receivables or payables for cash consideration, including on a delayed payment basis.
          “ Permitted Investment ” means an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in:
     (1) the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or a Person that will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that the primary business of such Restricted Subsidiary is a Related Business;
     (2) another Person, if as a result of such Investment, such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that such Person’s primary business is a Related Business;
     (3) cash and Temporary Cash Investments;
     (4) receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided , however , that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;
     (5) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;
     (6) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary and not exceeding $2.0 million in the aggregate outstanding at any one time;
     (7) stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments or settlements, compromises or resolutions of litigation, arbitration or other disputes;
     (8) any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion of the consideration received for (A) an Asset Disposition as permitted pursuant to Section 4.06 or (B) a disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Disposition; provided , however , that such non-cash portion of the consideration received in an Asset Disposition or a disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Disposition shall be pledged as Collateral under the Security Documents to the extent the assets subject to such Asset Disposition or a disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Disposition constituted Collateral, with the Lien on such Collateral securing the Securities being of the same priority with respect to the Securities as the Lien on the assets which were disposed;

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     (9) any Person where such Investment was acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (A) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable or (B) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
     (10) any Person to the extent such Investments consist of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and workers’ compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
     (11) any Person to the extent such Investments consist of Hedging Obligations otherwise permitted under Section 4.03;
     (12) any Person to the extent such Investment exists on the Issue Date, and any extension, modification or renewal of any such Investments existing on the Issue Date, but only to the extent not involving additional advances, contributions or other Investments of cash or other assets or other increases thereof (other than as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities), in each case, pursuant to the terms of such Investment as in effect on the Issue Date;
     (13) Persons to the extent such Investments, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) and outstanding on the date such Investment is made, do not exceed the greater of (A) $25.0 million and (B) 5% of Total Assets (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided , however , that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (13) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (13) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
     (14) Investments resulting from the acquisition of a Person that at the time of such acquisition held instruments constituting Investments that were not acquired in contemplation of the acquisition of such Person;
     (15) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or any Investment under a Permitted Factoring Program, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Transaction, Permitted Factoring Program or any related Indebtedness;

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     (16) Guarantees permitted under Section 4.03 and Guarantees in the ordinary course of business of obligations (other than Indebtedness) of suppliers, customers or lessees of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
     (17) repurchases of the Securities (including Additional Securities);
     (18) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment;
     (19) advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid expenses or deposits on the balance sheet of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and endorsements for collection or deposit arising in the ordinary course of business;
     (20) Investments consisting of earnest money deposits required in connection with a purchase agreement or letter of intent permitted by this Indenture; and
     (21) endorsements of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of business.
          For purposes of this definition, in the event that a proposed Investment (or portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Investments described in clauses (1) through (21) above, or is otherwise entitled to be Incurred or made pursuant to Section 4.04, the Company will be entitled to classify (but not reclassify) such Investment (or portion thereof) in one or more of such categories set forth above or under Section 4.04.
          “ Permitted Liens ” means, with respect to any Person:
     (1) pledges or deposits by such Person under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;
     (2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review and Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution; provided , however , that (A) such deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access by the Company in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board and (B) such deposit account is not intended by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to provide collateral to the depository institution;

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     (3) Liens for property taxes not yet subject to penalties for non-payment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
     (4) Liens in favor of issuers of surety bonds or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business; provided , however , that such letters of credit do not constitute Indebtedness;
     (5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
     (6) Liens securing Indebtedness Incurred to finance all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation, upgrade or improvement of property (real or personal, movable or immovable), plant or equipment used or to be used in the business 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 Indebtedness (other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien may not be Incurred more than 180 days after the latest of the acquisition, completion of design, construction, installation, upgrade or improvement, or commencement of full operation of the property subject to the Lien;
     (7) Liens to secure Indebtedness Incurred under the provisions described in clause (b)(1) under Section 4.03; provided , however , that the holder of such Lien either is or agrees to become bound by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement on the same basis as the First Lien Lenders or is subject to an intercreditor agreement consistent with the Intercreditor Agreement on substantially the same basis as the First Lien Lenders;
     (8) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens securing Obligations under the ABL Credit Facility);
     (9) Liens on property or shares of Capital Stock of another Person at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of such Person; provided , however , that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto);
     (10) Liens on property at the time such Person or any of its Subsidiaries acquires the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person; provided , however , that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided further , however , that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto);

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     (11) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary of such Person owing to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person;
     (12) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as such Hedging Obligations, are permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture;
     (13) Liens to secure any Refinancing (or successive Refinancings) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clause (6), (8), (9) or (10); 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 Indebtedness 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 Indebtedness described under clause (6), (8), (9) or (10) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
     (14) Liens on the assets of a Foreign Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of such Foreign Subsidiary Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(13);
     (15) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Receivables Transaction” Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or a Permitted Factoring Program securing Indebtedness Incurred under the provisions described in Section 4.03(b)(12);
     (16) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;
     (17) Liens imposed pursuant to licenses, sublicenses, leases and subleases (including landlords’ Liens) granted in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
     (18) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
     (19) Liens securing obligations owing to and held solely by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor securing obligations owing to and held solely by another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor;
     (20) judgment Liens (where the judgment does not constitute an Event of Default), so long as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall

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not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
     (21) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
     (22) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
     (23) Liens securing Indebtedness in an amount which, together with all other Indebtedness secured by Liens Incurred pursuant to this clause (23), does not exceed $5.0 million outstanding at any one time;
     (24) Liens Incurred to secure cash management services in the ordinary course of business;
     (25) Liens on assets pursuant to merger agreements, stock or asset purchase agreements and similar agreements limiting the disposition of such assets pending the closing of the transactions contemplated thereby;
     (26) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
     (27) Liens on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement;
     (28) Liens on the Collateral securing the Securities, the Subsidiary Guaranties thereof and other Obligations under this Indenture and in respect thereof and any Obligations owing to the Trustee or the Second Lien Collateral Agent under this Indenture or the Security Documents; and
     (29) Liens on the Collateral securing Other Second Lien Obligations permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Sections 4.03(a) or 4.03(b)(21); provided , however , that (A) at the time of Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 2.75 to 1.0 and (B) the holder of such Lien either is or agrees to become bound by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement on the same basis as the Holders or is subject to an intercreditor agreement consistent with the Intercreditor Agreement on the same basis as the Holders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Permitted Liens” will not include any Lien described in clause (6), (9) or (10) above to the extent such Lien applies to any Additional Assets acquired directly or indirectly from Net Available Cash pursuant to Section 4.06. For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.
          “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

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          “ Preferred Stock ” means, as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.
          “ principal ” of a Security means the principal of the Security plus the premium, if any, payable on the Security which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time.
          “ Pro Forma Cost Savings ” means cost savings that the Company reasonably determines are probable based upon specifically identified actions to be taken within six months of the date of an acquisition (net of any reduction in EBITDA as a result of such cost savings that the Company reasonably determines are probable); provided , however , that the Company’s chief financial officer and chief accounting officer shall have certified in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee the specific actions to be taken, the cost savings to be achieved from each such action, that such savings have been determined to be probable and the amount, if any, of any reduction in EBITDA in connection therewith. Where specifically provided by this Indenture, the Company shall give pro forma effect to such Pro Forma Cost Savings as if they had been effected as of the beginning of the applicable period.
          “ Purchase Money Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) (1) consisting of the deferred purchase price of property, conditional sale obligations, obligations under any title retention agreement, other purchase money obligations and obligations in respect of industrial revenue bonds, mortgage financing or similar Indebtedness and (2) Incurred to finance all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation, upgrade or improvement of property (real or personal, movable or immovable), plant or equipment used or to be used in the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any reasonably related fees or expenses Incurred in connection with such acquisition, construction or improvement), whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets; provided , however , that any Lien arising in connection with any such Indebtedness shall be limited to the specific asset being financed or, in the case of real property or fixtures, including additions and improvements, the real property on which such asset is attached; provided further , however , that such Indebtedness is Incurred within 180 days after the latest of the acquisition, completion of design, construction, installation, upgrade or improvement, or commencement of full operation of the property subject to the Lien.
          “ Qualified Capital Stock ” of a Person means Capital Stock of such Person other than Disqualified Stock; provided , however , that such Capital Stock shall not be deemed Qualified Capital Stock to the extent sold to a Subsidiary of such Person or financed, directly or indirectly, using funds (1) borrowed from such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person or (2) contributed, extended, Guaranteed or advanced by such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person (including in respect of any employee stock ownership or benefit plan). Unless otherwise specified, Qualified Capital Stock refers to Qualified Capital Stock of the Company.
          “ Qualified Receivables Transaction ” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to

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which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (1) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) or (2) any other Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all Guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets that are customarily transferred, or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted, in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable.
          “ Receivables Subsidiary ” means any Person formed for the purpose of engaging in a Qualified Receivables Transaction or a Permitted Factoring Program with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and that is designated by the Board of Directors (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and (1) has no Indebtedness or other obligations (contingent or otherwise) that (a) are Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than contingent liabilities pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) are recourse to or obligate the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (c) subject any property or asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; (2) has no contract, agreement, arrangement or undertaking (except in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or a Permitted Factoring Program) with the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiaries than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing accounts receivable; and (3) neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve the Receivables Subsidiary’s financial condition or cause the Receivables Subsidiary to achieve certain levels of operating results.
          Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying, to the best of such officers’ knowledge and belief after consulting with counsel, that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.
          “ Refinance ” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, purchase, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.
          “ Refinancing Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness that Refinances any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Issue Date or Incurred in compliance with this Indenture, including Indebtedness that Refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; provided , however , that:

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     (1) (a) if the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced is earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Securities, the Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced or (b) if the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced is later than the Stated Maturity of the Securities, the Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity at least 91 days later than the Stated Maturity of the Securities;
     (2) such Refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;
     (3) such Refinancing Indebtedness has an aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding (plus fees and expenses, including any premium and defeasance costs) under the Indebtedness being Refinanced; and
     (4) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Securities, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Securities at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being Refinanced;
provided further , however , that Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include (A) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of the Company or (B) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
          “ Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement dated April 26, 2011 among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.
          “ Related Business ” means any business in which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries was engaged on the Issue Date and any business related, ancillary or complementary to such business.
          “ Restricted Payment ” with respect to any Person means:
     (1) the declaration or payment of any dividends or any other distributions of any sort in respect of its Capital Stock (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving such Person) or similar payment to the direct or indirect holders of its Capital Stock (other than (A) dividends or distributions payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock), (B) dividends or distributions payable solely to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and (C) pro rata dividends or other distributions made by a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to minority stockholders (or owners of an equivalent interest in the case of a Subsidiary that is an entity other than a corporation));
     (2) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of the Company held by any Person (other than by a Restricted Subsidiary) or of any Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary held by any

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Affiliate of the Company (other than by a Restricted Subsidiary), including in connection with any merger or consolidation and including the exercise of any option to exchange any Capital Stock (other than into Capital Stock of the Company that is not Disqualified Stock);
     (3) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of, in each case prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than (A) from the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or (B) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Obligations purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement); or
     (4) the making of any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any Person.
          “ Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
          “ Revolving Credit Facility ” means any revolving credit facility contained in a Credit Facility and any other facility or financing arrangement that provides for revolving Indebtedness that Refinances, in whole or in part, any such revolving credit facility.
          “ Sale/Leaseback Transaction ” means an arrangement relating to property owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) and the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person.
          “ SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
          “ Second Lien Collateral Agent ” means U.S. Bank National Association, as second lien collateral agent for the Trustee and the Holders, and any permitted successor thereto.
          “ Second Lien Obligations ” means all Indebtedness and other obligations with respect to the Securities, this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guaranties thereof and the Security Documents.
          “ Second-Priority Liens ” means all Liens that secure the Second Lien Obligations.
          “ Secured Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.
          “ Securities Act ” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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          “ Security Agreement ” means the Security Agreement dated on or about the Issue Date among the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor named therein, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
          “ Security Documents ” means the security documents and all other security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral agreements and any other security documents granting a security interest in any assets of any Person to secure the Obligations under this Indenture, the Securities and the Subsidiary Guaranties as each may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
          “ Senior Indebtedness ” means with respect to any Person:
     (1) Indebtedness of such Person, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred; and
     (2) all other Obligations of such Person (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to such Person whether or not post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) in respect of Indebtedness described in clause (1) above,
unless, in the case of clauses (1) and (2), in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding it is provided that such Indebtedness or other Obligations are subordinate in right of payment to the Securities or the Subsidiary Guaranty of such Person, as the case may be; provided , however , that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:
     (A) any obligation of such Person to the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (B) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;
     (C) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business;
     (D) any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person; or
     (E) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of Incurrence is Incurred in violation of this Indenture.
          “ Significant Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
          “ Standard & Poor’s ” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

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          “ Standard Securitization Undertakings ” means all representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and performance undertakings entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which are customary in securitization transactions involving accounts receivable.
          “ Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency unless such contingency has occurred).
          “ Subordinated Obligation ” means, with respect to a Person, any Indebtedness of such Person (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) which is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Securities or a Subsidiary Guaranty of such Person, as the case may be, pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.
          “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (1) such Person, (2) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (3) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
          “ Subsidiary Guarantor ” means each Subsidiary of the Company that executes this Indenture as a guarantor and each other Subsidiary of the Company that thereafter Guarantees the Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
          “ Subsidiary Guaranty ” means a Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor of the Company’s obligations with respect to the Securities.
          “ Temporary Cash Investments ” means any of the following:
     (1) any investment in direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency thereof;
     (2) investments in demand and time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America, and which bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $50,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and has outstanding debt which is rated “A” (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act) or any money-market fund sponsored by a registered broker dealer or mutual fund distributor;

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     (3) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (1) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (2) above;
     (4) investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 180 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Company) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of “P-1” (or higher) according to Moody’s or “A-1” (or higher) according to Standard and Poor’s;
     (5) investments in securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by Standard & Poor’s or “A” by Moody’s;
     (6) investments in money market funds that invest at least 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (5) above; and
     (7) in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, Foreign Cash Investments held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business.
          “ Total Assets ” as of any date of determination means the total consolidated assets as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
          “ Transactions ” means the issuance of the Initial Securities, the repayment of all of the outstanding Indebtedness under the Company’s second lien term loan, third lien senior secured notes due 2013 and senior notes due 2013 and the payment of all accrued interest thereon and related redemption premiums and the fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing transactions, in each case as described in the Offering Circular.
          “ Treasury Rate ” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of U.S. 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 April 15, 2014; provided , however , that if the period from the redemption date to April 15, 2014, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
          “ Trustee ” means U.S. Bank National Association until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.
          “ Trust Indenture Act ” or “ TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Issue Date.

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          “ Trust Officer ” means, when used with respect to the Trustee or Second Lien Collateral Agent, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
          “ Uniform Commercial Code ” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
          “ Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means:
     (1) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below; and
     (2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided , however , that either (A) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or less or (B) if such Subsidiary has assets greater than $1,000, such designation would be permitted under Section 4.04. The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that immediately after giving effect to such designation (A) the Company could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) and (B) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
          “ Unsecured Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness that is not Secured Indebtedness.
          “ U.S. Dollar Equivalent ” means with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars, at any time for determination thereof, the amount of U.S. dollars obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into U.S. dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of U.S. dollars with the applicable foreign currency as published in The Wall Street Journal in the “Exchange Rates” column under the heading “Currency Trading” on the date two Business Days prior to such determination.
          Except as described in Section 4.03, whenever it is necessary to determine whether the Company has complied with any covenant in this Indenture or a Default has occurred and an amount is expressed in a currency other than U.S. dollars, such amount will be treated as the U.S. Dollar Equivalent determined as of the date such amount is initially determined in such currency.

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          “ U.S. Government Obligations ” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable at the issuer’s option.
          “ Voting Stock ” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.
          “ Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” means a Restricted Subsidiary all the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) is owned by the Company or one or more other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

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          SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions.
         
    Defined in
Term   Section
“2011 Intercreditor Agreement”
    1.01  
“Affiliate Transaction”
    4.07 (a)
“Appendix”
    2.01  
“Article 9 Collateral”
    11.02  
“Bankruptcy Law”
    6.01  
“Change of Control Offer”
    4.09 (b)
“control”
    1.01  
“covenant defeasance option”
    8.01 (b)
“Custodian”
    6.01  
“Depository”
  Appendix
“disposition”
    1.01  
“Event of Default”
    6.01  
“Exchange Securities”
  Appendix
“Extraordinary Losses”
    1.01  
“Guaranteed Obligations”
    10.01  
“Increased Amount”
    4.10  
“Initial Securities”
  Appendix
“Junior Lien”
    4.10  
“legal defeasance option”
    8.01 (b)
“Notice of Default”
    6.01  
“OECD”
    1.01  
“Offer”
    4.06 (b)
“Offer Amount”
    4.06(c )(2)
“Offer Period”
    4.06(c )(2)
“Pari Passu Indebtedness”
    4.06(a)(3 )(C)
“Paying Agent”
    2.03  
“Private Exchange Securities”
  Appendix
“Purchase Date”
    4.06(c )(1)
“Receivables Fee and Expenses”
    1.01  
“Registrar”
    2.03  
“Securities”
  Preamble
“Successor Company”
    5.01(a )(1)
“Termination Losses”
    1.01  
          SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:
          “Commission” means the SEC;
          “indenture securities” means the Securities and the Subsidiary Guaranties;
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          “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;
          “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and
          “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company , each Subsidiary Guarantor and any other obligor on the indenture securities.
          All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
          SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
     (1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
     (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
     (3) “or” is not exclusive;
     (4) “including” means including without limitation;
     (5) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;
     (6) Unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured;
     (7) Senior Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to any other Senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral;
     (8) the principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP;
     (9) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (A) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (B) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater;
     (10) all references to the date the Securities were originally issued shall refer to the Issue Date, except as otherwise specified; and
     (11) whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, principal, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Securities, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional interest, to the

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extent that, in such context, additional interest is, was or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to Section 1 of the Securities.
Article 2
The Securities
          SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating. Provisions relating to the Initial Securities, the Private Exchange Securities and the Exchange Securities are set forth in the Rule 144A/Regulation S Appendix attached hereto (the “Appendix”) which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly made part of, this Indenture. The Initial Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 to the Appendix which is hereby incorporated in, and expressly made a part of, this Indenture. The Exchange Securities, the Private Exchange Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Securities set forth in the Appendix and Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture.
          SECTION 2.02. Execution and Authentication. An Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
          If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.
          A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
          On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver $250.0 million of 7.875% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019 and, at any time and from time to time thereafter, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities for original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified by the Company, in each case upon a written order of the Company signed by an Officer. Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated and, in the case of an issuance of Additional Securities pursuant to Section 2.13 after the Issue Date, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with Sections 4.03 and 4.10. The aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at any time is unlimited.
          The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Securities. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.

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An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.
          SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which may be the office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency (which may be the office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Securities may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.
          The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary incorporated or organized within the United States of America may act as Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or transfer agent.
          The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent in connection with the Securities.
          SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust. Prior to each due date of the principal and interest on any Security, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. 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 Securityholders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. 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 funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
          SECTION 2.05. Securityholder 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 Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five 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 Securityholders.
          SECTION 2.06. Transfer and Exchange. The Securities shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Security for registration of transfer. When a Security is presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register

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a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of this Indenture and Section 8-401(a) of the Uniform Commercial Code are met. When Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date.
          SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond that is sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and any co-registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security.
          Every replacement Security is an additional Obligation of the Company.
          SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
          If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser (as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code).
          If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, then on and after that date such Securities (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
          SECTION 2.09. Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities and deliver them in exchange for temporary Securities.
          SECTION 2.10. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment.

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The Trustee and no one else shall cancel and destroy (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company unless the Company directs the Trustee to deliver canceled Securities to the Company. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
          SECTION 2.11. Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, the Company shall pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the persons who are Securityholders on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly mail to each Securityholder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.
          SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc. The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers (in each case if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided , however , that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall advise the Trustee in writing of any change in any “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs or “Common Code” numbers applicable to the Securities.
          SECTION 2.13. Issuance of Additional Securities. After the Issue Date, the Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Sections 4.03 and 4.10, to issue Additional Securities under this Indenture, which Securities shall have identical terms as the Initial Securities issued on the Issue Date, other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue price. All the Securities issued under this Indenture shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
          With respect to any Additional Securities, the Company shall set forth in a resolution of the Board of Directors and an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:
     (1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Securities to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture and the provision of Section 4.03 that the Company is relying on to issue such Additional Securities;
     (2) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Securities, if any; provided , however , that no Additional Securities may be issued at a price that would cause such Additional Securities to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Code; and

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     (3) whether such Additional Securities shall be issued in the form of Initial Securities as set forth in Exhibit 1 to the Appendix or shall be issued in the form of Exchange Securities as set forth in Exhibit A.
Article 3
Redemption
          SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee. If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and the section of the Securities pursuant to which the redemption will occur.
          The Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section at least 35 days before the redemption date unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein.
          SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. If fewer than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed pro rata to the extent practicable. The Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities that have denominations larger than $2,000. Securities and portions of them the Trustee selects shall be in principal amounts of $2,000 or any greater integral multiple of $1,000 thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Securities or portions of Securities to be redeemed.
          SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption. At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a date for redemption of Securities, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address.
          The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
     (1) the redemption date;
     (2) the redemption price;
     (3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
     (4) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
     (5) if fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the identification and principal amounts of the particular Securities to be redeemed;

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     (6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
     (7) the “CUSIP” number, ISIN or “Common Code” number, if any, printed on the Securities being redeemed; and
     (8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the “CUSIP” number, ISIN, or “Common Code” number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.
          At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense. In such event, the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section.
          SECTION 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), and such Securities shall be canceled by the Trustee. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.
          SECTION 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption which have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation. 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 price for, and accrued interest on, all Securities to be redeemed.
          If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Securities or the portion of the Securities called for redemption. If a Security is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security was registered at the close of business on such record date.
          SECTION 3.06. Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company’s expense) a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

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Article 4
Covenants
          SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities. The Company shall promptly pay the principal of and interest on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. Principal and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due.
          The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
          SECTION 4.02. SEC Reports. Whether or not the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise reports on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, the Company shall file with the SEC (subject to the next sentence) and provide the Trustee and Holders with such annual and other reports as are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation subject to such Sections, such reports to be so filed and provided at the times specified for the filings of such reports under such Sections and containing all the information, audit reports and exhibits required for such reports. If at any time, the Company is not subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Company will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in the preceding sentence with the SEC within the time periods required unless the SEC will not accept such a filing. The Company agrees that it will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept such filings for any reason, the Company will post the reports specified in the preceding sentence on its website within the time periods that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports with the SEC.
          At any time that any of the Company’s Subsidiaries are Unrestricted Subsidiaries and the Company’s Unrestricted Subsidiaries individually or collectively constitute a Significant Subsidiary, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraph will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in “Management’s 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.
          In addition, the Company shall furnish to the Holders and to prospective investors, upon the requests of such Holders, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act so long as any Securities are not freely transferable under the Securities Act. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA § 314(a).

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          SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Indebtedness. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness; provided , however , that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be entitled to Incur Indebtedness if, on the date of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00.
          (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (a), the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be entitled to Incur any or all of the following Indebtedness:
     (1) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company and Restricted Subsidiaries under Credit Facilities in an amount not to exceed (i) if, at the time of such Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio is less than or equal to 2.75 to 1.0, the greater of (u) $55.0 million and (v) 100% of the Borrowing Base or (ii) if, at the time of such Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio is greater than 2.75 to 1.0 and less than or equal to 3.5 to 1.0, the greater of (w) $55.0 million and (x) 75% of the Borrowing Base or (iii) if, at the time of such Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio is greater than 3.5 to 1.0, the greater of (y) $55.0 million and (z) 50% of the Borrowing Base; provided , however , with respect to clauses (i)(v), (ii)(x) and (iii)(z) above, at the time of such Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00; and provided further , however , that the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness that may be Incurred and outstanding under this clause (b)(1) shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(12) and then outstanding but in no event will the amount of Indebtedness permitted to be so Incurred pursuant to this clause (b)(1) be reduced to less than $55.0 million;
     (2) Indebtedness owed to and held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that (A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the obligor thereon, (B) if the Company is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the Securities, and (C) if a Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the Company is not the payee, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to its Subsidiary Guaranty;
     (3) Indebtedness represented by the Securities issued on the Issue Date (and the related Subsidiary Guaranties) and any Exchange Securities and Private Exchange Securities, if any, issued in exchange therefor (and the related Subsidiary Guaranties);
     (4) Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this Section 4.03(b));

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     (5) Indebtedness of Persons Incurred and outstanding on or prior to the date on which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by, or merged into, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (other than Indebtedness Incurred in connection with, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by, or merged into, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided , however , that on the date such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or the date of such acquisition or merger, as applicable, and after giving pro forma effect thereto, either (i) the Company would have been entitled to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or (ii) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be greater than such Consolidated Coverage Ratio immediately prior to the date such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or the date of such acquisition or merger, as applicable;
     (6) Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or pursuant to clause (3), (4) or (5) of this Section 4.03(b) or this clause (6); provided , however , that to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness directly or indirectly Refinances Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred pursuant to clause (5), such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Incurred only by such Restricted Subsidiary;
     (7) Hedging Obligations that are Incurred for bona fide hedging purposes that are entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
     (8) Obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
     (9) Indebtedness 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 Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its Incurrence;
     (10) Indebtedness consisting of the Guarantee by the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary (only to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a Capitalized Lease Obligation in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary) and Indebtedness consisting of the Guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or a Foreign Subsidiary, in each case that was permitted to be Incurred by another provision of this covenant; provided , however , that if the Indebtedness being Guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Securities or a Subsidiary Guaranty, then the Guarantee must be subordinated or pari passu, as applicable, to the same extent as the Indebtedness Guaranteed;
     (11) Purchase Money Indebtedness Incurred to finance the acquisition, design, construction, installation, upgrade or improvement by the Company or a Restricted

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Subsidiary of assets in the ordinary course of business, and any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount which, when added together with the amount of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (11) and then outstanding, does not exceed the greater of $15.0 million and 3% of Total Assets at the date of determination;
     (12) Indebtedness Incurred in a Qualified Receivables Transaction or in a Permitted Factoring Program that, in each case, is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings); provided , however , that, immediately after giving effect to any such Incurrence the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (12) and then outstanding does not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (1) of this Section 4.03(b) less the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (1) of this Section 4.03(b) and then outstanding;
     (13) (A) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries Incurred for working capital purposes and (B) other Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount, which, when taken together with all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this subclause (B), does not exceed the greater of (x) $25.0 million and (y) 10% of the total consolidated book value of the assets of all Foreign Subsidiaries (including assets of any Foreign Subsidiary to be acquired by a Foreign Subsidiary using the net proceeds from such Indebtedness as all or part of the financing thereof);
     (14) Indebtedness consisting of customary indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-out or similar obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case Incurred in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any assets in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided , however , that with respect to any such disposition, the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Indebtedness will at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;
     (15) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, to the extent the proceeds of such Indebtedness are deposited and used to defease the Securities pursuant to Section 8.01 or to discharge the Company’s obligations under this Indenture pursuant to Section 8.01;
     (16) Indebtedness consisting of reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, workers’ compensation claims or self-insurance, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, in each case, in the ordinary course of business and other than for an obligation for money borrowed;
     (17) contingent liabilities arising out of endorsements of checks and other negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business;

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     (18) Indebtedness owed on a short-term basis of no longer than 30 days to banks and other financial institutions Incurred in the ordinary course of business of Foreign Subsidiaries with such banks and financial institutions that arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements to manage cash balances of the Foreign Subsidiaries;
     (19) Indebtedness representing installment insurance premiums of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to insurance companies in the ordinary course of business;
     (20) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued under the ABL Credit Facility in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit; and
     (21) Indebtedness of the Company or of any of the Subsidiary Guarantors in an aggregate principal amount which, when taken together with all other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred under this clause (21) and outstanding on the date of such Incurrence does not exceed $35.0 million.
          (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(b) if the proceeds thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to Refinance any Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor unless such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Securities or to the applicable Subsidiary Guaranty to at least the same extent as such Subordinated Obligations.
          (d) Notwithstanding Section 4.03(a) or 4.03(b), the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Securities or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guaranty to the extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be.
          (e) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03, (1) in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.03(b) or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a), the Company, in its sole discretion, shall be permitted to classify and later reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.03 and shall only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of the above clauses; provided , however , that (A) Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Facility outstanding on the Issue Date, if any, will be deemed to have been Incurred on such date under Section 4.03(b)(1) and (B) the Company will not be permitted to reclassify all or any portion of any Indebtedness Incurred under Sections 4.03(b)(1) or (12); and (2) the Company shall be entitled to divide and classify or reclassify (to the extent permitted by clause (1) of this paragraph (e)) an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described herein.

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          (f) For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness where the Indebtedness Incurred is denominated in a different currency, the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent determined on the date of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided , however , that if any such Indebtedness denominated in a different currency is subject to a Currency Agreement with respect to U.S. dollars covering all principal, premium, if any, and interest payable on such Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness expressed in U.S. dollars shall be as provided in such Currency Agreement. The principal amount of any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in the same currency as the Indebtedness being Refinanced shall be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the Indebtedness Refinanced, except to the extent that (1) such U.S. Dollar Equivalent was determined based on a Currency Agreement, in which case the Refinancing Indebtedness shall be determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, and (2) the principal amount of the Refinancing Indebtedness exceeds the principal amount of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, in which case the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of such excess, as appropriate, shall be determined on the date such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred.
          SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make a Restricted Payment if at the time the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary makes such Restricted Payment:
     (1) a Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom);
     (2) the Company is not entitled to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a); or
     (3) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments since the Issue Date would exceed the sum of (without duplication):
     (A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (treated as one accounting period) from October 1, 2010 to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter ending prior to the date of such Restricted Payment for which financial statements are available (or, in case such Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit); plus
     (B) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company from the issuance or sale of its Qualified Capital Stock subsequent to the Issue Date and 100% of any cash capital contribution in respect of its Qualified Capital Stock received by the Company from its shareholders subsequent to the Issue Date; plus
     (C) the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company is reduced on the Company’s balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange subsequent to the Issue Date of any Indebtedness of the Company for Qualified Capital Stock of the Company (less the amount of any cash, or the fair value of any other property, distributed by the Company upon such conversion or exchange); provided , however , that the foregoing amount shall not exceed the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the sale of such Indebtedness (excluding Net Cash Proceeds

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from sales to a Subsidiary of the Company or to an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees); plus
     (D) an amount equal to the sum of (i) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds from Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person (other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries) resulting from repurchases, repayments or redemptions of such Investments by such Person, proceeds realized on the sale of such Investment and proceeds representing the return of capital, dividends or distributions, in each case received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (ii) to the extent such Person is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary.
          (b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:
     (1) any Restricted Payment made out of the Net Cash Proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, or made by exchange for, Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or a substantially concurrent cash capital contribution received by the Company from its shareholders in respect of its Qualified Capital Stock; provided , however , that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments and (B) the Net Cash Proceeds from such sale or such cash capital contribution (to the extent so used for such Restricted Payment) shall be excluded from the calculation of amounts under Section 4.04(a)(3)(B);
     (2) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Subordinated Obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent Incurrence of, Indebtedness of such Person which is permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03; provided , however , that such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
     (3) the payment of any dividend or distribution or redemption of any Capital Stock or Subordinated Obligation within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or call for redemption if, at such date of declaration or call for redemption, such payment or redemption was permitted by the provisions of Section 4.04(a) (the declaration of such payment will be deemed a Restricted Payment under Section 4.04(a) as of the date of declaration and the payment itself will be deemed to have been paid on such date of declaration and will not also be deemed a Restricted Payment under Section 4.04(a)); provided , however , that any Restricted Payment made in reliance on this clause (3) shall reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(3) only once;
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Subsidiaries from employees, former employees, directors or former directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of such employees, former employees, directors or former directors), pursuant to the terms of the agreements (including employment agreements) or plans (or amendments thereto) approved by the Board of Directors under which such individuals purchase or sell, or are granted the option to purchase or sell, shares of such Capital Stock; provided , however , that the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payments (excluding amounts representing cancellation of Indebtedness) shall not exceed $3.5 million in any calendar year, except that any amount not so used in any calendar year may be used in subsequent calendar years up to $7.5 million in any calendar year; provided further , however , that the maximum amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed an amount equal to (A) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, less any amounts previously applied to the payment of Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (4), plus (B) the aggregate cash proceeds received from the Company during that calendar year from any reissuance of Qualified Capital Stock by the Company to employees, officers and directors of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and previously applied to the payment of Restricted Payments, plus (C) any cash proceeds paid to the Company since the Issue Date in connection with the issuance or exercise of any management or employee Qualified Capital Stock so acquired and previously applied to the payment of Restricted Payments; provided , however , that any proceeds described in clause (B) or (C) shall be excluded in the calculation of the amounts under Section 4.04(a)(3)(B); provided further , however , that such purchases, redemptions and other acquisitions shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
     (5) the declaration and payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock issued pursuant to Section 4.03; provided , however , that, at the time of payment of such dividend, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or result therefrom); provided further , however , that such dividends shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
     (6) repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur (i) upon exercise of stock options or stock warrants if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants or (ii) in connection with withholding or similar taxes payable by any future, present or former employee, director or officer; provided , however , that such Restricted Payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
     (7) cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Company; provided , however , that any such cash payment shall not be for the purpose of evading the limitation of the covenant described under this subheading (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors); provided further , however , that such payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

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     (8) in the event of a Change of Control, and if no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the payment, purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case, at a purchase price not greater than 101% of the principal amount of such Subordinated Obligations, plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided , however , that prior to such payment, purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement, the Company (or a third party to the extent permitted by this Indenture) has made a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Securities as a result of such Change of Control and has repurchased all Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn in connection with such Change of Control Offer; provided further , however , that such payments, purchases, redemptions, defeasances or other acquisitions or retirements shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
     (9) payments of intercompany subordinated Indebtedness, the Incurrence of which was permitted under Section 4.03(b)(2); provided , however , that no Default has occurred and is continuing or would otherwise result therefrom; provided further , however , that such payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
     (10) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of Subordinated Obligations with any excess Net Available Cash remaining after the consummation of an offer to purchase Securities pursuant to Section 4.06; provided , however , that such repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
     (11) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company representing fractional shares of such Capital Stock in connection with a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other combination involving the Company in an amount which, when taken together with all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (11) does not exceed $1.0 million; provided , however , that such repurchase, redemption or other acquisition shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
     (12) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of Capital Stock or any assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that such Restricted Payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
     (13) the repayment of all outstanding Indebtedness under the Company’s 11%/13% third lien senior secured notes due 2013 and 8% senior notes due 2013 in connection with the Transactions and the payment of all accrued interest thereon and related redemption premiums; provided , however , that such Restricted Payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; and
     (14) other Restricted Payments in an amount which, when taken together with all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (14), does not exceed $10.0 million; provided , however , that (A) at the time of each such Restricted Payment, no Default shall

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have occurred and be continuing (or result therefrom) and (B) such Restricted Payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments.
     The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued to or by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, if the fair market value is equal to or exceeds $5.0 million, or by an Officer, if the fair market value is less than $5.0 million. The fair market value of any cash Restricted Payment shall be its face amount.
     For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.04, 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 (1) through (14) of Section 4.04(b), or is permitted pursuant to Section 4.04(a), the Company will be entitled to classify (but not reclassify) such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) on the date of its payment in any manner that complies with this Section 4.04.
          SECTION 4.05. Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company, (b) make any loans or advances to the Company or (c) transfer any of its property or assets to the Company, except:
     (1) with respect to clauses (a), (b) and (c),
     (A) (1) any encumbrance or restriction imposed pursuant to or required by an agreement in effect at or entered into on the Issue Date (including pursuant to the ABL Credit Facility) and (2) any encumbrance or restriction existing under, or otherwise required by or imposed pursuant to, the Security Documents;
     (B) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Person pursuant to an agreement relating to any Indebtedness Incurred by such Person on or prior to the date on which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by, or merged into, the Company (other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by, or merged into, the Company) and outstanding on such date, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the property or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired;
     (C) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

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     (D) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to contractual requirements of a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided that any such encumbrances or restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;
     (E) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers, suppliers or landlords under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
     (F) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to any Purchase Money Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred under Section 4.03(b)(11); provided , however , that any such encumbrances or restrictions apply only to the assets the purchase of which is being financed with such Purchase Money Indebtedness;
     (G) 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 (including agreements entered into in connection with Investments other than Permitted Investments) entered into in the ordinary course of business, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements;
     (H) any encumbrance or restriction contained in any Indebtedness Incurred by a Foreign Subsidiary in accordance with this Indenture to the extent such encumbrance or restriction applies only to the assets of such Foreign Subsidiary or any other Foreign Subsidiary;
     (I) any encumbrance or restriction arising or existing by reason of applicable law, rule, regulation or order;
     (J) any encumbrance or restriction arising from customary provisions in Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.03(b)(7);
     (K) negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture; and
     (L) encumbrances and restrictions contained in indentures or debt instruments or other debt arrangements Incurred or Preferred Stock issued by Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with Section 4.03 that are not more restrictive, taken as a whole and in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, than those applicable to the Company in this Indenture and the ABL Credit Facility on the Issue Date (which results in encumbrances or restrictions comparable to those applicable to the Company at a Restricted Subsidiary level); and
     (2) with respect to clause (c) only,
     (A) any encumbrance or restriction consisting of customary nonassignment provisions in leases or other agreements to the extent such provisions restrict the transfer of the property or assets subject to such agreements; and

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     (B) any encumbrance or restriction contained in security agreements or mortgages securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such encumbrance or restriction restricts the transfer of the property subject to such security agreements or mortgages; and
     (3) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) above; provided , however , that such amendments or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other restrictions taken as a whole than those contained in such contracts, instruments or obligations prior to such amendment or refinancing.
          SECTION 4.06. Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, consummate any Asset Disposition unless:
     (1) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Disposition at least equal to the fair market value (including as to the value of all non-cash consideration) of the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, if the fair market value is equal to or exceeds $5.0 million, or by an Officer, if the fair market value is less than $5.0 million;
     (2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or cash equivalents; and
     (3) subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied by the Company (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be);
     (A) to the extent the Company elects (or is required by the terms of any Indebtedness), to prepay, repay, redeem or purchase (x) First Lien Obligations; (y) Other Second Lien Obligations; provided , however , that the Company shall equally and ratably (based on the aggregate principal amounts (or accreted value, as applicable)) reduce Obligations under the Securities through open-market purchases (to the extent such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below) to all Holders to purchase their Securities at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the amount of Securities that would otherwise be prepaid; or (z) Indebtedness (other than any Disqualified Stock) of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary, in the case of each of clauses (x), (y) and (z), within one year from the later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash;

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     (B) to the extent the Company elects, to acquire Additional Assets within one year from the later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash; provided , however , that to the extent that the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition were Collateral, such assets are pledged as Collateral under the Security Documents with the Lien on such Collateral securing the Securities being of the same priority with respect to the Securities as the Lien on the assets which were disposed; provided further, however , that up to $20.0 million of Net Available Cash from such dispositions of Collateral may be used to acquire assets that will be owned by a Foreign Subsidiary or Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary that are not required to be so pledged; and
     (C) to the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clauses (A) and (B), to make an offer to (x) in the case of Net Available Cash from the disposition of Collateral, all Holders, and if required by the terms of any Other Second Lien Obligations, holders of such Other Second Lien Obligations and (y) in the case of any other Net Available Cash, all Holders and all holders of other Indebtedness that ranks pari passu in right of payment with the Securities containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”);
provided , however , that in connection with any prepayment, repayment or purchase of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (A) or (C) above, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall permanently retire such Indebtedness and shall cause the related loan commitment (if any) to be permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid, repaid or purchased.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.06, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to apply any Net Available Cash in accordance with this Section 4.06(a) except to the extent that the aggregate Net Available Cash from all Asset Dispositions which is not applied in accordance with this Section 4.06(a) exceeds $10.0 million. Pending application of Net Available Cash pursuant to this Section 4.06(a), such Net Available Cash shall be invested in Temporary Cash Investments or applied to temporarily reduce revolving credit Indebtedness.
          For the purposes of this Section 4.06(a), the following are deemed to be cash or cash equivalents:
          (i) the assumption or discharge of Indebtedness of the Company (other than Obligations in respect of Disqualified Stock of the Company) or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Obligations in respect of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor) and the release of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition;
          (ii) securities received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted within 120 days by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion; and

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          (iii) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an Asset Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iii) (unless such Designated Non-cash Consideration has been converted into cash, which shall be treated after such conversion as Net Available Cash), not to exceed 2.5% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.
          (b) In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase of Securities (and, if applicable, any other Second Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company) pursuant to Section 4.06(a)(3)(C), the Company shall purchase Securities tendered pursuant to an offer by the Company for the Securities (and, if applicable, such other Second Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company) (the “Offer”) at a purchase price of 100% of their principal amount (or, in the event such other Second Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof) without premium, plus accrued but unpaid interest, if any (or, in respect of such other Second Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Indebtedness) in accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in Section 4.06(c). If the aggregate purchase price of the securities tendered exceeds the Net Available Cash allotted to their purchase, the Company shall select the securities to be purchased on a pro rata basis but in round denominations, which in the case of the Securities will be denominations of $2,000 principal amount or any greater integral multiple of $1,000 thereof. The Company shall not be required to make an Offer to purchase Securities (and, if applicable, other Second Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company) pursuant to this Section 4.06 if the Net Available Cash available therefor is less than $10.0 million (which lesser amount shall be carried forward for purposes of determining whether such an Offer is required with respect to the Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset Disposition). Upon completion of such an Offer, Net Available Cash shall be deemed to be reduced by the aggregate amount of such Offer.
          (c) (1) Promptly, and in any event within 30 days after the Company becomes obligated to make an Offer, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee and send, by first-class mail to each Holder, a written notice stating that the Holder may elect to have his Securities purchased by the Company either in whole or in part (subject to prorating as described in Section 4.06(b) in the event the Offer is oversubscribed) in denominations of $2,000 of principal amount or any greater integral multiple of $1,000 thereof, at the applicable purchase price. The notice shall specify a purchase date not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date of such notice (the “Purchase Date”) and shall contain such information concerning the business of the Company which the Company in good faith believes will enable such Holders to make an informed decision (which at a minimum will include (A) the most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K (including audited consolidated financial statements) of the Company, the most recent subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and any Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed subsequent to such Quarterly Report, other than Current Reports describing Asset Dispositions otherwise described in the offering materials (or corresponding successor reports), (B) a description of material developments in the Company’s business subsequent to the date of the latest of such Reports, and (C) if material, appropriate pro forma financial

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information) and all instructions and materials necessary to tender Securities pursuant to the Offer, together with the information contained in clause (3).
          (2) Not later than the date upon which written notice of an Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided above, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate as to (A) the amount of the Offer (the “Offer Amount”), including information as to any other Second Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness included in the Offer, (B) the allocation of the Net Available Cash from the Asset Dispositions pursuant to which such Offer is being made and (C) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.06(a) and (b). On such date, the Company shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) in Temporary Cash Investments, maturing on the last day prior to the Purchase Date or on the Purchase Date if funds are immediately available by open of business, an amount equal to the Offer Amount to be held for payment in accordance with the provisions of this Section. If the Offer includes other Second Lien Obligations or Pari Passu Indebtedness, the deposit described in the preceding sentence may be made with any other paying agent pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Offer remains open (the “Offer Period”), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Securities or portions thereof which have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Company. The Trustee shall, on the Purchase Date, mail or deliver payment (or cause the delivery of payment) to each tendering Holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that the aggregate purchase price of the Securities delivered by the Company to the Trustee is less than the Offer Amount applicable to the Securities, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period.
          (3) Holders electing to have a Security purchased shall be required to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the Purchase Date. Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the Purchase Date, a telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased. Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part shall be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered.
          (4) At the time the Company delivers Securities to the Trustee which are to be accepted for purchase, the Company shall also deliver an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Securities are to be accepted by the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Section. A Security shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.
          (d) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to this Section 4.06. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.06, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be

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deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.06 by virtue of its compliance with such securities laws or regulations.
          SECTION 4.07. Limitation on Affiliate Transactions. (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property, employee compensation arrangements or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $500,000 unless:
     (1) the terms of the Affiliate Transaction are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that could be obtained at the time of the Affiliate Transaction in arm’s-length dealings with a Person who is not an Affiliate;
     (2) if such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involves an aggregate amount in excess of $5.0 million, the terms of the Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions are set forth in writing and a majority of the non-employee directors of the Company disinterested with respect to such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions have determined in good faith that the criteria set forth in clause (1) are satisfied and have approved the relevant Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions as evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors; and
     (3) if such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involves an aggregate amount in excess of $15.0 million, the Board of Directors shall also have received a written opinion from an Independent Qualified Party to the effect that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions is fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or is not less favorable to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries than could reasonably be expected to be obtained at the time in an arm’s-length transaction with a Person who was not an Affiliate.
          (b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not prohibit:
     (1) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
     (2) any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) or other Restricted Payment, in each case permitted to be made pursuant to Section 4.04 (but only to the extent included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 4.04(a)(3));
     (3) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment, severance or compensation arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans or other employee benefit plans entered into in the ordinary course of business, in each case approved by the Board of Directors;

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     (4) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business in accordance with the past practices of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, but in any event not to exceed $2.0 million in the aggregate outstanding at any one time;
     (5) the payment of reasonable fees and the reimbursement of ordinary course expenses to directors of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries who are not employees of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries and any payments pursuant to indemnification arrangements with directors and officers of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
     (6) any transaction with the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or joint venture or similar entity which would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an equity interest in or otherwise controls such Restricted Subsidiary, joint venture or similar entity;
     (7) the issuance or sale of any Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to Affiliates of the Company and the granting of registration and other customary rights in connection therewith or any contribution to the Capital Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
     (8) any agreement as in effect on the Issue Date and described in the Offering Circular or any renewals or extensions of any such agreement (so long as such renewals or extensions of any such agreement, taken as a whole, are not less favorable to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries) and the transactions evidenced thereby;
     (9) transactions with customers, clients, lessors, landlords, suppliers, contractors or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture that are on terms no less favorable than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction with an unrelated party; and
     (10) any Qualified Receivables Transaction and Permitted Factoring Program, and the Incurrence of obligations and acquisitions of Permitted Investments and other rights or assets in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction or a Permitted Factoring Program.
          SECTION 4.08. Limitation on Line of Business. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than a Related Business.
          SECTION 4.09. Change of Control. (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right to require that the Company purchase such Holder’s Securities 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 record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with the terms contemplated in Section 4.09(b).

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          (b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee (the “Change of Control Offer”) stating:
     (1) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Company to purchase such Holder’s Securities 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 record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date);
     (2) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control (including information with respect to pro forma historical income, cash flow and capitalization, in each case after giving effect to such Change of Control);
     (3) the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed); and
     (4) the instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 4.09, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Securities purchased.
          (c) Holders electing to have a Security purchased will be required to surrender the Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the purchase date. Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business Day prior to the purchase date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security which was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased.
          (d) On the purchase date, all Securities purchased by the Company under this Section shall be delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Holders entitled thereto.
          (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.09, the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following 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 in this Section 4.09 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer or (ii) a notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 3.03 unless and until there is a default on the payment of the applicable redemption price. A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditioned on the consummation of the Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in effect for the Change of Control at the time of the making of such Change of Control Offer.
          (f) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to this Section 4.09. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.09,

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the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.09 by virtue of its compliance with such securities laws or regulations.
          SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Liens. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, Incur or permit to exist any Lien on any asset or property of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness unless:
     (i) in the case of any Lien securing any Indebtedness other than any First Lien Obligation or Other Second Lien Obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (such Lien, a “Junior Lien”), such Junior Lien is a Permitted Lien;
     (ii) in the case of any Lien securing any First Lien Obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Securities or the applicable Subsidiary Guaranty, as the case may be, shall be granted a second-priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) upon the assets or property constituting the Collateral for such First Lien Obligations, except as set forth in the Security Documents; and
     (iii) in the case of any Lien securing any Other Second Lien Obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Securities or the applicable Subsidiary Guaranty, as the case may be, shall be granted a second-priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) upon the assets or property constituting the collateral for such Other Second Lien Obligations;
provided , however , that, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), the holder of any Lien permitted to be Incurred pursuant to this paragraph shall become bound by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement or shall become subject to an intercreditor agreement consistent with the Intercreditor Agreement (x) in the case of any Lien securing a First Lien Obligation, on substantially the same basis as the First Priority Secured Parties and (y) in the case of any Lien securing an Other Second Lien Obligation, on the same basis as the Holders.
          Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding paragraph (unless also granted pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding paragraph) shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Lien that gave rise to the obligation to secure the Securities or the applicable Subsidiary Guaranty under such clause (i).
          For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.10, (A) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens described in clauses (1) through (29) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” or pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 4.10 but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Permitted Liens described in clauses (1) through (29) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” or pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 4.10, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien securing

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such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Lien or such item of Indebtedness secured by such Lien in one of the clauses of the definition of “Permitted Liens” and such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness will be treated as being Incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses or pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 4.10.
          With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest or fees, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms or in the form of common stock of the Company, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class, accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness described in clause (2) of the definition of “Indebtedness.”
          SECTION 4.11. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with respect to any property unless:
          (a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to (1) Incur Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to Section 4.03 and (2) create a Lien on such property securing such Attributable Debt without equally and ratably securing the Securities pursuant to Section 4.10,
          (b) the net proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Sale/Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to the fair market value of such property (as determined by the Board of Directors, if the fair market value is equal to or exceeds $5.0 million, and by an Officer, if the fair market value is less than $5.0 million) and
          (c) the Company applies the Net Available Cash from such transaction in compliance with Section 4.06.
          SECTION 4.12. Future Guarantors. The Company shall cause each domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to, and each Foreign Subsidiary that enters into a Guarantee of any Senior Indebtedness (other than a Foreign Subsidiary that Guarantees Senior Indebtedness Incurred by another Foreign Subsidiary) to, in each case, within ten Business Days, execute and deliver to the Trustee a Guaranty Agreement pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will Guarantee payment of the Securities on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in this Indenture; provided that any such Restricted Subsidiary that constitutes an Immaterial Subsidiary need not become a Subsidiary Guarantor until such time as it ceases to be an Immaterial Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this covenant shall not apply to any Receivables Subsidiary.

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          SECTION 4.13. Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company an Officers’ Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company they would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signers know of any Default that occurred during such period. If they do, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company also shall comply with TIA § 314(a)(4).
          SECTION 4.14. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
Article 5
Successor Company
          SECTION 5.01. When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets.
(a) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease, in one transaction or a series of transactions, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless:
     (1) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Company under the Securities, this Indenture and the Security Documents pursuant to supplemental indentures, Security Documents or other documents and instruments delivered pursuant to this Indenture and the Security Documents;
     (2) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by such Successor Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
     (3) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions (as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period), either (A) the Successor Company would be able to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or (B) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company would be equal to or greater than the Consolidated Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such transaction;
     (4) each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case Section 5.01(b)(1) shall apply, shall have by supplemental indentures, Security Documents or other documents and instruments delivered pursuant to this Indenture and the Security Documents confirmed that its Subsidiary Guaranty

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shall apply to the Successor Company’s obligations under this Indenture, the Securities, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Security Documents;
     (5) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, Security Documents and other required documents and instruments comply with this Indenture; and
     (6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such transaction and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such transaction had not occurred;
provided , however , that clauses (2) and (3) will not be applicable to (A) a Restricted Subsidiary consolidating with, merging into or transferring all or part of its properties and assets to the Company (so long as no Capital Stock of the Company is distributed to any Person) or (B) the Company merging with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose and with the sole effect of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.
          For purposes of this Section 5.01, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.
          The Successor Company shall be the successor to the Company and shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, and the predecessor Company, except in the case of a lease, shall be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Securities.
          (b) The Company shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to any Person (other than the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor) unless:
     (1) except in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor (A) that has been disposed of in its entirety to another Person (other than to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company), whether through a merger, consolidation or sale of Capital Stock or assets or (B) that, as a result of the disposition of all or a portion of its Capital Stock, ceases to be a Subsidiary, in both cases, if in connection therewith the Company provides an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee to the effect that the Company will comply with its obligations under Section 4.06 in respect of such disposition, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not such Subsidiary) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction under which such Subsidiary was organized or under the laws of the United

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States of America, or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person shall expressly assume, by a Guaranty Agreement, all the obligations of such Subsidiary, if any, under its Subsidiary Guaranty and the Security Documents;
     (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or transactions on a pro forma basis (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the resulting, surviving or transferee Person as a result of such transaction as having been issued by such Person at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
     (3) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such Guaranty Agreement and Security Documents, if any, comply with this Indenture.
Article 6
Defaults and Remedies
          SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. An “Event of Default” occurs if:
     (1) the Company defaults in any payment of interest on any Security when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
     (2) the Company (A) defaults in the payment of the principal of any Security when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, or (B) fails to purchase Securities when required pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities;
     (3) the Company fails to comply with Section 5.01;
     (4) the Company fails to comply with (A) Section 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11 or 4.12 (other than a failure to purchase Securities when required under Section 4.06 or 4.09) and such failure continues for 30 days after the notice specified below or (B) Section 4.02 and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below;
     (5) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor fails to comply with any of its agreements contained in the Securities, this Indenture (other than those referred to in clause (1), (2), (3) or (4) above) or the Security Documents and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below;
     (6) Indebtedness of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary is not paid within any applicable grace period after final maturity or is accelerated by the holders thereof because of a default under any mortgage, indenture or other instrument under which such Indebtedness is issued, secured or evidenced or the payment of such is Guaranteed and the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $15.0 million, or its foreign currency equivalent at the time;

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     (7) the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any 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 any substantial part of its property; or
     (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;
     (8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
     (A) is for relief against the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
     (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property; or
     (C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary;
or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
     (9) any judgment or decree for the payment of money in excess of $15.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent at the time is entered against the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary, remains outstanding for a period of 60 consecutive days following the entry of such judgment or decree and is not discharged, waived or the execution thereof stayed;
     (10) any Subsidiary Guaranty ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of such Subsidiary Guaranty) or any Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Subsidiary Guaranty; or
     (11) with respect to any Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $5.0 million, individually or in the aggregate, at any time (a) the security interest under any Security Document, at any time, ceases to be in full force and effect for any reason other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) any security interest created thereunder or under this Indenture is declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction or (c) the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor asserts, denies or disaffirms that any security interest in any Collateral is invalid or unenforceable.

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          The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.
          The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
          A Default under clauses (4) or (5) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default.” Any Default or Event of Default for the failure to deliver any report within the time periods prescribed in Section 4.02 or to deliver any notice or certificate pursuant to any other provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to be cured upon the subsequent delivery of any such report, notice or certificate, even though such delivery is not within the prescribed period specified.
          The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of any Event of Default under clause (3), (6), (7), (8), (10) or (11) and any event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under clause (4), (5) or (9), its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
          SECTION 6.02. Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Securities to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) with respect to the Company occurs, the principal of and interest on all the Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
          In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Securities because an Event of Default described in Section 6.01(6) has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of the Securities shall be automatically annulled if the Default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(6) shall be remedied or cured by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or waived by the holders of the relevant Indebtedness within 20 days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if (1) the annulment of the acceleration of the Securities would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent

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jurisdiction and (2) all existing Events of Default, except nonpayment of principal, premium or interest on the Securities that became due solely because of the acceleration of the Securities, have been cured or waived.
          SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities, this Indenture or the Security Documents.
          The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder 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. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
          SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities by notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (a) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Security, (b) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Security when required pursuant to this Indenture or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Securityholder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.
          SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Securityholders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided , however , that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
          SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Securityholder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:
     (1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default is continuing;
     (2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
     (3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense;

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     (4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity satisfactory to it; and
     (5) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request during such 60-day period.
          A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Securityholder. In the event that the Definitive Securities are not issued to any beneficial owner promptly after the Registrar has received a request from the Holder of a Global Security to issue such Definitive Securities to such beneficial owner or its nominee, the Company expressly agrees and acknowledges, with respect to the right of any Holder to pursue a remedy pursuant to this Indenture, the right of such beneficial holder of Securities to pursue such remedy with respect to the portion of the Global Security that represents such beneficial holder’s Securities as if such Definitive Securities had been issued.
          SECTION 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities, 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 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
          SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may 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 and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.
          SECTION 6.10. Priorities. Subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, if the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
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     SECOND: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and
     THIRD: to the Company.
          The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders pursuant to this Section.
          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 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 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities.
          SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not 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 had been enacted.
Article 7
Trustee
          SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.
          (b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
     (1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
     (2) 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. However, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture

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(but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).
          (c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct, except that:
     (1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section;
     (2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
     (3) 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 6.05.
          (d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
          (e) 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.
          (f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
          (g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
          (h) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.
          SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely 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. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
          (c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
          (d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided , however , that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute wilful misconduct or negligence.

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          (e) The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
          (f) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by attachment to an Officers’ Certificate.
          (g) 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 of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
          (h) Except with respect to Section 4.01, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company’s covenants in Article 4 hereof. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except (i) any Default or Event of Default occurring pursuant to Section 6.01(1) or (2) or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which a Trust Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notification at the corporate trust office of the Trustee, and such notice references this Indenture, or shall have obtained actual knowledge.
          (i) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 4.02 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
          (j) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed by the Trustee to act hereunder.
          (k) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
          SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates 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 SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

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          SECTION 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.
          SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs, is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of or interest on any Security (including payments pursuant to the mandatory redemption provisions of such Security, if any), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is not opposed to the interests of the Securityholders.
          SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders. As promptly as practicable after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and in any event prior to July 15 in each year, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of May 15 that complies with TIA § 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b).
          A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Securities are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
          SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and its officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all loss, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. 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. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own wilful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

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          To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities.
          The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(7) or (8) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
          SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:
     (1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
     (2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
     (3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
     (4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
          If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint 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 duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Securityholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
          If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the Securities may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
          If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
          Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

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          SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
          In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.
          SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA § 310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b); provided , however , that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.
          SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against 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.
Article 8
Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
          SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance. (a) When (1) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) for cancellation or (2) all outstanding Securities have become due and payable, whether at maturity or on a redemption date as a result of the mailing of a notice of redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof or otherwise will become due and payable within one year (whether due to maturity or the mailing of a notice of redemption) and, in the case of this clause (2), the Company irrevocably deposits or causes to be deposited with the Trustee funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Securityholders, money or U.S. Government Obligations in amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Securities not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) (including principal of, premium and interest, if any, on, the Securities to the date of maturity or redemption) and provides irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited funds toward the payment of the Securities at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be, and if in either case the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then

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this Indenture shall, subject to Section 8.01(c), cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company.
          (b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company at any time may terminate (1) all its obligations under the Securities, this Indenture and the Security Documents (and cause the release of all Liens on the Collateral and have each Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligation discharged with respect to its Subsidiary Guaranty, this Indenture and the Security Documents) (“legal defeasance option”) or (2) its obligations with respect to the Liens on the Collateral and under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11 and 4.12 and the operation of Sections 6.01(4), 6.01(6), 6.01(7), 6.01(8), 6.01(9) and 6.01(11) (but, in the case of Sections 6.01(7) and (8), with respect only to Significant Subsidiaries and Subsidiary Guarantors) and the limitations contained in Section 5.01(a)(3) (“covenant defeasance option”). The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option.
          If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(4), 6.01(6), 6.01(7), 6.01(8) and 6.01(9) (but, in the case of Sections 6.01(7) and (8), with respect only to Significant Subsidiaries and Subsidiary Guarantors) or because of the failure of the Company to comply with Section 5.01(a)(3). If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, each Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, shall be released from all its obligations with respect to its Subsidiary Guaranty, and the related Collateral of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from the Security Documents.
          Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.
          (c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 7.07 and 7.08 and in this Article 8 shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.04 and 8.05 shall survive.
          SECTION 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance. The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:
     (1) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
     (2) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government

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Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal and interest when due on all the Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
     (3) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion may be subject to customary assumptions and exceptions) to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;
     (4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other Indebtedness), and the granting of Liens to secure such borrowings);
     (5) the deposit does not constitute a default under any agreement (other than this Indenture and the agreements governing any other Indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced) binding on the Company;
     (6) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
     (7) in the case of the legal defeasance option, 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 Issue Date there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Securityholders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
     (8) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Securityholders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and covenant defeasance had not occurred; and
     (9) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Securities as contemplated by this Article 8 have been complied with.
          Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a future date in accordance with Article 3.

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          SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to this Article 8. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities.
          SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time.
          Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.
          SECTION 8.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations. The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.
          SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and each Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture, each Subsidiary Guaranty and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 8 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8; provided , however , that, if the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Article 9
Amendments
          SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Security Documents, any Subsidiary Guaranty and the Securities without notice to or consent of any Securityholder:
     (1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency (including conforming this Indenture to this “Description of the Notes” as described in clause (12) below);
     (2) to provide for the assumption by a successor corporation of the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture pursuant to Article 5;

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     (3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities ( provided that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or if issued prior to March 19, 2012, in a manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code);
     (4) to add Guarantees with respect to the Securities , including any Subsidiary Guaranties;
     (5) to add to the covenants of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
     (6) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of the Securities (based upon the good faith determination of the Company as evidenced in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee);
     (7) to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA;
     (8) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Securities; provided , however , that (a) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Securities being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law and (b) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Securities (based upon the good faith determination of the Company as evidenced in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee);
     (9) to comply with Article 5;
     (10) to add security to or for the benefit of the Securities and, in the case of the Security Documents, to or for the benefit of the other secured parties named therein or to confirm and evidence the release, termination or discharge of any Subsidiary Guaranty of, or Lien securing, the Securities when such release, termination or discharge is permitted by this Indenture and the Security Documents or as required by the Intercreditor Agreement;
     (11) to modify the Security Documents and/or the Intercreditor Agreement or enter into additional intercreditor agreements (i) to secure additional extensions of credit and add additional secured creditors holding Other Second Lien Obligations so long as such Other Second Lien Obligations are not prohibited by the provisions of the Credit Facilities or this Indenture or (ii) otherwise in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement; or
     (12) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Securities, any Subsidiary Guaranty, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement to any provision of the “Description of the Notes” in the Offering Circular to the extent such provision in the “Description of the Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this

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Indenture, the Securities, such Subsidiary Guaranty, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement.
          After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Securityholders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.
          SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Security Documents, any Subsidiary Guaranty and the Securities with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities) and any existing default or noncompliance with any provisions thereof may also be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (other than Securities beneficially owned by the Company or its Affiliates). However, without the consent of each Securityholder affected thereby, an amendment or waiver may not:
     (1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
     (2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Security;
     (3) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Security;
     (4) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption of any Security or change the time at which any Security may be redeemed as described in Article 3 hereto or Section 5 of the Securities;
     (5) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the Security;
     (6) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on such Holder’s Securities on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Securities, including making any change in Section 6.07;
     (7) make any change in the amendment provisions which require each Holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions, including Section 6.04;
     (8) make any change in the ranking or priority of any Security that would adversely affect the Securityholders; or
     (9) make any change in, or release other than in accordance with this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guaranty that would adversely affect the Holders.
          Any amendment to, or waiver of, the provision of this Indenture or any Security Document that has the effect of releasing all or substantially all of the Collateral shall require consent of the Holders of at least 75% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then

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outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities).
          No amendment of, or supplement or waiver to, this Indenture, the Securities or the Security Documents (other than the Intercreditor Agreement) shall be permitted to be effected which is in violation of or inconsistent with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
          It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
          After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Securityholders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.
          SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
          SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Securityholder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the execution of such amendment or waiver by the Trustee.
          The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Securityholders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Securityholders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.
          SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of such amendment.
          SECTION 9.06. Trustee To Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment does not adversely affect the

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rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
          SECTION 9.07. Payment for Consent. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Securities unless such consideration is offered to all Holders and is paid to all Holders that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
Article 10
Subsidiary Guaranties
          SECTION 10.01. Guaranties. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, jointly and severally, on a senior secured basis, to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (a) the full and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Securities when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities and (b) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from such Subsidiary Guarantor and that such Subsidiary Guarantor will remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Obligation.
          Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of, payment from and protest to the Company of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Securities or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (1) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person (including any Subsidiary Guarantor) under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (2) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (3) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (4) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any of them; (5) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (6) except as set forth in Section 10.06, any change in the ownership of such Subsidiary Guarantor.
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of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.
          Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 10.02 and 10.06, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
          Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder, the Trustee or the Second Lien Collateral Agent upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
          In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Obligation, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (A) the unpaid amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (B) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) and (C) all other monetary Guaranteed Obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustee.
          Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guaranty herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 10.01.
          Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.

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          SECTION 10.02. Limitation on Liability. Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
          SECTION 10.03. Successors and Assigns. This Article 10 shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall enure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
          SECTION 10.04. No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article 10 shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article 10 at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
          SECTION 10.05. Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article 10, nor the consent to any departure by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Subsidiary Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Subsidiary Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
          SECTION 10.06. Release of Subsidiary Guarantor. A Subsidiary Guarantor will be released from its obligations under this Article 10 (other than any obligation that may have arisen under Section 10.07)
     (1) upon the sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of a Subsidiary Guarantor (including the sale or disposition of Capital Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor, following which such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary),
     (2) upon the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor,
     (3) upon the designation of such Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture,
     (4) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor, at such time as such Subsidiary Guarantor does not have any Indebtedness outstanding that

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would have required such Subsidiary Guarantor to enter into a Guaranty Agreement pursuant to Section 4.12,
     (5) upon defeasance of the Securities pursuant to Article 8, or
     (6) upon the full satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture;
provided , however , that in the case of clauses (1) and (2) above, (i) such sale or other disposition is made to a Person other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, (ii) such sale or disposition is otherwise permitted by this Indenture and (iii) the Company provides an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee to the effect that the transactions do not violate Section 4.06 and, to the extent applicable, the Company will comply with its obligations under Section 4.06.
At the request of the Company, the Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing such release.
          SECTION 10.07. Contribution. Each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment under its Subsidiary Guaranty shall be entitled upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Subsidiary Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Subsidiary Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.
Article 11
Collateral and Security
          SECTION 11.01. Collateral and Security Documents. On and after the Issue Date, the full and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Securities when due, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Securities and payment and performance of all other Second Lien Obligations shall be secured to the extent and as provided in the Security Documents, which define the terms of the Liens that secure the Second Lien Obligations, subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Trustee, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors each hereby acknowledge and agree that the Second Lien Collateral Agent (or its bailee or agent) holds the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders, in each case pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, shall be deemed to: (i) consent and agree to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement (including the provisions providing for foreclosure and release of Collateral as well as the subordination of the Liens), as the same may be in effect or may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with their terms and this Indenture and directs the Trustee and Second Lien Collateral Agent to sign these documents, (ii) agree that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and (iii) agree that none of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee or the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall be required

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hereunder or under any Security Document to take any action inconsistent with or contrary to any provision of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Company shall promptly deliver to the Trustee (if it is not itself then the Second Lien Collateral Agent) copies of all material documents delivered to the Second Lien Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be reasonably required by the next sentence of this Section 11.01 to reasonably assure and confirm to the Trustee and the Second Lien Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Securities secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Company shall take, and shall cause the Subsidiary Guarantors to take, any and all actions reasonably required to cause the Security Documents to create and maintain, as security for the Second Lien Obligations, a valid and enforceable perfected Lien and security interest in and on all of the Collateral (subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents and, with respect to the enforceability of such Lien, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), in favor of the Second Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders, second in priority to any and all Liens and security interests (other than Permitted Liens) at any time granted in the Collateral to secure the First Lien Obligations. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will from time to time promptly pay and discharge all recording or filing fees, charges and taxes relating to the filing or registration of this Indenture and the Security Documents, any amendments thereto and any other instruments of further assurance. Each year, at the time of delivery to the Trustee of the annual financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 4.02, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate of an executive officer of the Company who has specific knowledge of the Company’s financial matters, setting forth any change in the information required pursuant to the schedules required by the Security Documents or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the prior annual financial statements.
          SECTION 11.02. Recordings and Opinions. The Company shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314 to the extent required; provided , however , that, so long as this Indenture has not been qualified under the TIA, with respect to TIA § 314(b): (i) clause (1) thereof shall not be applicable hereunder and (ii) with respect to clause (2) thereof, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the Second Lien Collateral Agent on or within one month of the date on which the Company is required to provide annual reports pursuant to Section 4.02 with respect to the preceding fiscal year, commencing in 2012, an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of Liens under the Security Documents on Article 9 Collateral as is necessary to maintain the perfection of such Liens, and reciting the details of such action or (B) stating that, in the Opinion of such Counsel, no such action is necessary to maintain the perfection of such Liens. For purposes of the foregoing, the term “Article 9 Collateral” shall mean Collateral with respect to which a Lien thereon may be perfected by the filing of a UCC-1 financing statement pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in any applicable jurisdiction.

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          SECTION 11.03. Release of Collateral. Collateral may be released from the security interest and Liens created by the Security Documents at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or as provided hereby. Upon the request of the Company pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate certifying that all conditions precedent hereunder have been met, and without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will be entitled to a release of property and other assets included in the Collateral from the Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver such documents and instruments as the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may reasonably request to evidence the release of such Liens at the Company’s sole cost and expense and without the consent of any Holder of the Securities, under any one or more of the following circumstances:
     (1) in whole, upon satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture in accordance with Article 8;
     (2) in whole, upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance as described in accordance with Article 8;
     (3) in part, as to any property or asset constituting Collateral (A) if the Liens on the Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations are released (except if such release is in connection with the Discharge of the First Lien Obligations), (B) to enable the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to consummate the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of such property or assets to the extent not prohibited under Section 4.06, (C) that is owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor to the extent such Subsidiary Guarantor has been released from its Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with Article 10 or (D) otherwise in accordance with, and as expressly provided for under, this Indenture; or
     (4) pursuant to any amendment or supplement to this Indenture or to the Securities effected in accordance with Article 9.
          SECTION 11.04. After-Acquired Property. From and after the Issue Date, if the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor acquires certain After-Acquired Property, it shall as soon as practicable after the acquisition thereof execute, as applicable, and deliver such mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, pledge agreements, lien waivers, control agreements, financing statements and Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel as shall be required under the Security Documents to vest in the Second Lien Collateral Agent a perfected security interest in such After-Acquired Property to the extent such After-Acquired Property constitutes Collateral, and thereupon all provisions of this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents relating to the Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such After-Acquired Property to the same extent and with the same force and effect.
          SECTION 11.05. Permitted Releases Not to Impair Lien; Trust Indenture Act Requirements. The release of any Collateral from the terms hereof and of the Security Documents or the release of, in whole or in part, the Liens created by the Security Documents, will not be deemed to impair the security under this Indenture in contravention of the provisions hereof if and to the extent the Collateral or Liens are released pursuant to (x) the applicable Security Documents and the terms of this Article 11 or (y) the Intercreditor Agreement. The

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Trustee and each of the Holders acknowledge that a release of Collateral or a Lien strictly in accordance with the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and of this Article 11 will not be deemed for any purpose to be an impairment of the Lien on the Collateral in contravention of the terms of this Indenture. To the extent applicable, the Company and each obligor on the Securities shall cause TIA § 313(b), relating to reports, and TIA § 314(d), relating to the release of property or securities from the Lien hereof and of the Security Documents, to be complied with. Any certificate or opinion required by § 314(d) of the TIA may be made by an Officer, except in cases where § 314(d) of the TIA requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent Person, which Person shall be an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert selected or approved by the Trustee in the exercise of reasonable care.
          SECTION 11.06. Reports, Certificates and Opinions. (a) The Company will not be required to comply with TIA § 314(d) with respect to any of the following:
     (1) cash payments (including for the scheduled repayment of Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business;
     (2) sales or other dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
     (3) collections, sales or other dispositions of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business; and
     (4) sales or other dispositions in the ordinary course of business of any property the use of which is no longer necessary or desirable in, and is not material to, the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
provided , however , the Company’s right to rely on the above will be conditioned upon the Company’s delivering to the Trustee, within 30 calendar days following the end of each six-month period beginning on April 1 and October 1 of each year, an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that all releases during such six-month period in respect of which the Company did not comply with TIA § 314(d) in reliance on the above were made in the ordinary course of business. To the extent the Indenture is qualified under the TIA and to the extent applicable, the Company will otherwise comply with the provisions of TIA § 314.
          SECTION 11.07. Use of Trust Monies. To the extent received by the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of any Intercreditor Agreement, this Indenture, the Security Documents or otherwise, all Trust Monies shall be held by the Trustee as a part of the Collateral securing the Securities and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, shall either (i) be released as contemplated by Section 4.06 if such Trust Monies represent Net Cash Proceeds or (ii) to the extent not required to be applied pursuant to Section 4.06, at the direction of the Company be applied by the Trustee from time to time to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any Securities at maturity or upon redemption or retirement, or to the purchase of Securities upon tender or in the open market or otherwise, in each case in compliance with this Indenture. The Trustee shall be entitled to apply any Trust Monies to cure any Event of Default. Trust Monies deposited with the Trustee shall be invested in Cash Equivalents pursuant to the direction of the Company and, so long as no Default has occurred

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and is continuing, the Company shall be entitled to any interest or dividends accrued, earned or paid on such Cash Equivalents.
          SECTION 11.08. Suits to Protect the Collateral. Subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of Article 7 hereof and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee in its sole discretion and without the consent of the Holders, on behalf of the Holders, may or may direct the Second Lien Collateral Agent to take all actions it deems necessary or appropriate in order to: (i) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents; and (ii) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Obligations of the Company hereunder.
          Subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee shall have power to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem expedient to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may deem expedient to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral (including power to institute and maintain suits or proceedings to restrain the enforcement of or compliance with any legislative or other governmental enactment, rule or order that may be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid if the enforcement of, or compliance with, such enactment, rule or order would impair the Liens on the Collateral or be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders or the Trustee).
          SECTION 11.09. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents. Subject to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders distributed under the Security Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture.
          SECTION 11.10. Trustee and Second Lien Collateral Agent. (a) Each of the Trustee and the Second Lien Collateral Agent is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Security Documents, (ii) enter into the Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) perform and observe its obligations under the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement; provided , however , that if any of the provisions of the Security Documents limit, qualify or conflict with the duties imposed by the provisions of the TIA, the TIA shall control.
          (b) The Second Lien Collateral Agent is authorized and directed to execute any amendment, modification, supplement, restatement or extension of the Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document authorized pursuant to Article 9 if such amendment, modification, supplement, restatement or extension, as applicable, does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Second Lien Collateral Agent. If it does, the Second Lien Collateral Agent may but need not sign it. In signing such an amendment, modification, supplement, restatement or extension, the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and to receive, and, in the absence of bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct on its part, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate stating that such amendment, modification, supplement, restatement or extension, as applicable, is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

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          (c) If the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (i) incurs First Lien Obligations that are permitted to be Incurred pursuant to this Indenture at any time when no intercreditor agreement is in effect or at any time when Indebtedness constituting First Lien Obligations entitled to the benefit of an existing Intercreditor Agreement is concurrently retired, and (ii) delivers to the Trustee and the Second Lien Collateral Agent an Officers’ Certificate so stating and requesting the Trustee or the Second Lien Collateral Agent to enter into an intercreditor agreement (consistent with the 2011 Intercreditor Agreement) in favor of a designated agent or representative for the holders of the First Lien Obligations so Incurred, each of the Trustee and the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement, bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.
          (d) The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to any First Priority Secured Party. With respect to the First Priority Secured Parties, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article 11 and the Intercreditor Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the First Priority Secured Parties shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
          (e) Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Trustee shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral, unless requested in writing by the Company. The Trustee shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee in good faith.
Article 12
Miscellaneous
          SECTION 12.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control.

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          SECTION 12.02. Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:
if to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor:
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.
7800 Walton Parkway
New Albany, OH 43054
Attention: Chad M. Utrup, Chief Financial Officer
if to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
EP-MN-WS3C
St. Paul, MN 55107-2292
Attention: Donald Hurrelbrink, Vice President
          The Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
          Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed to the Securityholder at the Securityholder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.
          Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Trustee may make delivery of any notices required to be made hereunder to the Depository or its nominee because of the Depository’s or its nominee’s status as a Holder by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices at the Depository.
          SECTION 12.03. Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
          SECTION 12.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
     (1) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

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     (2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
          SECTION 12.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:
     (1) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
     (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
     (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
     (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
          SECTION 12.06. When Securities Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Also, subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.
          SECTION 12.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
          SECTION 12.08. Legal Holidays. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.
          SECTION 12.09. Governing Law. This Indenture, the Securities and the Subsidiary Guaranties shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
          SECTION 12.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE, IN ITS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN

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ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
          SECTION 12.11. No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Securities, any Subsidiary Guaranty, the Security Documents or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
          SECTION 12.12. Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
          SECTION 12.13. Multiple Originals. 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. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.
          SECTION 12.14. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
         
  COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC.
 
 
  By   /s/ Chad M. Utrup  
    Name:   Chad M. Utrup   
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   
 
  TRIM SYSTEMS, INC.
TRIM SYSTEMS OPERATING CORP.
NATIONAL SEATING COMPANY
CVS HOLDINGS, INC.
SPRAGUE DEVICES, INC.
CVG MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
CVG LOGISTICS, LLC
MAYFLOWER VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC
MONONA CORPORATION
MONONA WIRE CORPORATION
MONONA (MEXICO) HOLDINGS LLC
CABARRUS PLASTICS, INC.
CVG EUROPEAN HOLDINGS, LLC
CVG OREGON, LLC
CVG CS LLC
CVG ALABAMA, LLC
 
 
  By   /s/ Chad M. Utrup  
    Name:   Chad M. Utrup   
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   

 


 

         
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
         
  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee and (for purposes of Article 11 only)
as Second Lien Collateral Agent
 
 
  By   /s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink  
    Name:   Donald T. Hurrelbrink  
    Title:   Vice President  
 

 


 

RULE 144A/REGULATION S APPENDIX
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL SECURITIES,
PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE SECURITIES
     1. Definitions
     1.1 Definitions
     For the purposes of this Appendix the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:
          “Additional Securities” means Securities (other than the Initial Securities issued on the Issue Date and Securities issued in exchange therefor) issued under the Indenture, as part of the same series as the Initial Securities issued on the Issue Date.
          “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period and involving a Regulation S Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depository for such a transfer or transaction, to the extent applicable and as in effect from time to time.
          “Definitive Security” means a certificated Initial Security or Exchange Security or Private Exchange Security bearing, if required, the appropriate restricted securities legend set forth in Section 2.3(e).
          “Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
          “Exchange Securities” means (1) the 7.875% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019 issued pursuant to the Indenture in connection with a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement and (2) Additional Securities, if any, issued pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC under the Securities Act.
          “Initial Purchaser means (1) with respect to the Initial Securities issued on the Issue Date, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and (2) with respect to each issuance of Additional Securities, the Persons purchasing such Additional Securities under the related Purchase Agreement.
          “Initial Securities” means (1) $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019 issued on the Issue Date and (2) Additional Securities, if any, issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
          “Private Exchange” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, to the Initial Purchaser to issue and deliver to the Initial Purchaser, in exchange for the Initial Securities held by the Initial Purchaser as part of its initial distribution, a like aggregate principal amount of Private Exchange Securities.


 

          “Private Exchange Securities” means any 7.875% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019 issued in connection with a Private Exchange.
          “Purchase Agreement” means (1) with respect to the Initial Securities issued on the Issue Date, the Purchase Agreement dated April 13, 2011, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser, and (2) with respect to each issuance of Additional Securities, the purchase agreement or underwriting agreement among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Persons purchasing such Additional Securities.
          “QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
          “Registered Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Company, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, to certain Holders of Initial Securities, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act.
          “Registration Rights Agreement” means (1) with respect to the Initial Securities issued on the Issue Date, the Registration Rights Agreement dated April 26, 2011, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser and (2) with respect to each issuance of Additional Securities issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the registration rights agreement, if any, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Persons purchasing such Additional Securities under the related Purchase Agreement.
          “Restricted Period” means, with respect to any Securities, the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which such Securities are first offered to Persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the issue date with respect to such Securities.
          “Rule 144A Securities” means all Securities offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A.
          “Securities” means the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities, treated as a single class.
          “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
          “Securities Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Security (as appointed by the Depository), or any successor Person thereto and shall initially be the Trustee.
          “Shelf Registration Statement” means the registration statement issued by the Company in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement.

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          “Transfer Restricted Securities” means Securities that bear or are required to bear the legend relating to restrictions on transfer relating to the Securities Act set forth in Section 2.3(e) hereto.
1.2 Other Definitions
         
    Defined in  
Term   Section:  
“Agent Members”
    2.1 (b)
“Clearstream, Luxembourg”
    2.1 (a)
“Euroclear”
    2.1 (a)
“Global Securities”
    2.1 (a)
“Regulation S”
    2.1 (a)
“Regulation S Global Security”
    2.1 (a)
“Regulation S Permanent Global Security”
    2.1 (a)
“Regulation S Temporary Global Security”
    2.1 (a)
“Restricted Securities Legend”
    2.3 (e)
“Rule 144A”
    2.1 (a)
“Rule 144A Global Security”
    2.1 (a)
     2.  The Securities.
     2.1 (a) Form and Dating. The Initial Securities were offered and sold by the Company pursuant to a Purchase Agreement. The Initial Securities will be resold initially only to (i) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and (ii) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”). Initial Securities may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs and purchasers in reliance on Regulation S, subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein. Initial Securities initially resold pursuant to Rule 144A shall be issued initially in the form of one or more securities in registered, global form (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Security”); and Initial Securities initially resold pursuant to Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of one or more temporary securities in registered, global form (collectively, the “Regulation S Temporary Global Security”), in each case without interest coupons and with the global securities legend and the applicable restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Initial Securities represented thereby with the Securities Custodian and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture. Until the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Securities may be held only through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”), and Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme (“Clearstream, Luxembourg”), as indirect participants in DTC, unless transferred to a Person that takes delivery through a Rule 144A Global Security in accordance with the certification requirements described in the second succeeding paragraph below. Except as set forth in this Section 2.1(a), beneficial ownership interests in the Regulation S

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Temporary Global Security will not be exchangeable for interests in the Rule 144A Global Security or any other Security prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period and then, after the expiration of the Restricted Period, may be exchanged for one or more permanent securities in registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the “Regulation S Permanent Global Security” and, together with the Regulation S Temporary Global Security, the “Regulation S Global Security”) or a Definitive Security upon (i) delivery to DTC of certification of compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Securities and pursuant to Regulation S as provided in the Indenture, (ii) a certification in form satisfactory to the Trustee that beneficial ownership interests in such Regulation S Temporary Global Security are owned either by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who purchased such interests in a transaction that did not require registration under the Securities Act and (iii) in the case of an exchange for Definitive Securities, in compliance with the requirements described in Section 2.4(a) of this Appendix.
          Definitive Securities may not be exchanged for beneficial interests in any Global Security unless the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer will comply with the appropriate transfer restrictions applicable to such Securities.
          Prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in Regulation S Global Securities may be exchanged for interests in Rule 144A Global Securities only if (1) such exchange occurs in connection with a transfer of Securities pursuant to Rule 144A and (2) the transferor of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security is being transferred to a Person (a) whom the transferor reasonably believes to be a QIB, (b) purchasing for its own account or the account of a QIB in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and (c) in accordance with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions and that, if such transfer occurs prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the interest transferred will be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg.
          Beneficial interests in a Rule 144A Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Security, whether before or after the expiration of the Restricted Period, only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in the Indenture) to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if available).
          The Rule 144A Global Security, the Regulation S Global Security and any Global Securities in fully registered form without the Restricted Securities Legend are collectively referred to herein as “Global Securities.” The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depository or its nominee as hereinafter provided.

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          (b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 2.1(b) shall apply only to a Global Security deposited with or on behalf of the Depository.
          The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 2.1(b), authenticate and deliver initially one or more Global Securities that (a) shall be registered in the name of the Depository for such Global Security or Global Securities or the nominee of such Depository and (b) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depository or pursuant to such Depository’s instructions or held by the Trustee as custodian for the Depository.
          Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository or by the Trustee as the custodian of the Depository or under such Global Security, and the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the Depository as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of such Depository governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Security.
          (c) Definitive Securities. Except as provided in this Section 2.1 or Section 2.3 or 2.4, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Securities.
     2.2 Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver: (1) on the Issue Date, an aggregate principal amount of $250.0 million of 7.875% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019, (2) any Additional Securities for an original issue in an aggregate principal amount specified in the written order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture , (3) Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, respectively, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a like principal amount of Initial Securities, and (4) a Global Security without the Restricted Securities Legend pursuant to Section 2.3(e) of this Appendix, in each case upon a written order of the Company signed by an Officer. Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Securities is to be authenticated and, in the case of any issuance of Additional Securities pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Indenture, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with Sections 4.03 and 4.10 of the Indenture.
     2.3 Transfer and Exchange.
          (a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Securities . When Definitive Securities are presented to the Registrar with a request:
  (x)   to register the transfer of such Definitive Securities; or

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  (y)   to exchange such Definitive Securities for an equal principal amount of Definitive Securities of other authorized denominations,
the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met; provided , however , that the Definitive Securities surrendered for transfer or exchange:
     (i) shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing; and
     (ii) if such Definitive Securities are required to bear a restricted securities legend, they are being transferred or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C) below, and are accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable:
     (A) if such Definitive Securities are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect; or
     (B) if such Definitive Securities are being transferred to the Company, a certification to that effect; or
     (C) if such Definitive Securities are being transferred (x) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144A, Regulation S or Rule 144 under the Securities Act; or (y) in reliance upon another exemption from the requirements of the Securities Act: (i) a certification to that effect (in the form set forth on the reverse of the Security) and (ii) if the Company so requests, an opinion of counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it as to the compliance with the restrictions set forth in the legend set forth in Section 2.3(e)(i).
          (b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Security for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Security. A Definitive Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security or a Regulation S Global Security except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Trustee of a Definitive Security, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, together with:
     (i) certification, in the form set forth on the reverse of the Security, that such Definitive Security is either (A) being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A or (B) being transferred after expiration of the Restricted Period by a Person who initially purchased such Security in reliance on Regulation S to a buyer who elects to hold its interest in such Security in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security; and

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     (ii) written instructions directing the Trustee to make, or to direct the Securities Custodian to make, an adjustment on its books and records with respect to such Rule 144A Global Security (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(A)) or Regulation S Global Security (in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (b)(i)(B)) to reflect an increase in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities represented by the Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as applicable, such instructions to contain information regarding the Depository account to be credited with such increase,
then the Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Security and cause, or direct the Securities Custodian to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depository and the Securities Custodian, the aggregate principal amount of Securities represented by the Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as applicable, to be increased by the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Security to be exchanged and shall credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as applicable, equal to the principal amount of the Definitive Security so canceled. If no Rule 144A Global Securities or Regulation S Global Securities, as applicable, are then outstanding, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of the Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of the Company, a new Rule 144A Global Security or Regulation S Global Security, as applicable, in the appropriate principal amount.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities.
     (i) The transfer and exchange of Global Securities or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth herein, if any) and the procedures of the Depository therefor. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall deliver to the Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be credited with a beneficial interest in the Global Security. The Registrar shall, in accordance with such instructions instruct the Depository to credit to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Global Security and to debit the account of the Person making the transfer the beneficial interest in the Global Security being transferred.
     (ii) If the proposed transfer is a transfer of a beneficial interest in one Global Security to a beneficial interest in another Global Security, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Security to which such interest is being transferred in an amount equal to the principal amount of the interest to be so transferred, and the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records

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the date and a corresponding decrease in the principal amount of the Global Security from which such interest is being transferred.
     (iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Appendix (other than the provisions set forth in Section 2.4), a Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.
     (iv) In the event that Global Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities pursuant to Section 2.4 of this Appendix, prior to the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Securities, such Securities may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of this Section 2.3 (including the certification requirements set forth on the reverse of the Initial Securities intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A, Regulation S or another applicable exemption under the Securities Act, as the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Company.
          (d) Restrictions on Transfer of Regulation S Global Securities. During the Restricted Period, beneficial ownership interests in Regulation S Global Securities may only be sold, pledged or transferred in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and only (i) to the Company, (ii) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S or (iii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any State of the United States.
          (e) Legend.
     (i) Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv), each Security certificate evidencing the Global Securities (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof), in the case of Securities offered other than in reliance on Regulation S, shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (together with the legend in the second paragraph of this Section 2.3(e)(i), the “Restricted Securities Legend”):
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS

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HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (V) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
Each certificate evidencing a Security offered in reliance on Regulation S shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

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Each Definitive Security shall also bear the following additional legend:
IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
     (ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security (including any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global Security) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Registrar shall permit the transferee thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a certificated Security that does not bear the legend set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security, if the transferor thereof certifies in writing to the Registrar that such sale or transfer was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Security); and to the extent permitted by law at any time after one year has elapsed following the Issue Date, if the Securities are freely tradeable without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or successor rule), the Registrar shall permit the removal of the Restricted Securities Legend and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security if the Company delivers to the Trustee an opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that the removal of the Restricted Securities Legend is in compliance with the Securities Act.
     (iii) After a transfer of any Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities pursuant to and during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, all requirements pertaining to legends on such Initial Security or such Private Exchange Security will cease to apply, the requirements requiring any such Initial Security or such Private Exchange Security issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will cease to apply, and a certificated Initial Security or Private Exchange Security or an Initial Security or Private Exchange Security in global form, in each case without restrictive transfer legends, will be available to the transferee of the Holder of such Initial Securities or Private Exchange Securities upon exchange of such transferring Holder’s certificated Initial Security or Private Exchange Security or directions to transfer such Holder’s interest in the Global Security, as applicable.
     (iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Securities, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that Initial Securities issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders of such Initial Securities that do not exchange their Initial Securities, and Exchange

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Securities in certificated or global form, in each case without the restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available to Holders that exchange such Initial Securities in such Registered Exchange Offer.
     (v) Upon the consummation of a Private Exchange with respect to the Initial Securities, all requirements pertaining to such Initial Securities that Initial Securities issued to certain Holders be issued in global form will still apply with respect to Holders of such Initial Securities that do not exchange their Initial Securities, and Private Exchange Securities in global form with the global securities legend and the applicable restricted securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto will be available to Holders that exchange such Initial Securities in such Private Exchange.
          (f) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Security. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for Definitive Securities, redeemed, purchased or canceled, such Global Security shall be returned to the Depository for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for certificated Securities, redeemed, purchased or canceled, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities Custodian for such Global Security) with respect to such Global Security, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.
          (g) No Obligation of the Trustee.
     (i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Security, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders under the Securities shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.
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imposed under the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
          2.4 Definitive Securities.
          (a) A Global Security deposited with the Depository or with the Trustee as Securities Custodian for the Depository pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security, in exchange for such Global Security, only if such transfer complies with Section 2.3 hereof and (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security and the Depository fails to appoint a successor depository or if at any time such Depository ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, in either case, and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) a Default with respect to the Securities has occurred and is continuing and DTC or the Company specifically requests such exchange, (iii) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Securities under the Indenture or (iv) upon prior written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with the Indenture.
          (b) Any Global Security that is transferable to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be surrendered by the Depository to the Trustee located at its principal corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, to be so transferred, in whole or from time to time in part, without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Any portion of a Global Security transferred pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be executed, authenticated and delivered only in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof and registered in such names as the Depository shall direct. Any Definitive Security delivered in exchange for an interest in the Transfer Restricted Security shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.3(e) hereof, bear the applicable restricted securities legend and definitive securities legend set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto unless that legend is not required by applicable law.
          (c) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.4(b) hereof, the registered Holder of a Global Security shall be entitled to grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Securities.

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          (d) In the event of the occurrence of one of the events specified in Section 2.4(a) hereof, the Company shall promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Definitive Securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons.

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EXHIBIT
to
RULE 144A/REGULATION S APPENDIX
[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
[Global Securities Legend]
          UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
          TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
          [[FOR REGULATION S GLOBAL SECURITY ONLY] UNTIL 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF COMMENCEMENT OR COMPLETION OF THE OFFERING, AN OFFER OR SALE OF SECURITIES 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 THEREUNDER.]
[Restricted Securities Legend for Securities offered otherwise than in Reliance on Regulation S]
          THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
          THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR

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OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), OR (V) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
[Restricted Securities Legend for Securities Offered in Reliance on Regulation S.]
          THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
[Definitive Securities Legend]
          IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

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No._____   $ _____
CUSIP No._____
ISIN No._____
7.875% Senior Notes Due 2019
          Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its permitted successor, promises to pay to [                     ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [           ] Dollars on April 15, 2019.
          Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15.
          Record Dates: April 1 and October 1.
          Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this Security.
Dated:
         
  COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC.
 
 
  By      
    Name:      
         
 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
     AUTHENTICATION

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee, certifies
     that this is one of
     the Securities referred
     to in the Indenture.
 
 
  By      
    Authorized Signatory   
       

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF INITIAL SECURITY]
7.875% Senior Secured Note Due 2019
1. Interest
          Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above; provided , however , that if a Registration Default (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) occurs, additional interest will accrue on this Security at a rate of 0.50% per annum from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured. The Company will pay interest semiannually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing October 15, 2011. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including April 26, 2011. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by this Security, and it will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment
          The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Securities at the close of business on the April 1 or October 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depository. The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Security (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided , however , that payments on a certificated Security will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
          Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking organization (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated or organized Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

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4. Indenture
          The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of April 26, 2011 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “Act”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement of those terms.
          The Securities are senior secured obligations of the Company. The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Sections 4.03 and 4.10 of the Indenture, to issue Additional Securities pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Indenture. The Initial Securities issued on the Issue Date, any Additional Securities and all Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities issued in exchange therefor will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture. The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness; pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock; make investments; engage in transactions with affiliates; create liens on assets; transfer or sell assets; guarantee indebtedness; restrict dividends or other payments of subsidiaries; consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of its subsidiaries; and engage in sale/leaseback transactions. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
5. Optional Redemption
          Except as set forth below, the Company shall not be entitled to redeem the Securities.
          On and after April 15, 2014, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem all or a portion of the Securities at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount on the redemption date), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on April 15 of the years set forth below:
         
    Redemption  
Year   Price  
2014
    105.906 %
2015
    103.938 %
2016
    101.969 %
2017 and thereafter
    100.000 %
          In addition, any time prior to April 15, 2014, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem all or a portion of the Securities at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus the Applicable Premium as of, and

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accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
          Additionally, not more than once during each twelve-month period ending on April 15, 2012, April 15, 2013 and April 15, 2014, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem up to 10% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Securities in each such twelve-month period, at a redemption price equal to 103.000% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date)
          Prior to April 15, 2014, the Company shall be entitled at its option on one or more occasions to redeem Securities (which includes Additional Securities, if any) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (which includes Additional Securities, if any) originally issued at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount on the redemption date) of 107.875%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), with the net cash proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings; provided , however , that (1) at least 65% of such aggregate principal amount of Securities (which includes Additional Securities, if any) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption (other than Securities held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or its Affiliates); and (2) each such redemption occurs within 120 days after the date of the related Equity Offering.
6. Notice of Redemption
          Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at his registered address. Notice of any redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the redemption thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of the related Equity Offering.
          Securities in denominations of $2,000 or less may only be redeemed in whole. Securities in denominations larger than $2,000 principal amount may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Securities (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
7. Put Provisions
          Upon a Change of Control, any Holder of Securities will have the right to cause the Company to repurchase all or any part of the Securities of such Holder at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the

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relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
8. Guaranty
          The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium and interest on, the Securities is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior secured basis by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the extent set forth in the Indenture.
9. Security
          The Securities and the Subsidiary Guaranties and all obligations with respect thereto under the Indenture will be secured by second-priority security interests (subject to Permitted Liens) in the Collateral, which security interests will be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the Indenture). Subject to exceptions described in the Indenture and the Security Documents, the Collateral consists of substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
          The Securities are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date.
11. Persons Deemed Owners
          The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
12. Unclaimed Money
          If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.
13. Discharge and Defeasance
          Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be entitled to terminate some or all of the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations under the Securities, the Subsidiary Guaranties and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee

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money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
14. Amendment, Waiver
          Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (a) the Indenture, the Security Documents, any Subsidiary Guaranty and the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding and (b) any default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Securityholder, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee shall be entitled to amend or supplement the Indenture, the Security Documents, any Subsidiary Guaranty and the Securities to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency (including to conform the text of such documents to any provision of the “Description of the Notes” in the Offering Circular to the extent such provision in the “Description of the Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of such documents), or to comply with Article 5 of the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities, or to add guarantees with respect to the Securities, including Subsidiary Guaranties, or to add additional covenants or surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, the Indenture under the Act, or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder, or to make amendments to provisions of the Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of the Securities, or to add security to or for the benefit of the Securities and, in the case of the Security Documents, to or for the benefit of the other secured parties named therein, or to modify the Security Documents and/or the Intercreditor Agreement or enter into additional intercreditor agreements, or to provide for the assumption by a successor corporation of the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture.

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15. Release of Collateral.
          Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, Collateral may be released from the security interest and Liens created by the Security Documents at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or as provided in the Indenture. Upon the request of the Company pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate certifying that all conditions precedent under the Indenture have been met, and without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will be entitled to a release of property and other assets included in the Collateral from the Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver such documents and instruments as the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may reasonably request to evidence the release of such Liens at the Company’s sole cost and expense and without the consent of any Holder of the Securities, under any one or more of the following circumstances: (1) in whole, upon satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture in accordance with Article 8 of the Indenture; (2) in whole, upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance as described in accordance with Article 8 of the Indenture; or (3) in part, as to any property or asset constituting Collateral (A) if the Liens on the Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations are released (except if such release is in connection with the Discharge of the First Lien Obligations), (B) to enable the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to consummate the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of such property or assets to the extent not prohibited under Section 4.06 of the Indenture, (C) that is owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor to the extent such Subsidiary Guarantor has been released from its Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with Article 10 of the Indenture or (D) otherwise in accordance with, and as expressly provided for under, the Indenture; or pursuant to any amendment or supplement to the Indenture or to the Securities effected in accordance with Article 9 of the Indenture.
16. Defaults and Remedies
          Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (a) default for 30 days in payment of interest on the Securities; (b) default in payment of principal on the Securities at maturity, upon redemption pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Securities, upon acceleration or otherwise, or failure by the Company to purchase Securities when required; (c) failure by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with other agreements in the Indenture or the Securities, in certain cases subject to notice and lapse of time; (d) certain accelerations (including failure to pay within any grace period after final maturity) of other Indebtedness of the Company if the amount accelerated (or so unpaid) exceeds $15.0 million; (e) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Significant Subsidiaries; (f) certain judgments or decrees for the payment of money in excess of $15.0 million; (g) certain defaults with respect to Subsidiary Guaranties and (h) certain defaults relating to the Collateral under the Security Documents. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities may declare all the Securities to be due and payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default which will result in the Securities being due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.

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          Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Securityholders notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders.
17. Trustee Dealings with the Company
          Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Act, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
18. No Recourse Against Others
          No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Securities, any Subsidiary Guaranty, the Security Documents or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
19. Authentication
          This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.
20. Abbreviations
          Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
21. 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 Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

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22. Holders’ Compliance with Registration Rights Agreement, Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreement.
          Each Holder, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.
          Each Holder, by acceptance hereof, shall be deemed to: (i) consent and agree to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and directs the Trustee and Second Lien Collateral Agent to sign these documents, (ii) agree that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and (iii) agree that none of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee or the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall be required under the Indenture or under any Security Document to take any action inconsistent with or contrary to any provision of the Intercreditor Agreement.
23. Successor Entity.
          When a successor entity assumes, in accordance with the Indenture, all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture, and immediately before and thereafter no Default or Event of Default exists and all other conditions of the Indenture are satisfied, the predecessor entity will be released from those obligations.
24. Governing Law.
           THIS SECURITY AND ANY SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
          The Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge to the Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type. Requests may be made to:
          Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.
          7800 Walton Parkway
          New Albany, OH 43054
          Attention: Chad M. Utrup, Chief Financial Officer

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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
     (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
     (Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint            agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
 
Date:                                                               Your Signature:                                                                                    
 
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.
In connection with any transfer of any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144 under the Securities Act after the later of the date of original issuance of such Securities and the last date, if any, on which such Securities were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that such Securities are being transferred in accordance with its terms:
CHECK ONE BOX BELOW
                 
 
    (1 )   o   to the Company; or
 
               
 
    (2 )   o   pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
 
               
 
    (3 )   o   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, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
 
               
 
    (4 )   o   outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

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(5) o pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof; provided , however , that if box (5) is checked, the Trustee shall be entitled to require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Company has reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, such as the exemption provided by Rule 144 under such Act.
         
     
        
    Signature   
       
 
Signature Guarantee:
 
     
 
   
Signature must be guaranteed
  Signature
     Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 

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TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (3) ABOVE IS CHECKED.
     The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security 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, 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 undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.
                     
Dated:
                   
 
                   
         
 
      Notice:   To be executed by an executive officer        

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]
SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY
The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
                               
    Amount of decrease     Amount of increase     Principal amount of     Signature of
    in Principal     in Principal amount     this Global     authorized officer
Date of     amount of this     of this Global     Security following     of Trustee or
Exchange     Global Security     Security     such decrease or increase)     Securities Custodian
                       

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
          If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.09 of the Indenture, check the box: o
           o If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.09 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount:
$___________.
             
Dated:
      Your Signature:    
 
          (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.)
     
Signature Guarantee:
 
 
(Signature must be guaranteed)
     Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY
OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITY] * / ** /
 
*   If the Security is to be issued in global form add the Global Securities Legend from Exhibit 1 to Appendix A and the attachment from such Exhibit 1 captioned “[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES] — SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY.”
 
**   .If the Security is a Private Exchange Security issued in a Private Exchange to an Initial Purchaser holding an unsold portion of its initial allotment, add the Restricted Securities Legend from Exhibit 1 to Appendix A and replace the Assignment Form included in this Exhibit A with the Assignment Form included in such Exhibit 1.

 


 

No._____   $ _____
CUSIP No._____
ISIN No._____
7.875% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019
     Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its permitted successor, promises to pay to [          ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [          ] Dollars on April 15, 2019.
     Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15.
     Record Dates: April 1 and October 1.
     Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the other side of this Security.
Dated:
         
  COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC.
 
 
  by      
    Name:      
    Title:      
         
 
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
     AUTHENTICATION

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee, certifies
     that this is one of
     the Securities referred
     to in the Indenture.
 
 
         
  By      
    Authorized Signatory   
       

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE SECURITY
OR PRIVATE EXCHANGE SECURITY]
7.875% Senior Secured Note Due 2019
1. Interest
          Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semiannually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing October 15, 2011. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including April 26, 2011. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company will pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by this Security, and it will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment
          The Company will pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders of Securities at the close of business on the April 1 or October 1 next preceding the interest payment date even if Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal, premium and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depository. The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Security (including principal, premium and interest) by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof; provided , however , that payments on a certificated Security will be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).
3. Paying Agent and Registrar
          Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking organization (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company or any of its domestically incorporated or organized Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

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4. Indenture
          The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of April 26, 2011 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “Act”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement of those terms.
          The Securities are senior secured obligations of the Company. The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Sections 4.03 and 4.10 of the Indenture, to issue Additional Securities pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Indenture. The Initial Securities issued on the Issue Date, any Additional Securities and all Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities issued in exchange therefor will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture. The Indenture contains covenants that limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness; pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock; make investments; engage in transactions with affiliates; create liens on assets; transfer or sell assets; guarantee indebtedness; restrict dividends or other payments of subsidiaries; consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of its subsidiaries; and engage in sale/leaseback transactions. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications.
5. Optional Redemption
          Except as set forth below, the Company shall not be entitled to redeem the Securities.
          On and after April 15, 2014, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem all or a portion of the Securities at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount on the redemption date), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on April 15 of the years set forth below:
         
    Redemption  
Year   Price  
2014
    105.906 %
2015
    103.938 %
2016
    101.969 %
2017 and thereafter
    100.000 %
          In addition, any time prior to April 15, 2014, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem all or a portion of the Securities at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, plus the Applicable Premium as of, and

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accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
          Additionally, not more than once during each twelve-month period ending on April 15, 2012, April 15, 2013 and April 15, 2014, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem up to 10% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Securities in each such twelve-month period, at a redemption price equal to 103.000% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date)
          Prior to April 15, 2014, the Company shall be entitled at its option on one or more occasions to redeem Securities (which includes Additional Securities, if any) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (which includes Additional Securities, if any) originally issued at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount on the redemption date) of 107.875%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), with the net cash proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings; provided , however , that (1) at least 65% of such aggregate principal amount of Securities (which includes Additional Securities, if any) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption (other than Securities held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or its Affiliates); and (2) each such redemption occurs within 120 days after the date of the related Equity Offering.
6. Notice of Redemption
          Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at his registered address. Notice of any redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to the redemption thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of the related Equity Offering.
          Securities in denominations of $2,000 or less may only be redeemed in whole. Securities in denominations larger than $2,000 principal amount may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date interest ceases to accrue on such Securities (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.
7. Put Provisions
          Upon a Change of Control, any Holder of Securities will have the right to cause the Company to repurchase all or any part of the Securities of such Holder at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the

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relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date) as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.
8. Guaranty
          The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium and interest on, the Securities is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior secured basis by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the extent set forth in the Indenture.
9. Security
          The Securities and the Subsidiary Guaranties and all obligations with respect thereto under the Indenture will be secured by second-priority security interests (subject to Permitted Liens) in the Collateral, which security interests will be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the Indenture). Subject to exceptions described in the Indenture and the Security Documents, the Collateral consists of substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
10. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange
          The Securities are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Security not to be redeemed) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before a selection of Securities to be redeemed or 15 days before an interest payment date.
11. Persons Deemed Owners
          The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
12. Unclaimed Money
          If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.
13. Discharge and Defeasance
          Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be entitled to terminate some or all of the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations under the Securities, the Subsidiary Guaranties and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee

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money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.
14. Amendment, Waiver
          Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (a) the Indenture, the Security Documents, any Subsidiary Guaranty and the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding and (b) any default or noncompliance with any provision may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any Securityholder, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee shall be entitled to amend or supplement the Indenture, the Security Documents, any Subsidiary Guaranty and the Securities to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency (including to conform the text of such documents to any provision of the “Description of the Notes” in the Offering Circular to the extent such provision in the “Description of the Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of such documents), or to comply with Article 5 of the Indenture, or to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities, or to add guarantees with respect to the Securities, including Subsidiary Guaranties, or to add additional covenants or surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors, or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, the Indenture under the Act, or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder, or to make amendments to provisions of the Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of the Securities, or to add security to or for the benefit of the Securities and, in the case of the Security Documents, to or for the benefit of the other secured parties named therein, or to modify the Security Documents and/or the Intercreditor Agreement or enter into additional intercreditor agreements, or to provide for the assumption by a successor corporation of the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture.

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15. Release of Collateral.
          Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, Collateral may be released from the security interest and Liens created by the Security Documents at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or as provided in the Indenture. Upon the request of the Company pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate certifying that all conditions precedent under the Indenture have been met, and without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will be entitled to a release of property and other assets included in the Collateral from the Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver such documents and instruments as the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may reasonably request to evidence the release of such Liens at the Company’s sole cost and expense and without the consent of any Holder of the Securities, under any one or more of the following circumstances: (1) in whole, upon satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture in accordance with Article 8 of the Indenture; (2) in whole, upon a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance as described in accordance with Article 8 of the Indenture; or (3) in part, as to any property or asset constituting Collateral (A) if the Liens on the Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations are released (except if such release is in connection with the Discharge of the First Lien Obligations), (B) to enable the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to consummate the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of such property or assets to the extent not prohibited under Section 4.06 of the Indenture, (C) that is owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor to the extent such Subsidiary Guarantor has been released from its Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with Article 10 of the Indenture or (D) otherwise in accordance with, and as expressly provided for under, the Indenture; or pursuant to any amendment or supplement to the Indenture or to the Securities effected in accordance with Article 9 of the Indenture.
16. Defaults and Remedies
          Under the Indenture, Events of Default include (a) default for 30 days in payment of interest on the Securities; (b) default in payment of principal on the Securities at maturity, upon redemption pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Securities, upon acceleration or otherwise, or failure by the Company to purchase Securities when required; (c) failure by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with other agreements in the Indenture or the Securities, in certain cases subject to notice and lapse of time; (d) certain accelerations (including failure to pay within any grace period after final maturity) of other Indebtedness of the Company if the amount accelerated (or so unpaid) exceeds $15.0 million; (e) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Significant Subsidiaries; (f) certain judgments or decrees for the payment of money in excess of $15.0 million; (g) certain defaults with respect to Subsidiary Guaranties and (h) certain defaults relating to the Collateral under the Security Documents. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities may declare all the Securities to be due and payable immediately. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default which will result in the Securities being due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default.

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          Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to it. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Securityholders notice of any continuing Default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders.
17. Trustee Dealings with the Company
          Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Act, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
18. No Recourse Against Others
          No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Securities, any Subsidiary Guaranty, the Security Documents or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
19. Authentication
          This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.
20. Abbreviations
          Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).
21. 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 Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

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22. Holders’ Compliance with the [Registration Rights Agreement], Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreement.
          [Each Holder, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, including the obligations of the Holders with respect to a registration and the indemnification of the Company to the extent provided therein.] 1
          Each Holder, by acceptance hereof, shall be deemed to: (i) consent and agree to the terms, conditions and provisions of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and directs the Trustee and Second Lien Collateral Agent to sign these documents, (ii) agree that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and (iii) agree that none of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee or the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall be required under the Indenture or under any Security Document to take any action inconsistent with or contrary to any provision of the Intercreditor Agreement.
23. Successor Entity.
          When a successor entity assumes, in accordance with the Indenture, all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture, and immediately before and thereafter no Default or Event of Default exists and all other conditions of the Indenture are satisfied, the predecessor entity will be released from those obligations.
24. Governing Law.
           THIS SECURITY AND ANY SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
          The Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written request and without charge to the Securityholder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type. Requests may be made to:
          Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.
          7800 Walton Parkway
          New Albany, OH 43054
          Attention: Chad M. Utrup, Chief Financial Officer
 
1   Delete if this Security is not a Private Exchange Security.

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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
     (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
     (Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
and irrevocably appoint           agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
 
Date:                                                               Your Signature:                                                                                     
 
Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
          If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.09 of the Indenture, check the box: o
           o If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06 or 4.09 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $__________.
             
Dated:
      Your Signature:    
 
          (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.)
     
Signature Guarantee:
 
 
(Signature must be guaranteed)
          Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


 

EXHIBIT B
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
          SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of ________________, between ________________ (the “New Guarantor”), a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (or its successor), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH:
          WHEREAS, the Company and the Subsidiaries listed on the signature pages thereof have each heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture (as amended, supplemented or modified prior to the date hereof, the “Indenture”), dated as of April 26, 2011, providing for the issuance by the Company of its 7.875% Senior Secured Notes Due 2019 (the “Securities”); and
          WHEREAS, Section 4.12 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Company is required to cause the New Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders a supplemental agreement pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s obligations under the Securities pursuant to a Subsidiary Guaranty on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
          NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantor covenants and agrees for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities as follows:
          (1) CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
          (2) AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE; REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, to unconditionally guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture. The New Guarantor further agrees to become a party to the Registration Rights Agreement and to be bound by all provisions thereof.
          (3) RATIFICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE; SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE PART OF INDENTURE. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of the Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
          (4) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Subsidiary

 


 

Guarantor shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Securities, any Subsidiary Guaranty, the Security Documents or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
          (5) EFFECTIVENESS. This Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon execution by the parties hereto.
          (6) RECITALS. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
          (7) NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
          (8) COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
          (9) EFFECT ON HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
         
  [NEW GUARANTOR]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 

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Exhibit 4.3
EXECUTION COPY
$250,000,000
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC.
7.875% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2019
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
April 26, 2011
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
  c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
     Eleven Madison Avenue
       New York, New York 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
     Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer ”), proposes to issue and sell to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the “ Initial Purchaser ”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated April 13, 2011 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (the “ Initial Securities ”) to be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by each of the subsidiaries of the Issuer listed on Schedule A hereto (the “ Guarantors ” and together with the Issuer, the “ Company ”). The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of April 26, 2011 (the “ Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). As an inducement to the Initial Purchaser, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchaser, for the benefit of the holders of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined below) (including, without limitation, the Initial Purchaser), the Exchange Securities (as defined below) and the Private Exchange Securities (as defined below) (collectively the “ Holders ”), as follows:
     1. . Exchange Offer . If any of the Initial Securities are not Freely Transferable (as defined below) on the Registration Trigger Date (as defined below), the Company shall, at its own cost, prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement (the “ Exchange Offer Registration Statement ”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), with respect to a proposed offer (the “ Exchange Offer ”) to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof), who are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Exchange Offer, to issue and deliver to such Holders, in exchange for the Initial Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities (the “ Exchange Securities ”) of the Company issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects to the Initial Securities (except for the transfer restrictions relating to the Initial Securities and the provisions relating to the matters described in Section 6 hereof) that would be registered under the Securities Act. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the Registration Trigger Date and shall keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for not less than 20 business days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders (such period being called the “ Exchange Offer Registration Period ”).

 


 

     For the purposes of this Agreement:
     (a) “ Registration Trigger Date” means the first business day following the one-year anniversary of the date hereof.
     (b) “ Freely Transferable ” means, with respect to a Security, a Security that at any time of determination (i) may be sold to the public in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act by a person that is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company where no conditions of Rule 144 are then applicable (other than the holding period requirement in paragraph (d)(1) of Rule 144 so long as such holding period requirement is satisfied at such time of determination) and (ii) does not bear any restrictive legends relating to the Securities Act or a restricted CUSIP number.
     If the Company effects the Exchange Offer, the Company will be entitled to close the Exchange Offer 20 business days after the commencement thereof provided that the Company has accepted all the Initial Securities theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer.
     Following the declaration of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall as soon as practicable commence the Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Exchange Offer to enable each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof) electing to exchange Initial Securities for Exchange Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, acquires the Exchange Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business and has no arrangements with any person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Exchange Offer) to trade such Exchange Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Securities Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of the several states of the United States.
     The Company acknowledges that, pursuant to current interpretations by the Commission’s staff of Section 5 of the Securities Act, in the absence of an applicable exemption therefrom, (i) each Holder which is a broker-dealer electing to exchange Initial Securities, acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, for Exchange Securities (an “ Exchanging Dealer ”), is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information set forth in (a) Annex A hereto on the cover, (b) Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer Procedures” section and the “Purpose of the Exchange Offer” section, and (c) Annex C hereto in the “Plan of Distribution” section of such prospectus in connection with a sale of any such Exchange Securities received by such Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer and (ii) if the Initial Purchaser elects to sell Exchange Securities acquired in exchange for Initial Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, it is required to deliver a prospectus containing the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in connection with such sale.
     The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained therein, in order to permit such prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as such persons must comply with such requirements in order to resell the Exchange Securities; provided, however, that (i) in the case where such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto must be delivered by an Exchanging Dealer or the Initial Purchaser, such period shall be the lesser of 180 days and the date on which all Exchanging Dealers and the Initial Purchaser have sold all Exchange Securities held by them (unless such period is extended pursuant to Section 3(j) below) and (ii) the Company shall make such prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale of any Exchange Securities for a period of not less than 90 days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer.

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     If, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Initial Purchaser holds Initial Securities acquired by it as part of its initial distribution, the Company, simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to the Initial Purchaser upon the written request of the Initial Purchaser, in exchange (the “ Private Exchange ”) for the Initial Securities held by the Initial Purchaser, a like principal amount of debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture and identical in all material respects (including the existence of restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act and the securities laws of the several states of the United States, but excluding provisions relating to the matters described in Section 6 hereof) to the Initial Securities (the “ Private Exchange Securities ”). The Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Private Exchange Securities are herein collectively called the “ Securities ”.
     In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall:
     (a) mail to each Holder a copy of the prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;
     (b) keep the Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 business days (or longer, if required by applicable law) after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders;
     (c) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which may be the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee;
     (d) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which the Exchange Offer shall remain open; and
     (e) otherwise comply with all applicable laws.
     As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Company shall:
     (x) accept for exchange all the Initial Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange;
     (y) deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all the Initial Securities so accepted for exchange; and
     (z) cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of the Initial Securities, Exchange Securities or Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Initial Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
     The Indenture will provide that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and that all the Securities will vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a class separate from one another on any matter.
     Interest on each Exchange Security and Private Exchange Security issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer and in the Private Exchange will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Initial Securities surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Initial Securities, from the date of original issue of the Initial Securities.

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     Each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Company that at the time of the consummation of the Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) such Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Initial Securities or the Exchange Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) such Holder is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Securities and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.
     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the Company will ensure that (i) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any prospectus forming part thereof and any supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (iii) any prospectus forming part of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and any supplement to such prospectus, does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
     Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1 to the contrary, the requirements to file an Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the requirements to consummate the Exchange Offer shall terminate at such time as all the Initial Securities are Freely Transferable.
     2.  Shelf Registration . If, (i) because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, the Company is not permitted to effect an Exchange Offer, and would otherwise be required to effect an Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 1 hereof, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 60 days of the Registration Trigger Date (or 90 days if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is reviewed by the Commission) and, at such time, any Initial Securities are not Freely Transferable, (iii) the Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to the Initial Securities (or the Private Exchange Securities) not eligible to be exchanged for Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer and held by it following consummation of the Exchange Offer (and such Initial Securities are not otherwise Freely Transferable), (iv) any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer or, in the case of any Holder (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive Exchange Securities on the date of the exchange (and such Initial Securities are not otherwise Freely Transferable) or (v) the Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to Initial Securities that constitute any portion of the Initial Purchaser’s unsold allotment that cannot be sold by the Initial Purchaser in reliance on Rule 144 of the Securities Act, the Company shall take the following actions:
     (a) The Company shall, at its cost, as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 30 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 2) file with the Commission and thereafter shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective (unless it becomes effective automatically upon filing) a registration statement (the “ Shelf Registration Statement ” and, together with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, a “ Registration Statement ”) on an appropriate form under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities (as defined in Section 6 hereof) by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement

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and Rule 415 under the Securities Act (hereinafter, the “ Shelf Registration ”); provided, however, that no Holder (other than the Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder.
     (b) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective in order to permit the prospectus included therein to be lawfully delivered by the Holders of the relevant Securities until all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (i) have been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) are Freely Transferable in the case of clauses (i) through (iv) above or (iii) can be sold in reliance on Rule 144 by the Initial Purchaser in the case of clause (v) above. The Company shall be deemed not to have used its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities during that period, unless such action is required by applicable law, as reasonably determined by the Company in its good faith judgment.
     (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
     3 Registration Procedures . In connection with any Shelf Registration contemplated by Section 2 hereof and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer contemplated by Section 1 hereof, the following provisions shall apply:
     (a) The Company shall (i) furnish to the Initial Purchaser, prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereof and each supplement, if any, to the prospectus included therein and, in the event that the Initial Purchaser (with respect to any portion of an unsold allotment from the original offering) is participating in the Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the Initial Purchaser reasonably may propose; (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the cover, in Annex B hereto in the “Exchange Offer Procedures” section and the “Purpose of the Exchange Offer” section and in Annex C hereto in the “Plan of Distribution” section of the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and include the information set forth in Annex D hereto in the Letter of Transmittal delivered pursuant to the Exchange Offer; (iii) if requested by the Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Items 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, as applicable, in the prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iv) include within the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution,” reasonably acceptable to the Initial Purchaser, which shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)) of Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer (a “ Participating Broker-Dealer ”), whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the Commission or such positions or policies, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchaser based upon advice of counsel (which may be in-house counsel), represent the prevailing views of

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the staff of the Commission; and (v) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include in the prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement (or, if permitted by Commission Rule 430B(b), in a prospectus supplement that becomes a part thereof pursuant to Commission Rule 430B(f)) that is delivered to any Holder pursuant to Section 3(d) and (f), the names of the Holders who propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling securityholders.
     (b) The Company shall give written notice to the Initial Purchaser, the Holders of the Securities and any Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the Company has received prior written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes have been made):
     (i) when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
     (ii) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information;
     (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, of the issuance by the Commission of a notification of objection to the use of the form on which the Registration Statement has been filed, and of the happening of any event that causes the Company to become an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Commission Rule 405;
     (iv) of the receipt by the Company or its legal counsel of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and
     (v) of the happening of any event that requires the Company to make changes in the Registration Statement or the prospectus in order that the Registration Statement or the prospectus do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
     (c) The Company shall make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal, at the earliest possible time, of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
     (d) If not otherwise available on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) System or similar system, upon the written request of a Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, the Company shall furnish to each such Holder, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including those, if any, incorporated by reference). The Company shall not, without the prior consent of the Initial Purchaser, make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Commission Rule 405.

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     (e) If not otherwise available on the Commission’s EDGAR System or similar system, upon the written request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to each Exchanging Dealer and the Initial Purchaser, and to any other Holder who so requests in writing, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and, if the Initial Purchaser or any such Holder requests, all exhibits thereto (including those incorporated by reference).
     (f) The Company shall, during the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration, deliver to each Holder of Securities included within the coverage of the Shelf Registration, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such person may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of the Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.
     (g) The Company shall deliver to the Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Exchange Offer, without charge, as many copies of the final prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such persons may reasonably request. The Company consents, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to the use of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Initial Purchaser, if necessary, any Participating Broker-Dealer and such other persons required to deliver a prospectus following the Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the Exchange Securities covered by the prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
     (h) Prior to any public offering of the Securities, pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Company shall register or qualify or cooperate with the Holders of the Securities included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such states of the United States as any Holder of the Securities reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities covered by such Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or (ii) take any action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
     (i) Unless the Securities are in book-entry form, the Company shall cooperate with the Holders of the Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of the Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.
     (j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above during the period for which the Company is required to maintain an effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus and any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Holders of the Securities or purchasers of Securities, the prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the

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circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Initial Purchaser, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer in accordance with paragraphs (ii) through (v) of Section 3(b) above to suspend the use of the prospectus until the requisite changes to the prospectus have been made, then the Initial Purchaser, the Holders of the Securities and any such Participating Broker-Dealers shall suspend use of such prospectus, and the period of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section 2(b) above and the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 1 above shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Initial Purchaser, the Holders of the Securities and any known Participating Broker-Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to this Section 3(j). During the period during which the Company is required to maintain an effective Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will prior to the three-year expiration of that Shelf Registration Statement, to the extent applicable, file, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective (unless it becomes effective automatically upon filing) within a period that avoids any interruption in the ability of Holders of Securities covered by the expiring Shelf Registration Statement to make registered dispositions, a new registration statement relating to the Securities, which shall be deemed the “Shelf Registration Statement” for purposes of this Agreement.
     (k) Not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, the Company will provide a CUSIP number for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, and provide the applicable trustee with printed certificates for the Initial Securities, the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
     (l) The Company will comply with all rules and regulations of the Commission to the extent and so long as they are applicable to the Exchange Offer or the Shelf Registration and will make generally available to its security holders (or otherwise provide in accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act) an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which statement shall cover such 12-month period.
     (m) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), in a timely manner and containing such changes, if any, as shall be necessary for such qualification. In the event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture.
     (n) The Company may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and the distribution of the Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company may exclude from such registration the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
     (o) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all such other action, if any, as any Holder of the Securities shall reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration.

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     (p) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company shall (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of the Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and (ii) cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders of the Securities or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable such persons, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided, however, that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the Initial Purchaser by you and on behalf of the other parties, by one counsel designated by and on behalf of such other parties as described in Section 4 hereof; provided further that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be subject to reasonable confidentiality procedures instituted by the Company.
     (q) In the case of any Shelf Registration, the Company, if requested by any Holder of Securities covered thereby, shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion and updates thereof relating to the Securities in customary form addressed to such Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof and dated, in the case of the initial opinion, the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (it being agreed that the matters to be covered by such opinion shall include, without limitation, the due incorporation and good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries; the qualification of the Company and its subsidiaries to transact business as foreign corporations; the due authorization, execution and delivery of the relevant agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the due authorization, execution, authentication and issuance, and the validity and enforceability, of the applicable Securities; the absence of material legal or governmental proceedings involving the Company and its subsidiaries; the absence of governmental approvals required to be obtained in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the offering and sale of the applicable Securities, or any agreement of the type referred to in Section 3(o) hereof; the compliance as to form of such Shelf Registration Statement and any documents incorporated by reference therein and of the Indenture with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act, respectively; and (A) as of the date of the opinion and as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or most recent post-effective amendment thereto, as the case may be, the absence from such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein, as then amended or supplemented, and from any documents incorporated by reference therein and (B) as of an applicable time identified by such Holders or managing underwriters, the absence from such prospectus taken together with any other documents identified by such Holders or managing underwriters, in the case of (A) and (B), of an untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any such incorporated documents, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time that such documents were filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act); (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates and updates thereof requested by any underwriters of the applicable Securities and (iii) its independent public accountants to provide to the selling Holders of the applicable Securities and any underwriter therefor a comfort letter in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72.
     (r) In the case of the Exchange Offer, if requested by the Initial Purchaser or any known Participating Broker-Dealer, the Company shall cause (i) its counsel to deliver to the Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a signed opinion in the form contemplated by Section 7(c) of the Purchase Agreement with such changes as are customary in connection with

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the preparation of a Registration Statement and (ii) its independent public accountants to deliver to the Initial Purchaser or such Participating Broker-Dealer a comfort letter, in customary form, as contemplated by Section 7(a) of the Purchase Agreement, with appropriate date changes.
     (s) If an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Initial Securities by Holders to the Company (or to such other person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall mark, or cause to be marked, on the Initial Securities so exchanged that such Initial Securities are being canceled in exchange for the Exchange Securities or the Private Exchange Securities, as the case may be; in no event shall the Initial Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.
     (t) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to (a) if the Initial Securities have been rated prior to the initial sale of such Initial Securities, confirm such ratings will apply to the Securities covered by a Registration Statement, or (b) if the Initial Securities were not previously rated, cause the Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered by such Registration Statement, or by the managing underwriters, if any.
     (u) In the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the “ Rules ”) of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”)) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company will assist such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules, including, without limitation, by (i) if such Rules, including Rule 2720, shall so require, engaging a “qualified independent underwriter” (as defined in Rule 2720) to participate in the preparation of the Registration Statement relating to such Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities, (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 5 hereof and (iii) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Rules.
     (v) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.
     4 Registration Expenses . The Company shall bear all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 1 through 3 hereof (including the reasonable fees and expenses, if any, of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchaser, incurred in connection with the Exchange Offer, whether or not the Exchange Offer or a Shelf Registration is filed or becomes effective, and, in the event of a Shelf Registration, shall bear or reimburse the Holders of the Securities covered thereby for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel designated by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Initial Securities covered thereby to act as counsel for the Holders of the Initial Securities in connection therewith.
     5 Indemnification . (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of the Securities, any Participating Broker-Dealer and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or such Participating Broker-Dealer within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each Holder,

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any Participating Broker-Dealer and such controlling persons are referred to collectively as the “ Indemnified Parties ”) from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the Securities) to which each Indemnified Party may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Commission Rule 433 (“ Issuer FWP ”), relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse, as incurred, the Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i) the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf Registration in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus relating to a Shelf Registration Statement, the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection (a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased the Securities concerned, to the extent that a prospectus relating to such Securities was required to be delivered (including through satisfaction of the conditions of Commission Rule 172) by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer under the Securities Act in connection with such purchase and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer results from the fact that there was not conveyed to such person, at or prior to the time of the sale of such Securities to such person, an amended or supplemented prospectus or, if permitted by Section 3(d), an Issuer FWP correcting such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission if the Company had previously furnished copies thereof to such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer; provided further, however, that this indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to such Indemnified Party. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of the Securities if requested by such Holders.
     (b) Each Holder of the Securities, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities or any actions in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or Issuer FWP relating to a Shelf Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to such Holder and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion therein; and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, shall reimburse, as incurred, the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action in respect

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thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any of its controlling persons.
     (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including a governmental investigation), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
     (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the exchange of the Securities, pursuant to the Exchange Offer, or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Holder or such other indemnified party, as the case may be, on the other, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5(d), each Holder of Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was

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not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls such indemnified party within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such indemnified party and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
     (e) The agreements contained in this Section 5 shall survive the sale of the Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
     6.  Additional Interest Under Certain Circumstances . (a) Additional interest (the “ Additional Interest ”) with respect to the Initial Securities shall be assessed as follows if any of the Initial Securities are not Freely Transferable by the Registration Trigger Date and any of the following events occur (each such event in clauses (i) through (iii) below a “ Registration Default ”):
     (i) If an Exchange Offer Registration Statement is required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 1 hereof and the Exchange Offer is not completed within 60 days after the Registration Trigger Date (or 90 days if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is reviewed by the Commission);
     (ii) If a Shelf Registration Statement is required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 2 hereof, but does not become effective within 30 days following any of the events described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 2 (or 60 days if the Shelf Registration Statement is reviewed by the Commission); or
     (iii) If after either an Exchange Offer Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement is declared (or becomes automatically) effective (A) such Registration Statement thereafter ceases to be effective; or (B) such Registration Statement or the related prospectus ceases to be usable (except as permitted in paragraph (b)) in connection with resales of Securities during the periods specified herein because either (1) any event occurs as a result of which the related prospectus forming part of such Registration Statement would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (2) it shall be necessary to amend such Registration Statement or supplement the related prospectus, to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder or (3) such Registration Statement is a Shelf Registration Statement that has expired before a replacement Shelf Registration Statement has become effective.
Additional Interest shall accrue on the Initial Securities over and above the interest set forth in the title of the Securities from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur to but excluding the date on which all such Registration Defaults have been cured, at a rate of 0.50% per annum.
     (b) A Registration Default referred to in Section 6(a)(iii)(B) hereof shall be deemed not to have occurred and be continuing in relation to a Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus if (i) such Registration Default has occurred solely as a result of (x) the filing of a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual audited financial information with respect to the Company where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related prospectus or (y) other material events, with respect to the Company that would need to be described in such Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus and (ii) in the case of clause (y), the Company is proceeding promptly and in good faith to amend or supplement such Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus to describe such events; provided that the failure of the Company to proceed promptly shall not be deemed to be a violation of this clause (b)(ii) if the board of

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directors of the Company determines in its good faith judgment that the disclosure of any such event at such time would have a material adverse effect on the business or operations of the Company; provided, further, however, that in any case if such Registration Default occurs for a continuous period in excess of 45 days, Additional Interest shall be payable in accordance with the above paragraph from the day such Registration Default occurs until such Registration Default is cured.
     (c) Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 6(a) above will be payable in cash on the regular interest payment dates with respect to the Initial Securities. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount of the Initial Securities, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months), and the denominator of which is 360.
     (d)  “ Transfer Restricted Securities ” means each Security until (i) the date on which such Transfer Restricted Security has been exchanged by a person other than a broker-dealer for a freely transferable Exchange Security in the Exchange Offer, (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer of an Initial Security for an Exchange Security, the date on which such Exchange Security is sold to a purchaser who receives from such broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (iii) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or (iv) the date on which all such Initial Securities are Freely Transferable.
     7.  Rules 144 and 144A . The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of their securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder of Initial Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Initial Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). The Company will provide a copy of this Agreement to prospective purchasers of Initial Securities identified to the Company by the Initial Purchaser upon request. Upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act.
     8.  Underwritten Registrations . If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Transfer Restricted Securities to be included in such offering.
     No person may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
     9 Miscellaneous.
     (a)  Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given,

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except by the Company and the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consents.
     (b)  Notices . All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, first-class mail, facsimile transmission, or air courier which guarantees overnight delivery:
          (1) if to a Holder of the Securities, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company.
          (2) if to the Initial Purchaser:
               Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
               Eleven Madison Avenue
               New York, New York 10010-3629
               Fax No.: (212) 325-4296
               Attention: Transactions Advisory Group
     with a copy to:
               Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
               825 Eighth Avenue
               New York, New York 10019
               Fax No.: (212) 474-3700
               Attention: Kris F. Heinzelman
          (3) if to the Company, at its address as follows:
               Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.
               7800 Walton Parkway
               New Albany, Ohio 43054
               Fax No.: (614) 289-5365
               Attention: Chad M. Utrup, Chief Financial Officer
     with a copy to:
               Kirkland & Ellis LLP
               300 North LaSalle
               Chicago, Illinois 60654
               Fax No.: (312) 862-2200
               Attention: Dennis M. Myers, P.C.
     All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by recipient’s facsimile machine operator, if sent by facsimile transmission; and on the day delivered, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
     (c)  No Inconsistent Agreements . The Company has not, as of the date hereof, entered into, nor shall it, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

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     (d)  Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns.
     (e)  Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
     (f)  Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
     (g)  Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
     (h)  Severability . If any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
     (i)  Securities Held by the Company . Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities is required hereunder, Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Issuer a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Initial Purchaser, the Issuer and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms.
         
  Very truly yours,

Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Chad M. Utrup  
    Name:   Chad M. Utrup   
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   
 
  Trim Systems, Inc.
Trim Systems Operating Corp.
National Seating Company
CVS Holdings, Inc.
Sprague Devices, Inc.
CVG Management Corporation
CVG Logistics, LLC
Mayflower Vehicle Systems, LLC
Monona Corporation
Monona Wire Corporation
Monona (Mexico) Holdings LLC
Cabarrus Plastics, Inc.
CVG European Holdings, LLC
CVG Oregon, LLC
CVG CS LLC
CVG Alabama, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Chad M. Utrup  
    Name:   Chad M. Utrup   
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   

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The foregoing Registration
Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed
and accepted as of the date first
above written.
by: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
         
By:   /s/ James Nappo  
  Name:  James Nappo  
  Title:  Managing Director  

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ANNEX A
     Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date (as defined herein), it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”


 

ANNEX B
     Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities, where such Initial Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. See “Plan of Distribution.”


 

ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
     Each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Securities received in exchange for Initial Securities where such Initial Securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Company has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until         , 20 , all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.
     The Company will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers. Exchange Securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such Exchange Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells Exchange Securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such Exchange Securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of Exchange Securities and any commission or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.
     For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date the Company will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Company has agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the Holders of the Securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.


 

ANNEX D
o CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
             
 
  Name:        
 
     
 
   
 
  Address:        
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
   
If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Initial Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.


 

SCHEDULE A
Guarantors
     
Guarantor   State of Incorporation or Organization
Trim Systems, Inc.   Delaware
 
Trim Systems Operating Corp.   Delaware
 
National Seating Company   Delaware
 
CVS Holdings, Inc.   Delaware
 
Sprague Devices, Inc.   Delaware
 
CVG Management Corporation   Delaware
 
CVG Logistics, LLC   Delaware
 
Mayflower Vehicle Systems, LLC   Delaware
 
Monona Corporation   Delaware
 
Monona Wire Corporation   Iowa
 
Monona (Mexico) Holdings LLC   Illinois
 
Cabarrus Plastics, Inc.   North Carolina
 
CVG European Holdings, LLC   Delaware
 
CVG Oregon, LLC   Delaware
 
CVG CS LLC   Delaware
 
CVG Alabama, LLC   Delaware

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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
 
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC., and
EACH OTHER BORROWER,
as Borrowers
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 26, 2011
$40,000,000
CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
as Lenders,
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A .,
as Agent
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page  
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
    1  
1.1. Definitions
    1  
1.2. Accounting Terms
    32  
1.3. Uniform Commercial Code
    32  
1.4. Certain Matters of Construction
    33  
1.5. Certifications
    33  
1.6. Times of Day
    33  
SECTION 2. CREDIT FACILITIES
    34  
2.1. Revolver Commitments
    34  
2.1.1. Revolver Loans
    34  
2.1.2. Revolver Notes and Denominations
    34  
2.1.3. Use of Proceeds
    34  
2.1.4. Voluntary Reduction or Termination of Revolver Commitments
    34  
2.1.5. Overadvances
    35  
2.1.6. Protective Advances
    35  
2.2. [RESERVED]
    35  
2.3. Letter of Credit Facilities
    35  
2.3.1. Issuance of Letters of Credit
    36  
2.3.2. Reimbursement; Participations
    37  
2.3.3. Cash Collateral
    38  
SECTION 3. INTEREST, FEES AND CHARGES
    38  
3.1. Interest
    38  
3.1.1. Rates and Payment of Interest
    38  
3.1.2. Application of LIBOR to Outstanding Loans
    39  
3.1.3. Interest Periods
    39  
3.2. Fees
    39  
3.2.1. Unused Line Fee
    39  
3.2.2. LC Facility Fees
    40  
3.2.3. Other Fees
    40  
3.3. Computation of Interest, Fees, Yield Protection
    40  

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3.4. Reimbursement Obligations
    40  
3.5. Illegality
    41  
3.6. Inability to Determine Rates
    41  
3.7. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy
    41  
3.7.1. Change in Law
    41  
3.7.2. Capital Adequacy
    42  
3.7.3. Compensation
    42  
3.8. Mitigation
    42  
3.9. Funding Losses
    43  
3.10. Maximum Interest
    43  
SECTION 4. LOAN ADMINISTRATION
    43  
4.1. Manner of Borrowing and Funding Revolver Loans
    43  
4.1.1. Notice of Borrowing
    43  
4.1.2. Fundings by Lenders
    44  
4.1.3. Swingline Loans; Settlement
    44  
4.1.4. Notices
    45  
4.2. Defaulting Lender
    45  
4.3. Number and Amount of LIBOR Loans; Determination of Rate
    45  
4.4. Borrower Agent
    45  
4.5. Obligations
    46  
4.6. Effect of Termination
    46  
SECTION 5. PAYMENTS
    46  
5.1. General Payment Provisions
    46  
5.2. Repayment of Revolver Loans
    46  
5.3. Repayment
    46  
5.3.1. Mandatory Prepayments
    46  
5.4. Payment of Other Obligations
    47  
5.5. Marshaling; Payments Set Aside
    47  
5.6. Allocation of Payments
    47  
5.6.1. Allocations Generally
    47  

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    Page  
5.6.2. Post-Default Allocation
    48  
5.6.3. Application of Amounts
    48  
5.6.4. Erroneous Application
    48  
5.7. Application of Payments
    48  
5.8. Loan Account; Account Stated
    49  
5.8.1. Loan Account
    49  
5.8.2. Entries Binding
    49  
5.9. Taxes
    49  
5.9.1. Payments Free of Taxes
    49  
5.9.2. Payment
    49  
5.10. Lender Tax Information
    50  
5.10.1. Status of Lenders
    50  
5.10.2. Documentation
    50  
5.10.3. Lender Obligations
    50  
5.11. Nature and Extent of Each Borrower’s Liability
    51  
5.11.1. Joint and Several Liability
    51  
5.11.2. Waivers
    51  
5.11.3. Extent of Liability; Contribution
    52  
5.11.4. Joint Enterprise
    53  
5.11.5. Subordination
    53  
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
    53  
6.1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Loans
    53  
6.2. Conditions Precedent to Restatement Effective Date
    55  
6.3. Conditions Precedent to All Credit Extensions
    56  
SECTION 7. COLLATERAL
    57  
7.1. Grant of Security Interest
    57  
7.2. [RESERVED]
    58  
7.3. Lien on Deposit Accounts; Cash Collateral
    58  
7.3.1. Deposit Accounts
    58  
7.3.2. Cash Collateral
    58  

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    Page  
7.4. Real Estate Collateral
    59  
7.4.1. Lien on Real Estate
    59  
7.4.2. Collateral Assignment of Leases
    59  
7.5. Other Collateral
    59  
7.5.1. Commercial Tort Claims
    59  
7.5.2. Certain After-Acquired Collateral
    59  
7.5.3. Aircraft
    60  
7.6. No Assumption of Liability
    60  
7.7. Further Assurances
    60  
7.8. Foreign Subsidiary Stock
    60  
SECTION 8. COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION
    60  
8.1. Borrowing Base Certificates
    60  
8.2. Administration of Accounts
    61  
8.2.1. Records and Schedules of Accounts
    61  
8.2.2. Taxes
    61  
8.2.3. Account Verification
    61  
8.2.4. Maintenance of Dominion Account
    61  
8.2.5. Proceeds of Collateral
    62  
8.3. Administration of Inventory
    62  
8.3.1. Records and Reports of Inventory
    62  
8.3.2. Returns of Inventory
    62  
8.3.3. Acquisition, Sale and Maintenance
    62  
8.4. Administration of Equipment
    62  
8.4.1. Records and Schedules of Equipment
    62  
8.4.2. Dispositions of Equipment
    63  
8.4.3. Condition of Equipment
    63  
8.5. Administration of Deposit Accounts
    63  
8.6. General Provisions
    63  
8.6.1. Location of Collateral
    63  
8.6.2. Insurance of Collateral; Condemnation Proceeds
    63  

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(continued)
         
    Page  
8.6.3. Protection of Collateral
    64  
8.6.4. Defense of Title to Collateral
    64  
8.7. Power of Attorney
    64  
SECTION 9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
    65  
9.1. General Representations and Warranties
    65  
9.1.1. Organization and Qualification
    65  
9.1.2. Power and Authority
    65  
9.1.3. Enforceability
    65  
9.1.4. Capital Structure
    65  
9.1.5. Title to Properties; Priority of Liens
    66  
9.1.6. Accounts
    66  
9.1.7. Financial Statements
    67  
9.1.8. Surety Obligations
    67  
9.1.9. Taxes
    67  
9.1.10. Brokers
    67  
9.1.11. Intellectual Property
    67  
9.1.12. Governmental Approvals
    68  
9.1.13. Compliance with Laws
    68  
9.1.14. Compliance with Environmental Laws
    68  
9.1.15. Burdensome Contracts
    68  
9.1.16. Litigation
    68  
9.1.17. No Defaults
    69  
9.1.18. ERISA
    69  
9.1.19. Trade Relations
    70  
9.1.20. Labor Relations
    70  
9.1.21. Payable Practices
    70  
9.1.22. Not a Regulated Entity
    70  
9.1.23. Margin Stock
    70  
9.1.24. Tender Offer
    70  
9.2. Complete Disclosure
    70  

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(continued)
         
    Page  
SECTION 10. COVENANTS AND CONTINUING AGREEMENTS
    71  
10.1. Affirmative Covenants
    71  
10.1.1. Inspections; Appraisals
    71  
10.1.2. Financial and Other Information
    71  
10.1.3. Notices
    73  
10.1.4. Landlord and Storage Agreements
    74  
10.1.5. Compliance with Laws
    74  
10.1.6. Taxes
    74  
10.1.7. Insurance
    74  
10.1.8. Licenses
    74  
10.1.9. Future Subsidiaries
    75  
10.2. Negative Covenants
    75  
10.2.1. Permitted Debt
    75  
10.2.2. Permitted Liens
    76  
10.2.3. [RESERVED]
    78  
10.2.4. Distributions; Upstream Payments
    78  
10.2.5. Restricted Investments
    78  
10.2.6. Acquisitions
    79  
10.2.7. Disposition of Assets
    79  
10.2.8. [RESERVED]
    79  
10.2.9. Restrictions on Payment of Certain Debt
    79  
10.2.10. Fundamental Changes
    79  
10.2.11. Subsidiaries
    79  
10.2.12. Organic Documents
    79  
10.2.13. Tax Consolidation
    80  
10.2.14. Accounting Changes
    80  
10.2.15. Restrictive Agreements
    80  
10.2.16. Hedging Agreements
    80  
10.2.17. Conduct of Business
    80  
10.2.18. Affiliate Transactions
    80  

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(continued)
         
    Page  
10.2.19. Plans
    80  
10.2.20. Third Lien Notes
    80  
10.2.21. Amendments to Subordinated Debt or Indenture
    80  
10.3. Financial Covenants
    81  
10.3.1. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
    81  
SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES ON DEFAULT
    81  
11.1. Events of Default
    81  
11.2. Remedies upon Default
    82  
11.3. License
    83  
11.4. Setoff
    83  
11.5. Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver
    84  
11.5.1. Cumulative Rights
    84  
11.5.2. Waivers
    84  
SECTION 12. AGENT
    84  
12.1. Appointment, Authority and Duties of Agent
    84  
12.1.1. Appointment and Authority
    84  
12.1.2. Duties
    85  
12.1.3. Agent Professionals
    85  
12.1.4. Instructions of Required Lenders
    85  
12.2. Agreements Regarding Collateral and Field Examination Reports
    85  
12.2.1. Lien Releases; Care of Collateral
    85  
12.2.2. Possession of Collateral
    86  
12.2.3. Reports
    86  
12.3. Reliance By Agent
    86  
12.4. Action Upon Default
    86  
12.5. Ratable Sharing
    87  
12.6. Indemnification of Agent Indemnitees
    87  
12.7. Limitation on Responsibilities of Agent
    87  
12.8. Successor Agent and Co-Agents
    88  
12.8.1. Resignation; Successor Agent
    88  

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(continued)
         
    Page  
12.8.2. Separate Collateral Agent
    88  
12.9. Due Diligence and Non-Reliance
    88  
12.10. Replacement of Certain Lenders
    89  
12.11. Remittance of Payments and Collections
    89  
12.11.1. Remittances Generally
    89  
12.11.2. Failure to Pay
    89  
12.11.3. Recovery of Payments
    89  
12.12. Agent in its Individual Capacity
    90  
12.13. Agent Titles
    90  
12.14. No Third Party Beneficiaries
    90  
SECTION 13. Collection allocation mechanism
    90  
13.1. [RESERVED]
    90  
SECTION 14. BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS
    90  
14.1. Successors and Assigns
    90  
14.2. Participations
    90  
14.2.1. Permitted Participants; Effect
    91  
14.2.2. Voting Rights
    91  
14.2.3. Benefit of Set-Off
    91  
14.3. Assignments
    91  
14.3.1. Permitted Assignments
    91  
14.3.2. Effect; Effective Date
    92  
SECTION 15. MISCELLANEOUS
    92  
15.1. Consents, Amendments and Waivers
    92  
15.1.1. Amendment
    92  
15.1.2. Limitations
    92  
15.1.3. Payment for Consents
    93  
15.1.4. Technical Amendments
    93  
15.2. Indemnity
    93  
15.3. Notices and Communications
    93  

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(continued)
         
    Page  
15.3.1. Notice Address
    93  
15.3.2. Electronic Communications; Voice Mail
    94  
15.3.3. Non-Conforming Communications
    94  
15.4. Performance of Borrowers’ Obligations
    94  
15.5. Credit Inquiries
    94  
15.6. Severability
    94  
15.7. Cumulative Effect; Conflict of Terms
    94  
15.8. Counterparts
    94  
15.9. Entire Agreement
    95  
15.10. Relationship with Lenders
    95  
15.11. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
    95  
15.12. Process Agent
    95  
15.13. Confidentiality
    96  
15.14. Certifications Regarding Second Lien Notes
    96  
15.15. GOVERNING LAW
    96  
15.16. Consent to Forum
    97  
15.17. Waivers by Borrowers
    97  
15.18. Patriot Act Notice
    97  
15.19. Effect of Amendment and Restatement; Schedules
    97  
15.20. Intercreditor Agreement
    98  

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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
     
Exhibit A
  Revolver Note
Exhibit C
  Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit D
  Assignment Notice
Exhibit E
  Borrowing Base Certificate
Exhibit F
  Compliance Certificate
Exhibit G
  Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit H
  Notice of Conversion/Continuation
Exhibit I
  Form of Joinder
     
Schedule 1.1
  Revolver Commitments of Lenders
Schedule 7.1
  Commercial Tort Claims
Schedule 7.4
  Mortgages
Schedule 8.5
  Deposit Accounts
Schedule 8.6.1
  Locations of Collateral
Schedule 9.1.4
  Names and Capital Structure
Schedule 9.1.11
  Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses
Schedule 9.1.14
  Environmental Matters
Schedule 9.1.16
  Litigation
Schedule 9.1.18
  Pension Plans
Schedule 9.1.20
  Labor Contracts
Schedule 10.2.1
  Existing Debt
Schedule 10.2.2
  Existing Liens
Schedule 10.2.5
  Permitted Investments
Schedule 10.2.7
  Permitted Asset Dispositions
Schedule 10.2.15
  Restrictive Agreements
Schedule 10.2.18
  Existing Affiliate Transactions
Schedule 11.1
  Events not Constituting an Event of Default

 


 

AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
      THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is dated as of April 26, 2011 (this “ Agreement ”), among COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), each other Borrower (as herein defined) from time to time party hereto, (together, with the Company, collectively, “ Borrowers ”), the financial institutions party to this Agreement from time to time as lenders (collectively, “ Lenders ”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , as agent for Lenders (“ Agent ”)
R E C I T A L S:
     Borrowers have requested that Lenders provide a credit facility to Borrowers to finance their mutual and collective business enterprise. Lenders are willing to provide the credit facility on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
     WHEREAS, Borrowers, Agent and certain Lenders are party to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of the Original Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Original Loan Agreement”);
     WHEREAS, Borrowers, Agent and Lenders desire to amended and restate the Original Loan Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
     WHEREAS, on the Original Closing Date (or subsequent thereto (but prior to the Restatement Date) pursuant to a joinder or similar agreement), each Borrower agreed to secure the Obligations (as defined in the Original Loan Agreement) by granting to Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and a Lien upon substantially all of its personal and owned real property in accordance with and subject to the limitations set forth in the Loan Documents (as defined in the Original Loan Agreement);
     WHEREAS, on the Original Closing Date, (or subsequent thereto (but prior to the Restatement Effective Date) pursuant to a joinder or similar agreement), subject to the terms set forth in the Original Closing Agreement, each Obligor (other than the Borrowers) agreed to guarantee the Obligations (as defined in the Original Loan Agreement) of the Borrowers and to grant to Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and Lien upon substantially all of its personal and owned real property; and
     WHEREAS, Borrowers and each other Obligor desires to reaffirm (i) its Obligations (as defined in the Original Loan Agreement) arising under the Original Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Original Loan Agreement) and (ii) it prior grant of security interests to secure any and all Obligations (as defined in the Original Loan Agreement), in each case, as continued hereunder and the other Loan Documents.
      NOW, THEREFORE , for valuable consideration hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
      1.1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

 


 

      Account : as defined in the UCC, including all rights to payment for goods sold or leased, or for services rendered.
      Account Debtor : a Person who is obligated under an Account, Chattel Paper or General Intangible.
      Accounts Formula Amount : 85% of the Value of Eligible Accounts.
      Acquisition : (i) any acquisition (whether by purchase, lease, merger or otherwise) of all or substantially all of any division, product line and/or business operated by any Person who is not a Subsidiary and (ii) any acquisition of a majority of the outstanding Equity Interests of any Person.
      Affiliate : 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. “ 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. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have correlative meanings.
      Agent Indemnitees : Agent and its officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, agents and attorneys.
      Agent Professionals : attorneys, accountants, appraisers, auditors, business valuation experts, environmental engineers or consultants, turnaround consultants, and other professionals and experts retained by Agent.
      Agreement : as defined in the preamble.
      Allocable Amount : as defined in Section 5.11.3 .
      Anti-Terrorism Laws : any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including the Patriot Act.
      Applicable Law : all laws (including common law and equitable principles), rules, regulations and governmental guidelines having the force of law and applicable to any Person, conduct, transaction, agreement or matter in question, including all applicable statutory law, local policies, and all provisions of constitutions, treaties, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, ordinance, injunction, writ award or decrees of any Governmental Authorities, in each case having the force of law.
      Applicable Margin : with respect to any Type of Loan, the margin set forth below, as determined by the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the last Fiscal Quarter:

 


 

                     
Level   Ratio   Base Rate Loans   LIBOR Revolver Loans
III
  £ 1.25 to 1.00     1.50 %     2.50 %
II
  ³ 1.25 to 1.00 but < 1.75 to 1.00     1.25 %     2.25 %
I
  ³ 1.75 to 1.00     1.00 %     2.00 %
Until receipt by Agent of the financial statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate for the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2011 delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.2 , margins shall be determined as if Level II were applicable. Thereafter, the margins shall be subject to increase or decrease upon receipt by Agent of the financial statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.2 for the last Fiscal Month in any subsequent Fiscal Quarter, which change shall be effective on the first day of the calendar month following receipt. If, by the first day immediately following the date on which the financial statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate for the last Fiscal Month of any Fiscal Quarter are to be delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.2 , such financial statements and corresponding Compliance Certificate have not been received, then the margins shall be determined as if Level III were applicable, from such day until the first day of the calendar month following actual receipt.
      Approved Fund : any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in its ordinary course of activities, and is administered or managed by a Lender, an entity that administers or manages a Lender, or an Affiliate of either.
      Asset Disposition : a sale, lease, license, consignment, transfer or other disposition of Property of an Obligor, including a disposition of Property in connection with a sale-leaseback transaction or synthetic lease.
      Asset Review and Approval Conditions : with respect to any Acquisition or merger in respect of which the Accounts and/or Inventory acquired therein or thereby are requested (whether such request occurs prior to the consummation of the Acquisition, or after the date thereof) to be included in the Borrowing Base, Agent shall have completed its review of such assets, including, without limitation, field examinations, audits, appraisals and other due diligence as Agent shall in its Permitted Discretion require; it being acknowledged and agreed that, (1) such additional assets, if any, to be included in the Borrowing Base may be subject to different advance rates or eligibility criteria or may require the imposition of additional reserves with respect thereto as Agent shall in its Permitted Discretion require in accordance with the definitions of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory and Reserves, and (2) prior to the inclusion of any additional assets in the Borrowing Base, all actions shall have been taken to ensure that Agent has a perfected and continuing first priority security interest in and Lien on such assets subject to the Permitted Liens.
      Assignment and Acceptance : an assignment agreement between a Lender and Eligible Assignee, in substantially the form of Exhibit C .
      Availability : (i) the Borrowing Base minus (ii) the principal balance of all Revolver Loans minus (iii) the Availability Block.

 


 

      Availability Block : means an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Debt and Foreign Bank Product Debt made available to any Foreign Subsidiary (whether or not such Debt is outstanding) by Bank of America, N.A. or any of its Affiliates.
      Availability Reserve : the sum (without duplication) of (a) the Inventory Reserve; (b) the Rent and Charges Reserve; (c) the LC Reserve; (d) the Bank Product Reserve; (e) the aggregate amount of liabilities secured by Liens upon Collateral that are senior to Agent’s Liens (but imposition of any such reserve shall not waive an Event of Default arising therefrom); and (f) such additional reserves, in such amounts and with respect to such matters, as Agent in its Permitted Discretion may elect to impose from time to time.
      Bank of America : Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association, and its successors and assigns.
      Bank of America Indemnitees : Bank of America and its officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, agents and attorneys.
      Bank Product : any of the following products, services or facilities extended to any Obligor by a Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a) Cash Management Services; (b) products under Hedging Agreements; (c) commercial credit card and merchant card services, cash management services and (d) other bank products or services as may be requested by any Obligor, other than Letters of Credit; provided , however , that for any of the foregoing to be included as an “Obligation” for purposes of a distribution under Section 5.6.2 , the applicable Secured Party and Obligor must have previously provided written notice to Agent of (i) the existence of such Bank Product, (ii) the maximum dollar amount of obligations arising thereunder to be included as a Bank Product Reserve (“ Bank Product Amount ”), and (iii) the methodology to be used by such parties in determining the Bank Product Debt owing from time to time. The Bank Product Amount may be changed from time to time upon written notice to Agent by the Secured Party and Obligor. No Bank Product Amount may be established or increased at any time that a Default or Event of Default exists, or if a reserve in such amount would cause an Overadvance .
      Bank Product Amount : as defined in the definition of Bank Product.
      Bank Product Debt : Debt and other obligations of an Obligor relating to Bank Products.
      Bank Product Reserve : the aggregate amount of reserves established by Agent from time to time in its discretion in respect of Bank Product Debt, which shall be at least equal to the sum of all Bank Product Amounts.
      Bankruptcy Code : Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time or any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect.
      Base Rate : the rate of interest announced by Bank of America from time to time as its prime rate, which in any event will not be less than the rate of interest in effect on such date, pursuant to this Agreement, for a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans with an Interest Period of one month plus 1%. Such rate is set by Bank of America on the basis of various factors including its costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above or below such rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

 


 

      Base Rate Loan : any Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
      Board of Directors : the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of Directors.
      Board of Governors : the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
      Borrowed Money : with respect to any Obligor, without duplication, its (a) Debt that (i) arises from the lending of money by any Person to such Obligor (other than trade payables and accrued expenses in the Ordinary Course of Business), (ii) is evidenced by notes, drafts, bonds, debentures, credit documents or similar instruments, (iii) accrues interest or is a type upon which interest charges are customarily paid (excluding trade payables owing in the Ordinary Course of Business), or (iv) was issued or assumed as full or partial payment for Property; (b) Capital Leases; (c) reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit; and (d) guaranties of any Debt of the foregoing types owing by another Person.
      Borrower : each of the Company and any other Subsidiary acceptable to Agent that is a party to this Agreement as a Borrower as of the Restatement Effective Date or becomes party to this Agreement as a Borrower by executing a Borrower Joinder Agreement.
      Borrower Agent : as defined in Section 4.4 .
      Borrower Joinder Agreement : an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I or other agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, the material terms of which shall provide that a Subsidiary of the Company shall become a party to and become bound by the terms of this Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents in the same capacity and to the same extent as a Borrower hereunder, in each case, to the extent each relevant Loan Document is applicable to such Borrower.
      Borrowing : a group of Loans of one Type that are made on the same day or are converted into Loans of one Type on the same day.
      Borrowing Base : on any date of determination, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the aggregate amount of Revolver Commitments, minus the LC Reserve; or (b) the sum of the Accounts Formula Amount, plus the Inventory Formula Amount, minus the Availability Reserve.
      Borrowing Base Certificate : a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit E and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, by which Borrowers certify calculation of the Borrowing Base.
      Business Day : (i) with respect to Base Rate Loans, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, North Carolina and Illinois, and (ii) with respect to a LIBOR Loan, any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted between banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market.
      Capital Expenditures : all liabilities incurred, expenditures made or payments due (whether or not made) by a Borrower or Subsidiary for the acquisition of any fixed assets, or any improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions thereto with a useful life of more than

 


 

one year, including the principal portion of Capital Leases, provided , that “Capital Expenditures” shall not include any such expenditures which constitute an Acquisition permitted by Section 10.2.6 .
      Capital Lease : any lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
      Cash Collateral : cash, and any interest or other income earned thereon, that is delivered to Agent to Cash Collateralize any Obligations.
      Cash Collateral Account : a demand deposit, money market or other account established by Agent at such financial institution as Agent may select in its Permitted Discretion, which account shall be subject to Agent’s Liens for the benefit of Secured Parties.
      Cash Collateralize : the delivery of cash to Agent, as security for the payment of Obligations, in an amount equal to (a) with respect to LC Obligations, 103% of the aggregate of such LC Obligations, and (b) with respect to any inchoate, contingent or other Obligations (including Obligations arising under Bank Products), Agent’s good faith estimate of the amount due or to become due, including all fees and other amounts relating to such Obligations. Such deposits shall not bear interest other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made only in Cash Equivalents and at the direction of Borrowers and at Borrowers’ risk and expense. “ Cash Collateralization ” has a correlative meaning.
      Cash Dominion Trigger Date : the date upon which Availability is less than $12,500,000 for any day on or after the Restatement Effective Date.
      Cash Dominion Trigger Period : the period from and including the Cash Dominion Trigger Date until the Business Day after Availability has been $12,500,000 or greater for sixty (60) consecutive days; provided , that if a Cash Dominion Trigger Date shall have occurred more than two times in any twelve (12) month period, such Cash Dominion Trigger Period shall be the period from such third Cash Dominion Trigger Date until the first Business Day that (i) Availability has been $12,500,000 or greater for sixty (60) consecutive days and (ii) such Business Day is at least three hundred sixty-five (365) days after the last day of the previous Cash Dominion Trigger Period.
      Cash Equivalents : (i) marketable obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by, and backed by the full faith and credit of, the United States government, maturing within 12 months of the date of acquisition; (ii) certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances maturing within 12 months of the date of acquisition, and overnight bank deposits, in each case which are issued by a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state or district thereof, rated A-1 (or better) by S&P or P-1 (or better) by Moody’s at the time of acquisition, and (unless issued by a Lender) not subject to offset rights; (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying investments of the types described in clauses (i) and (ii) entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (ii); (iv) commercial paper rated A-1 (or better) by S&P or P-1 (or better) by Moody’s, and maturing within nine months of the date of acquisition; and (e) shares of any money market fund that has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to above, has net assets of at least $500,000,000 and has the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P; and (vi) investments by Foreign Subsidiaries with

 


 

foreign governmental entities which are members of the OECD or foreign banks organized under the laws of countries which are members of the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (the “ OECD ”) similar to the investments set forth above, so long as such foreign bank has combined capital and surplus of a Dollar Equivalent of not less than $250,000,000.
      Cash Management Services : any services provided from time to time by any Lender or any of its Affiliates to any Borrower or Subsidiary in connection with operating, collections, payroll, trust, or other depository or disbursement accounts, including automated clearinghouse, e-payable, electronic funds transfer, wire transfer, controlled disbursement, overdraft, depository, information reporting, lockbox and stop payment services.
      CERCLA : the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq .).
      Change in Law : the occurrence, after the date hereof, of (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty; (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority; or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided , however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith shall be deemed to have been enacted, adopted or issued after the date of this Agreement, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued other than any final rules, regulations, orders, requests, guidelines or directives under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that the Lenders are required to comply with prior to the date of this Agreement.
      Change of Control : the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in the Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except for purposes of this clause (a) such person shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company; (b) individuals who on the Original Closing Date constituted the Board of Directors (together with any new directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Company then still in office who were either directors on the Original Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in office; (c) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into the Company, or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company (determined on a consolidated basis) to another Person other than a transaction following which (i) in the case of a merger or consolidation transaction, holders of securities that represented 100% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction (or other securities into which such securities are converted as part of such merger or consolidation transaction) own directly or indirectly at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation transaction immediately after such transaction and substantially the same proportion as before the transaction and (ii) in the case of a sale of assets transaction, each transferee becomes an obligor in respect of the Obligations and

 


 

a Subsidiary of the transferor of such assets; or (d) a “change of control” under the Indenture or any similar definition or concept in any Refinancing Debt of any of the foregoing.
      Claims : all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, proceedings, interest, costs and expenses of any kind (including remedial response costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and Extraordinary Expenses) at any time (including after Full Payment of the Obligations, resignation or replacement of Agent, or replacement of any Lender) incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee in any way relating to (a) any Loans, Letters of Credit, Loan Documents, or the use thereof or transactions relating thereto, (b) any action taken or omitted to be taken by any Indemnitee in connection with any Loan Documents, (c) the existence or perfection of any Liens, or realization upon any Collateral, (d) exercise of any rights or remedies under any Loan Documents or Applicable Law, or (e) failure by any Obligor to perform or observe any terms of any Loan Document, in each case including all costs and expenses relating to any investigation, litigation, arbitration or other proceeding (including an Insolvency Proceeding or appellate proceedings), whether or not the applicable Indemnitee is a party thereto.
      Code : the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
      Collateral : all Property described in Section 7.1 , all Property described in any Security Documents as security for any Obligations, and all other Property that now or hereafter secures (or is intended to secure) any Obligations.
      Commitment Termination Date : the earliest to occur of (a) the Revolver Termination Date; (b) the date on which Borrowers terminate the Revolver Commitments pursuant to Section 2.1.4 ; or (c) the date on which the Revolver Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 11.2 .
      Company : as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
      Compliance Certificate : a certificate, in the form of Exhibit F or such other certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, by which Borrowers certify compliance with Section 10.3 and provide the calculations for the financial convents set forth therein.
      Contingent Obligation : any obligation of a Person arising from a guaranty, indemnity or other assurance of payment or performance of any Debt, Foreign Bank Product Debt, lease, dividend or other obligation (“ primary obligations ”) of another obligor (“ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person under any (a) guaranty, endorsement, co-making or sale with recourse of an obligation of a primary obligor; (b) obligation to make take-or-pay or similar payments regardless of nonperformance by any other party to an agreement; and (c) arrangement (i) to purchase any primary obligation or security therefor, (ii) to supply funds for the purchase or payment of any primary obligation, (iii) to maintain or assure working capital, equity capital, net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iv) to purchase Property or services for the purpose of assuring the ability of the primary obligor to perform a primary obligation, or (v) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of any primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation (or, if less, the maximum amount for which such Person may be liable under the instrument evidencing the Contingent Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability with respect thereto.

 


 

      Copyright Security Agreement : each copyright security agreement pursuant to which an Obligor grants to Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on such Obligor’s interests in its copyrights, as security for the Obligations.
      CWA : the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq .).
      Debt : as applied to any Person, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of Property or services, but excluding trade payables and accrued obligations incurred and being paid in the Ordinary Course of Business; (c) all Contingent Obligations; (d) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, including obligations so incurred in connection with the acquisition of Property, assets or businesses; (e) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements or incurred as financings relating to Property purchased by such Person; (f) the principal balance of any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan, or similar off-balance sheet financing, (g) all Capital Leases; (h) all Debt of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on Property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed; (i) all reimbursement obligations in connection with letters of credit issued for the account of such Person; and (j) in the case of a Borrower, the Obligations. The Debt of a Person shall include any recourse Debt of any partnership in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent that terms of such Debt provide that such Person is liable therefor.
      Default : an event or condition that, with the lapse of time or giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default.
      Default Rate : for any Obligation (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest not paid when due), 2% plus the interest rate otherwise applicable thereto.
      Defaulting Lender : any Lender that (a) fails to make any payment or provide funds to Agent or any Borrower as required hereunder or fails otherwise to perform its obligations under any Loan Document, and such failure is not cured within one Business Day, or (b) is the subject of any Insolvency Proceeding.
      Deposit Account Control Agreements : the deposit account control agreements to be executed by the applicable Obligor, Agent and each institution maintaining a Deposit Account (other than payroll, trust, tax withholding, employee benefits and petty cash Deposit Accounts) for each Obligor, in favor of Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, as security for the Obligations.
      Distribution: any declaration or payment of a distribution, interest or dividend on any Equity Interest (other than payment-in-kind); or any purchase, redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interest; provided , that in no event shall the (i) cashless exercise of options, (ii) retirement of fractional shares, (iii) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur in connection with the surrender of shares of Equity Interests to satisfy tax withholding obligations; provided however, that (a) the aggregate amount of such repurchases shall not exceed $4,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, (b) no Event of Default shall have occurred or

 


 

shall occur as a result therefrom, and (c) Availability, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such repurchase, for each of the 30 days prior to and including the date such repurchase is consummated, is at least $16,000,000, or (iv) the cashless exercise of warrants, constitute a “Distribution”.
      Dollars and $ : lawful money of the United States.
      Dollar Equivalent : when used in reference to Euro means the amount, at Agent’s spot rate, of Dollars which would be required to purchase such amount of Euro, or the amount of Euro that could be purchased for a particular amount in Dollars.
      Domestic Subsidiary : any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that is organized under the laws of the United States or any state, protectorate or territory of the United States.
      Dominion Account : a special account established by Borrowers at Bank of America or another bank acceptable to Agent, over which Agent has control (as defined in the UCC).
      EBITDA : determined on a consolidated basis for Borrowers and Subsidiaries, the sum of (i) net income, calculated before (a) interest expense, (b) provision for income taxes, (c) depreciation and amortization expense, (d) gains or losses arising from the sale of capital assets, (e) gains arising from the write-up of assets, (f) any extraordinary gains, (g) non-cash charges and expenses (other than those which represent a reserve for or actual cash item in such period or any future period), (h) one-time non-recurring costs and expenses associated with the issuance of Equity Interests, to the extent such costs and expenses are financed with the proceeds of such issuance, (i) costs and expenses in connection with the termination of the Obligors’ existing credit facility and the execution of the Loan Documents, (j) severance costs and expenses to the extent paid in cash in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year, (k) any non-cash losses resulting from mark to market accounting of Hedging Agreements, and (l) one-time non-recurring costs and expenses in connection with the refinancing of certain of the Existing Senior Notes, the Second Lien Term Loans and the Third Lien Notes (whether or not consummated) in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 minus (ii) non-cash gains (including those resulting from mark to market accounting of Hedging Agreements) minus (iii) cash payments made in such period to the extent such payments relate to a non-cash loss, charge or expense in any prior period which was added back in determining EBITDA.
      Eligible Assignee : a Person that is (a) a Lender, U.S.-based Affiliate of a Lender or Approved Fund; (b) any other financial institution approved by Agent and Borrower Agent (which approval by Borrower Agent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and shall be deemed given if no objection is made within three Business Days after delivery of notice of the proposed assignment), that is organized under the laws of the United States or any state or district thereof, has total assets in excess of $5 billion, extends asset-based lending facilities in its ordinary course of business and whose becoming an assignee would not constitute a prohibited transaction under Section 4975 of the Code or any other Applicable Law; and (c) during any Event of Default, any Person reasonably acceptable to Agent in its discretion.
      Eligible Account : an Account owing to a Borrower that arises in the Ordinary Course of Business from the sale of goods, is payable in Dollars and is deemed by Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, to be an Eligible Account. Without limiting the foregoing, no Account shall be an Eligible Account if (a) it is unpaid for more than 60 days after the original due date, or more than

 


 

90 days after the original invoice date, (or, in the case of Accounts owing to a Borrower by Volvo or Mack Truck not otherwise excluded, unpaid for more than 90 days after the original due date or more than 120 days after the original invoice date, up to an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 at any time, for the portion of such Accounts which are unpaid for more than 90 days after the original invoice date, to the extent the portion of such Accounts does not remain unpaid for more than 120 days after the original invoice date); (b) 25% or more of the Accounts owing by the Account Debtor are not Eligible Accounts under the foregoing clause; (c) when aggregated with other Accounts owing by the Account Debtor, it exceeds 20% of the aggregate Eligible Accounts (or such higher percentage as Agent may establish for the Account Debtor from time to time); (d) it does not conform with a covenant or representation herein; (e) it is owing by a creditor or supplier, or is otherwise subject to offset, counterclaim, dispute, deduction, discount, recoupment, reserve, defense, chargeback, credit or allowance (but ineligibility shall be limited to the amount thereof); (f) an Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Account Debtor (provided, that so long as an order exists permitting payment of trade creditors specifically with respect to such Account Debtor and such Account Debtor has obtained adequate post-petition financing to pay such Accounts, the Accounts of such Account Debtor shall not be deemed ineligible under the provisions of this clause to the extent the order permitting such financing allows the payment of the applicable Account; or the Account Debtor has suspended or ceased doing business, is liquidating, dissolving or winding up its affairs, or is not Solvent; or Borrower is not able to bring suit or enforce remedies against the Account Debtor through judicial process; (g) the Account Debtor is organized or has its principal offices or assets outside the United States or Canada (provided that, notwithstanding anything in this clause (g) to the contrary, Eligible Accounts may include Accounts not otherwise excluded in an aggregate not to exceed at any time $2,000,000 owing to a Borrower by Kenworth/Paccar, Volvo, Caterpillar or such other Account Debtor as approved by Agent in writing); (h) it is owing by a Government Authority, unless the Account Debtor is the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof and the Account has been assigned to Agent in compliance with the Assignment of Claims Act; (i) it is not subject to a duly perfected, first priority Lien in favor of Agent, or is subject to any other Lien other than the Liens described in clauses (c), (d), (f), (g), and (l) of Section 10.2.2; (j) the goods giving rise to it have not been delivered to and accepted by the Account Debtor, the services giving rise to it have not been accepted by the Account Debtor, or it otherwise does not represent a final sale; (k) it is evidenced by Chattel Paper or an Instrument, promissory note or bill of exchange of any kind, or has been reduced to judgment; (l) its payment has been extended, the Account Debtor has made a partial payment, or it arises from a sale on a cash-on-delivery basis; (m) it arises from a sale to an Affiliate, from a sale on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale or return, sale on approval, consignment, or other repurchase or return basis, or from a sale to a Person for personal, family or household purposes; (n) it represents a progress billing or retainage; (o) it includes a billing for interest, fees or late charges, but ineligibility shall be limited to the extent thereof; or (p) is an account receivable owned by an Excluded Receivables Subsidiary or which the Company or its Subsidiaries has agreed to transfer to an Excluded Receivables Subsidiary. In calculating deli nquent portions of Accounts under clauses (a) and (b), credit balances more than 90 days old will be excluded.
      Eligible Finished Goods Inventory : Eligible Inventory constituting finished goods.
      Eligible Inventory : Inventory owned by a Borrower that Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems to be Eligible Inventory. Without limiting the foregoing, no Inventory shall be Eligible Inventory unless it (a) is finished goods, raw materials, or work-in-process,

 


 

packaging or shipping materials, labels, samples, display items, bags, replacement parts or manufacturing supplies; (b) is not held on consignment, nor subject to any deposit or downpayment; (c) is in new and saleable condition and is not damaged, defective, shopworn or otherwise unfit for sale; (d) is not slow-moving, obsolete or unmerchantable, and does not constitute returned or repossessed goods; (e) meets all material standards imposed by any Governmental Authority, and does not constitute hazardous materials under any Environmental Law; (f) conforms with the covenants and representations herein; (g) is subject to Agent’s duly perfected, first priority Lien, and no other Lien other than Liens described in clauses (c), (d), (f) and (g) of Section 10.2.2 ; (h) is within the continental United States or Canada, is not in transit except between locations of Borrowers, and is not consigned to any Person; (i) is not subject to any warehouse receipt or negotiable Document except to the extent Agent’s security interest in such warehouse receipt or negotiable Document is perfected; (j) is not subject to any License or other arrangement that restricts such Borrower’s or Agent’s right to dispose of such Inventory, unless Agent has received an appropriate Lien Waiver; and (k) is not located on leased premises or in the possession of a warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder or other Person, unless the lessor or such Person has delivered a Lien Waiver or an appropriate Rent and Charges Reserve has been established.
      Eligible Raw Materials Inventory : Eligible Inventory constituting raw materials.
      Eligible Work-in-Process Inventory : Eligible Inventory constituting work-in- process.
      Enforcement Action : any action to enforce any Obligations or Loan Documents or to realize upon any Collateral (whether by judicial action, self-help, notification of Account Debtors, exercise of setoff or recoupment, or otherwise).
      Environmental Laws : all Applicable Laws (including all programs, local policies, permits and guidance promulgated by regulatory agencies), relating to public health (with respect to exposure to hazardous substances or wastes, but excluding occupational safety and health, to the extent regulated by OSHA) or the protection or pollution of the environment, including CERCLA, RCRA and CWA or to the conditions of the workplace, or any emission or substance capable of causing harm to any living organism or the environment.
      Environmental Notice : a notice from any Governmental Authority or other Person of any possible noncompliance with, investigation of a possible violation of, litigation relating to, or potential fine or liability under any Environmental Law, or with respect to any Environmental Release, environmental pollution or hazardous materials, including any complaint, summons, citation, order, claim, demand or request for correction, remediation or otherwise.
      Environmental Release : a release as defined in CERCLA or under any other Environmental Law.
      Equity Interest : the interest of any (a) shareholder in a corporation, company, or beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interest of a Person and any warrants, options, or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest; (b) partner in a partnership (whether general, limited, limited liability or joint venture); (c) member in a limited liability company; or (d) other Person having any other form of equity security or ownership interest.
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      ERISA Affiliate : any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with an Obligor within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
      ERISA Event : (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate fails to meet any funding obligations with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or requests a minimum funding waiver; (f) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate.
      Euro or : the single currency of the European Union as constituted by the Treaty on European Union and as referred to in the legislative measures of the European Union for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of the Euro in one or more member states.
      Event of Default : as defined in Section 11 .
      Exchange Act : the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
      Excluded Collateral : as defined in Section 7.1 .
      Excluded Receivables Subsidiary : any Subsidiary created and operated for the sole purpose of collecting and selling accounts receivable and assets related thereto pursuant to any Qualified Receivables Purchase Agreement; provided that such Subsidiary may engage in necessary corporate governance, accounting and other similar incidental transactions required in connection with maintaining its existence.
      Excluded Tax : with respect to Agent, any Lender, Issuing Bank or any other recipient of a payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located; (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which Borrower Agent is located; (c) any backup withholding tax required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender that has failed to comply with Section 5.10 ; and (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender, any United States withholding tax that is (i) required pursuant to laws in force at the time such Lender becomes a Lender (or designates a new Lending Office) hereunder, or (ii) attributable to such Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 5.10 , except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any)

 


 

was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from Borrowers with respect to such withholding tax.
      Existing Senior Notes : the 8% Senior Notes due 2013, issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of July 6, 2005, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
      Extraordinary Expenses : all costs, expenses or advances that Agent may incur during a Default or an Event of Default, or during the pendency of an Insolvency Proceeding of an Obligor, including those relating to (a) any audit, inspection, repossession, storage, repair, appraisal, insurance, manufacture, preparation or advertising for sale, sale, collection, or other preservation of or realization upon any Collateral; (b) subject to Section 15.2 , any action, arbitration or other proceeding (whether instituted by or against Agent, any Lender, any Obligor, any representative of creditors of an Obligor or any other Person) in any way relating to any Collateral (including the validity, perfection, priority or avoidability of Agent’s Liens with respect to any Collateral), Loan Documents, Letters of Credit or Obligations, including any lender liability or other Claims; (c) the exercise, protection or enforcement of any rights or remedies of Agent in, or the monitoring of, any Insolvency Proceeding; (d) settlement or satisfaction of any taxes, charges or Liens with respect to any Collateral; (e) any Enforcement Action; (f) negotiation and documentation of any modification, waiver, workout, restructuring or forbearance with respect to any Loan Documents or Obligations; and (g) Protective Advances. Such costs, expenses and advances include transfer fees, Other Taxes, storage fees, insurance costs, permit fees, utility reservation and standby fees, legal fees, appraisal fees, brokers’ fees and commissions, auctioneers’ fees and commissions, accountants’ fees, environmental study fees, wages and salaries paid to employees of any Obligor or independent contractors in liquidating any Collateral, and travel expenses.
      Fee Letter : the Fee Letter, dated as of April 26, 2011, between Agent and the Company executed in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
      Financial Covenant Trigger Date : the date upon which Availability is less than $10,000,000 for any day on or after the Restatement Effective Date.
      Financial Covenant Trigger Period : the period from and including the Financial Covenant Trigger Date until the Business Day after Availability has been $10,000,000 or greater for sixty (60) consecutive days.
      Financial Reporting Trigger Date : the first date upon which the outstanding balance of Revolver Loans is greater than zero for any day on or after the Restatement Effective Date.
      Fiscal Month : each fiscal month of Borrowers and Subsidiaries for accounting and tax purposes.
      Fiscal Quarter : each period of three Fiscal Months, commencing on the first day of a Fiscal Year.
      Fiscal Year : the fiscal year of Borrowers and Subsidiaries for accounting and tax purposes, ending on or about December 31 of each year.
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four Fiscal Quarters of (a) EBITDA minus Capital Expenditures and net cash taxes paid (not less than $0) for such period, to (b) Fixed Charges for such period.
      Fixed Charges : the sum of (i) interest expense (other than payment-in-kind or amortization of fees), (ii) all scheduled principal payments (as such may have been reduced by prior prepayments) and all prepayments made on Borrowed Money, and (iii) cash Distributions made by the Company.
      FLSA : the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
      Foreign Bank Product Debt : Debt and other obligations of a Foreign Subsidiary relating to Bank Products.
      Foreign Lender : any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the laws of the United States, or any state or district thereof.
      Foreign Plan : any employee benefit plan or arrangement (a) maintained or contributed to by any Obligor or Subsidiary that is not subject to the laws of the United States; or (b) mandated by a government other than the United States for employees of any Obligor or Subsidiary.
      Foreign Subsidiary : a Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” under Section 957 of the Code.
      Full Payment : with respect to any Obligations (other than contingent obligations not then due and owing or for which no claim has been made), (a) the full cash payment thereof, including any interest, fees and other charges accruing during an Insolvency Proceeding (whether or not allowed in the proceeding); (b) if such Obligations are LC Obligations or are otherwise contingent and asserted or likely to be asserted, Cash Collateralization thereof (or delivery of a standby letter of credit reasonably acceptable to Agent in its discretion, in the amount of required Cash Collateral); and (c) a release of any Claims of Obligors against Agent, Lenders and Issuing Bank arising on or before the payment date. No Loans shall be deemed to have been paid in full until all Revolver Commitments related to such Loans have expired or been terminated.
      GAAP : generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States from time to time.
      Governmental Approvals : all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and required reports to, all Governmental Authorities.
      Governmental Authority : any federal, state, municipal, foreign or other governmental department, agency, commission, board, bureau, court, tribunal, instrumentality, political subdivision, local authority, council, regulatory body or other entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions for or pertaining to any government or court, in each case whether associated with the United States, a state, district or territory thereof.
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      Guarantor Payment : as defined in Section 5.11.3 .
      Guaranty : each guaranty agreement executed by a Guarantor in favor of Agent.
      Hedging Agreement : an agreement relating to any swap, cap, floor, collar, option, forward, cross right or obligation, or combination thereof or similar transaction, with respect to interest rate, foreign exchange, currency, commodity, credit or equity risk.
      Immaterial Subsidiary : any Subsidiary of the Company (a) the assets of which Subsidiary constitute less than or equal to 1% of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and collectively with all Immaterial Subsidiaries, less than or equal to 5% of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, and (b) the revenues of which Subsidiary account for less than or equal to 1% of the total revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and collectively with all Immaterial Subsidiaries, less than or equal to 5% of the total revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
      Indemnified Taxes : Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
      Indemnitees : Agent Indemnitees, Lender Indemnitees, Issuing Bank Indemnitees and Bank of America Indemnitees.
      Indenture : the Indenture, dated as of April 26, 2011, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee and Collateral Agent, with respect to the Company’s Second Lien Notes, or any Refinancing Debt in respect thereof.
      Indenture Formula Amount : the amount of Revolver Loans that may be incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(1) of the Indenture as in effect on the date hereof.
      Insolvency Proceeding : any case or proceeding commenced by or against a Person under any state, federal or foreign law for, or any agreement of such Person to, (a) the entry of an order for relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any other insolvency, debtor relief or debt adjustment law; (b) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, administrator, conservator or other custodian or similar officer for such Person or any part of its Property; or (c) a general assignment or trust mortgage for the benefit of creditors.
      Intellectual Property : all intellectual and similar Property of a Person, including inventions, designs, patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary information, customer lists, know-how, design rights, software and databases; all embodiments or fixations thereof and all related documentation, applications, registrations and franchises; all licenses or other rights to use any of the foregoing; and all books and records relating to the foregoing.
      Intellectual Property Claim : any claim or assertion (whether in writing, by suit or otherwise) that a Borrower’s or Subsidiary’s ownership, use, marketing, sale or distribution of any Inventory, Equipment, Intellectual Property or other Property violates another Person’s Intellectual Property.

 


 

      Intercreditor Agreement : the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2011, among the Agent, the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and as second priority agent.
      Interest Period : as defined in Section 3.1.3 .
      Inventory Formula Amount : the sum of (A) the lesser of (1) 65% of the Value of Eligible Finished Goods Inventory and (2) 85% of the NOLV Percentage of the Eligible Finished Goods Inventory; plus (B) the lesser of (1) 65% of the Value of Eligible Raw Materials Inventory and (2) 85% of the NOLV Percentage of Eligible Raw Materials Inventory; plus (C) the lesser of (i) 50% of the Value of Work-In-Progress Inventory and (ii) 85% of the NOLV Percentage of Work-In-Progress Inventory.
      Inventory Reserve : reserves established by Agent to reflect factors that may negatively impact the Value of Inventory, including change in salability, obsolescence, seasonality, theft, shrinkage, imbalance, change in composition or mix, markdowns and vendor chargebacks.
      Investment : any Acquisition; any acquisition of record or beneficial ownership of any Equity Interests of a Person; or any loan, advance or capital contribution to or other investment in any other Person.
      IRS : the United States Internal Revenue Service.
      Issuing Bank : Bank of America or an Affiliate of Bank of America.
      Issuing Bank Indemnitees : Issuing Bank and its officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, agents and attorneys.
      LC Application : an application by Borrower Agent to Issuing Bank for issuance of a Letter of Credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Issuing Bank.
      LC Conditions : the following conditions necessary for issuance of a Letter of Credit: (a) each of the conditions set forth in Section 6 ; (b) after giving effect to such issuance, total LC Obligations do not exceed the Letter of Credit Subline, no Overadvance exists and, if no Revolver Loans are outstanding, the LC Obligations do not exceed the Borrowing Base (without giving effect to the LC Reserve for purposes of this calculation); (c) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit is (i) no more than 365 days from issuance, in the case of standby Letters of Credit, (ii) no more than 120 days from issuance, in the case of documentary Letters of Credit, and (iii) at least 10 Business Days prior to the Revolver Termination Date (except, in each case, for Letters of Credit which include an automatic renewal provision); (d) the Letter of Credit and payments thereunder are denominated in Dollars; (e) the purpose and form of the proposed Letter of Credit is reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Issuing Bank in their discretion; and (f) prior to or upon giving effect to the issuance of such Letter of Credit, no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist.
      LC Documents : all documents, instruments and agreements (including LC Requests and LC Applications) delivered by Borrowers or any other Person to Issuing Bank or Agent in connection with issuance, amendment or renewal of, or payment under, any Letter of Credit.

 


 

      LC Obligations : the sum (without duplication) of (a) all amounts owing by Borrowers for any drawings under Letters of Credit; (b) the stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit; and (c) all fees and other amounts due and owing with respect to Letters of Credit.
      LC Request : a request for issuance of a Letter of Credit, to be provided by Borrower Agent to Issuing Bank, in form satisfactory to Agent and Issuing Bank.
      LC Reserve : the aggregate of all LC Obligations, other than (a) those that have been Cash Collateralized; (b) if no Event of Default exists, those constituting charges or other amounts owing to the Issuing Bank; and (c) all fees owing with respect to Letters of Credit.
      Lender Indemnitees : Lenders and their officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, agents and attorneys.
      Lenders : as defined in the preamble to this Agreement, including Agent in its capacity as a provider of Swingline Loans and any other Person who hereafter becomes a “Lender” pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.
      Lending Office : the office designated as such by the applicable Lender at the time it becomes party to this Agreement or thereafter by notice to Agent and Borrower Agent.
      Letter of Credit : any standby or documentary letter of credit issued by Issuing Bank for the account of a Borrower, or any indemnity, guarantee, exposure transmittal memorandum or similar form of credit support issued by Agent or Issuing Bank for the benefit of a Borrower.
     Letter of Credit Subline: $10,000,000.
      LIBOR : for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan, the per annum rate of interest (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/8th of 1%), determined by Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to commencement of such Interest Period, for a term comparable to such Interest Period, equal to (a) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“ BBA LIBOR ”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source designated by Agent); or (b) if BBA LIBOR is not available for any reason, the interest rate at which Dollar deposits in the approximate amount of the LIBOR Loan would be offered by Bank of America’s London branch to major banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market. If the Board of Governors imposes a Reserve Percentage with respect to LIBOR deposits, then LIBOR shall be the foregoing rate, divided by 1 minus the Reserve Percentage.
      LIBOR Loan : each set of LIBOR Revolver Loans having a common length and commencement of Interest Period.
      LIBOR Revolver Loan : a Revolver Loan that bears interest based on LIBOR.
      License : any license or agreement under which an Obligor is authorized to use Intellectual Property in connection with (a) any manufacture, marketing, distribution or disposition of Collateral, (b) any use of Property or (c) any other conduct of its business.
      Licensor : any Person from whom an Obligor obtains the right to use any Intellectual Property.

 


 

      Lien : any Person’s interest in Property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, such Person, whether such interest is based on common law, statute or contract, including liens (statutory or other), mortgages, collateral assignments, deposit arrangements, charges, preferences, priorities or other security arrangements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing any conditional sale or retention of title agreement, any financing or similar agreement), security interests, pledges, hypothecations, statutory trusts, reservations, exceptions, encroachments, easements, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions, leases, and other title exceptions and encumbrances affecting Property; provided , however , that non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property in the Ordinary Course of Business are not Liens.
      Lien Waiver : an agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, by which (a) for any Collateral located on leased premises, the lessor waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the Collateral, and agrees to permit Agent to enter upon the premises and remove the Collateral or to use the premises to store or dispose of the Collateral; (b) for any Collateral held by a warehouseman, processor, shipper, customs broker or freight forwarder, such Person waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the Collateral, agrees to hold any Documents in its possession relating to the Collateral as agent for Agent, and agrees to deliver the Collateral to Agent promptly following request; (c) for any Collateral held by a repairman, mechanic or bailee, such Person acknowledges Agent’s Lien, waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the Collateral, and agrees to deliver the Collateral to Agent promptly following request; and (d) for any Collateral subject to a Licensor’s Intellectual Property rights, the Licensor grants to Agent the right, vis-à-vis such Licensor, to enforce Agent’s Liens with respect to the Collateral, including the right to dispose of it with the benefit of the Intellectual Property, whether or not a default exists under any applicable License.
      Loan : a Revolver Loan.
      Loan Account : the loan account established by each Lender on its books pursuant to Section 5.8 .
      Loan Documents : this Agreement, Other Agreements and Security Documents.
      Loan Year : each 12 calendar month period commencing on the Original Closing Date and on each anniversary of the Original Closing Date.
      Margin Stock : as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors.
      Material Adverse Effect : the effect of any event or circumstance that, taken alone or in conjunction with other events or circumstances, (a) has or could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, Properties or financial condition of the Obligors, taken as a whole, on the value of a material portion of the Collateral, on the enforceability of the Loan Documents, or on the validity or priority of Agent’s Liens on the Collateral; (b) materially impairs the ability of any Obligor to perform any obligations under the Loan Documents, including repayment of any Obligations; or (c) otherwise impairs the ability of Agent or any Lender to enforce or collect any Obligations or to realize upon any Collateral.
      Material Contract : any agreement or arrangement to which an Obligor is party (other than the Loan Documents) for which breach, termination, nonperformance or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 


 

      Moody’s : Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.
      Mortgage : each mortgage, fixed charge, deed of trust or deed to secure debt pursuant to which a Borrower grants to Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien upon the Real Estate owned by such Borrower, as security for the Obligations.
      Multiemployer Plan : any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
      Net Proceeds : with respect to an Asset Disposition, proceeds (including, when received, any deferred or escrowed payments) received by an Obligor in cash from such Asset Disposition, net of (a) reasonable and customary costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith, including legal fees and sales commissions; (b) amounts applied to repayment of Debt secured by a Permitted Lien on Collateral sold; (c) transfer or similar taxes and the Company’s good faith estimate of income taxes paid or payable in connection with such sale; (d) reserves for indemnities or purchase price adjustments, until such reserves are no longer needed and (e) the Company’s good faith estimate of payments required to be made with respect to unassumed liabilities relating to the assets sold (provided that, to the extent such cash proceeds are not so used within 180 days of such Asset Disposition, such cash proceeds shall constitute Net Proceeds)
      NOLV Percentage : the net orderly liquidation value of Borrowers’ Inventory, expressed as a percentage, expected to be realized at an orderly, negotiated sale held within a reasonable period of time, net of all liquidation expenses, as determined from the most recent appraisal of Borrowers’ Inventory performed by an appraiser and on terms satisfactory to Agent.
      Notes : each Revolver Note.
      Notice of Borrowing : a Notice of Borrowing to be provided by Borrower Agent to request a Borrowing of Revolver Loans, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G or otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
      Notice of Conversion/Continuation : a Notice of Conversion/Continuation to be provided by Borrower Agent to request a conversion or continuation of any Loans as LIBOR Loans, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit H or otherwise in form reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
      Obligations : all (a) principal of and premium, if any on the Loans, (b) LC Obligations and other obligations of Obligors with respect to Letters of Credit, (c) interest, expenses, fees and other sums payable by Obligors under Loan Documents, (d) obligations of Obligors under any indemnity for Claims, (e) Extraordinary Expenses, (f) Bank Product Debt and (g) other Debts, obligations and liabilities of any kind owing by Obligors pursuant to the Loan Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether evidenced by a note or other writing, whether allowed in any Insolvency Proceeding, whether arising from an extension of credit, issuance of a letter of credit, acceptance, loan, guaranty, indemnification or otherwise, and whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, primary or secondary, or joint or several.

 


 

      Obligor : each Borrower, Guarantor or other Person that is liable for payment of any Obligations or that has granted a Lien in favor of Agent on its assets to secure any Obligations.
      Ordinary Course of Business : the ordinary course of business of any Borrower or Subsidiary, consistent with past practices and undertaken in good faith.
      Organic Documents : with respect to any Person, as applicable, its charter, certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws, articles of organization, articles of association, memorandum, limited liability agreement, operating agreement, members agreement, shareholders agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of partnership, certificate of formation, voting trust agreement, or similar agreement or instrument governing the formation or operation of such Person.
      Original Closing Date : January 7, 2009.
      Original Loan Agreement : the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 7, 2009, by and among the Company, each other Borrower party thereto, the financial institutions party thereto as lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as agent, as amended, modified or supplemented prior to the Restatement Effective Date.
      OSHA : the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
      Other Agreement : each Note; LC Document; Fee Letter; Lien Waiver; Related Real Estate Document; Borrowing Base Certificate, Compliance Certificate, financial statement or report delivered hereunder; or other document or agreement (other than this Agreement or a Security Document), including any Post-Closing Agreement, now or hereafter delivered by an Obligor or other Person (providing that an Obligor is also party to thereto) to Agent or a Lender in connection with any transactions relating hereto.
      Other Taxes : all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.
      Overadvance : as defined in Section 2.1.5 .
      Overadvance Loan : a Base Rate Loan made when an Overadvance exists or is caused by the funding thereof.
      Participant : as defined in Section 14.2 .
      Patent Security Agreement : each patent security agreement pursuant to which an Obligor grants to Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on such Obligor’s interests in its patents, as security for the Obligations.
      Patriot Act : the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (2001), as amended.
      Payment Item : each check, draft or other item of payment payable to a Borrower, including those constituting proceeds of any Collateral.

 


 

      PBGC : the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
      Percentage : for any Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), as applicable, the percentage of the aggregate Revolver Commitments represented by its Revolver Commitment.
      Pension Plan : any employee pension benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate or to which the Obligor or ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the preceding five plan years.
      Pensions Regulator : the body corporate called the Pensions Regulator established under Part I of the Pension Act.
      Permitted Acquisition : any Acquisition as to which all of the following conditions are satisfied or waived: (a) such Acquisition is an acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or of all of the outstanding Equity Interests of another Person, involving a line or lines of business or a distribution channel which is related, similar or complementary to, or supportive of the lines of business or distribution channels in which Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, considered as an entirety, are engaged on the Restatement Effective Date; (b) such Acquisition is not actively opposed by the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of the selling Person or the Person whose equity interests are to be acquired; (c) Availability, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Acquisition, for each of the 30 days prior to and including the date such Acquisition is consummated, is at least $16,000,000; (d) the aggregate Purchase Consideration for all such Acquisitions does not exceed, in any period of 12 consecutive months, $10,000,000 ( provided that the aggregate Purchase Consideration for all Acquisitions in any period of 12 consecutive months may exceed $10,000,000, but not in excess of $50,000,000 if, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Acquisition, for each of the 30 days prior to and including the date such Acquisition is consummated, no Revolver Loans will be incurred or outstanding); (e) as soon as available, but not less than ten (10) days prior to the closing of such Acquisition (or such shorter time period as Agent may otherwise agree), the Company shall submit to Agent (i) notice of such Acquisition together with a reasonably detailed description of the business or assets to be acquired, (ii) copies of all available business and financial information as reasonably requested by Agent relating to such Acquisition, (iii) pro forma financial statements, (iv) audited financial statements for the acquired business or distribution channel for the most recent fiscal year, unless the same are unavailable, and the most recent unaudited financial statements for the acquired business or distribution channel, and (v) a certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrower Agent certifying that such pro forma financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the date thereof after giving effect to such Acquisition, and which shall include a representation and warranty as to compliance with each of the other criteria for a “Permitted Acquisition”; (f) reasonably prior, and in any event at least (i) 10 days prior to the completion of such Acquisition (or such shorter time period as Agent may otherwise agree), the Company shall deliver to Agent lien search reports related to the assets or business subject to the Acquisition, (ii) at least five days prior to the date of such Acquisition (or such shorter time period as Agent may otherwise agree), the Company shall deliver substantially final copies of the related purchase agreement, together with lien release letters and other documents as Agent may reasonably require to evidence the termination of Liens (other than

 


 

Permitted Liens) and any other information as Agent may reasonably request; (g) consents have been obtained in favor of Agent and Lenders to the collateral assignment of rights and indemnities under the related acquisition documents or the related acquisition documents shall contain the right of the purchaser to collaterally assign the rights and indemnities thereunder to a third party, and, in either case, such rights and indemnities shall have been collaterally assigned to Agent and Lenders and all consents related thereto shall have been obtained; (h) if the Person so acquired is intended to be a Borrower and/or the assets acquired in such Acquisition are intended to be included in the Borrowing Base immediately upon the consummation of the Acquisition (rather than at a later date upon request), then prior to such Acquisition (1) Agent shall have been provided with such information as it shall reasonably request to complete its evaluation of any such Person (including all information necessary to comply with the Patriot Act) and such Collateral and (2) the Asset Review and Approval Conditions shall have been satisfied; and (i) after giving effect to the Acquisition, Agent has a perfected and continuing first priority security interest in and Lien on all Revolving Credit Priority Collateral and subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, a perfected security interest in and Lien on all other assets that are the subject of such Acquisition (subject, in each case, to Permitted Liens). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition shall be included in the Borrowing Base unless (i) Agent shall have been provided with such information as it shall reasonably request to complete its evaluation of any Person (including all information necessary to comply with the Patriot Act) and (ii) the Asset Review and Approval Conditions shall have been satisfied.
      Permitted Asset Disposition : (a) a sale of Inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) a disposition of Property that, in the aggregate during any 12 consecutive Fiscal Month period, has a fair market or book value (whichever is more) of $5,000,000 or less, provided that the Net Proceeds of such disposition are used to acquire Property useful in the business of the Obligors within 180 days (or such longer period as Agent shall consent to in writing) of receipt of such Net Proceeds (or a binding commitment to acquire such Property is entered into within 180 days and such reinvestment is actually made within 360 days, or, in each case, such longer period as Agent shall consent to in writing), and to the extent the Net Proceeds exceed $500,000, Borrower shall have delivered an officer’s certificate within five Business Days of such disposition stating such intent; (c) a disposition of Inventory that is obsolete, unmerchantable or otherwise unsaleable in the Ordinary Course of Business and sales, discounts and write-offs of Accounts in the Ordinary Course of Business; (d) termination of a lease, sublease, license, sublicense, use agreement or similar agreement of real or personal Property which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (e) the leasing (including subleasing) or licensing (including sublicensing) of Intellectual Property, personal Property or real Property in the Ordinary Course of Business or the abandonment of Intellectual Property in the Ordinary Course of Business; (f) dispositions of obsolete, uneconomical, negligible, worn-out or surplus property; (g) sales of Cash Equivalents and marketable securities; (h) sales, transfers, leases, exchanges and dispositions (1) among the Obligors, (2) from non-Obligors to the Obligors, (4) among non-Obligors, or (5) to the extent constituting a Permitted Foreign Investment, from Obligors or Domestic Subsidiaries to non-Obligor Subsidiaries; (i) granting of Permitted Liens; (j) mergers, consolidations, amalgamations, liquidations and dissolutions to the extent permitted by Section 10.2.10 ; (k) termination of any Hedging Agreement; (l) any disposition of Real Estate to a Governmental Authority as a result of casualty or a condemnation of such Real Estate; (m) issuances of Equity Interests to qualifying directors of Foreign Subsidiaries; (n) the capitalization or forgiveness of Debt owed to it by other Obligors or Subsidiaries if such capitalization or forgiveness is required in order to comply with so-called “thin capitalization” rules; (o) the

 


 

cancellation, forgiveness, set off or acceptance of prepayments of Debt owed to a Borrower to the extent not otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement; (p) the UK Restructuring; (q) dispositions set forth on Schedule 10.2.7 ; (r) sale of accounts receivable and related rights or assets pursuant to any Qualified Receivables Transactions and preliminary intercompany transfers of accounts receivable and related rights or assets in connection therewith; and (s) dispositions approved in writing by Agent and Required Lenders.
      Permitted Contingent Obligations : Contingent Obligations (a) arising from endorsements of Payment Items for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) arising from Hedging Agreements permitted hereunder; (c) existing on the Original Closing Date, and any extension or renewal thereof that does not increase the amount of such Contingent Obligation when extended or renewed; (d) incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety, appeal or performance bonds, or other similar obligations; (e) arising from customary indemnification obligations in favor of (i) purchasers in connection with Permitted Asset Dispositions and (ii) sellers in connection with Acquisitions permitted hereunder; (f) arising under the Loan Documents; or (g) in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or less at any time.
      Permitted Discretion : Agent’s reasonable credit judgment (from the perspective of an asset-based lender), exercised in good faith, based upon its consideration of any factor that it reasonably believes to be relevant, including, without limitation, any factor that it believes (a) could adversely affect the quantity, mix or value of Collateral (including any Applicable Law that may inhibit collection of an Account), the enforceability or priority of Agent’s Liens, or the amount in liquidation of any Collateral; (b) suggests that any collateral report or financial information delivered by any Obligor is incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect; (c) increases the likelihood of any Insolvency Proceeding involving an Obligor, or (d) creates or could result in a Default or Event of Default. In exercising such judgment, Agent may consider any factors that could increase the credit risk of lending to Borrowers on the security of the Collateral. In exercising its Permitted Discretion with respect to modifying eligibility criteria for Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory, Agent will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify Borrower Agent prior to modifying the criteria provided in the definitions thereof on the Original Closing Date or thereafter.
      Permitted Foreign Investment : an Investment (including any Permitted Acquisition) by any Borrower in a Foreign Subsidiary which is in the form of an intercompany transfer of Property (other than Accounts or Inventory) or a loan or advance (except that, (i) solely to the extent required by law in the applicable foreign jurisdiction, any portion of any Investment may be made in the form of an equity contribution and (ii) in the case of any Permitted Acquisition, such Investment may be made in the form of Equity Interests); provided, that (i) any loan or advance is evidenced by a promissory note in favor of such Borrower, (ii) any promissory note is pledged to Agent as security for the Obligations in form reasonably satisfactory to Agent, (iii) Availability, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Investment, for each of the 30 days prior to and including the date such Investment is consummated, is at least $16,000,000, and (iv) the aggregate amount of all Permitted Foreign Investments (other than Permitted Acquisitions) made in any period of 12 consecutive months does not exceed in the aggregate (net of any return of capital actually received in respect of any previous Permitted Foreign Investment) $10,000,000 (provided that the aggregate amount of all Permitted Foreign Investments (including any Permitted Acquisitions) in any period of 12 consecutive months may exceed $10,000,000, but not exceed $70,000,000, if, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Permitted Foreign Investment, for each of the 30 days prior to and including the date such

 


 

Investment is consummated, no Revolver Loans will be incurred or outstanding), and in the case of any Investment in any Foreign Subsidiary which has incurred Debt pursuant to Section 10.2.1(n), less the aggregate amount of all other Debt incurred by such Foreign Subsidiary.
      Permitted Lien : as defined in Section 10.2.2 .
      Permitted Notes Redemption : as defined in Section 10.2.9 .
      Permitted Purchase Money Debt : Purchase Money Debt of Borrowers and Subsidiaries that is unsecured or secured only by a Purchase Money Lien, as long as the aggregate amount does not exceed $5,000,000 at any time.
      Person : any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, joint stock company, land trust, business trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or other entity.
      Plan : any employee benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by an Obligor or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, an ERISA Affiliate.
      Pledge Agreement : collectively, the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Original Closing Date, among the Company and each other Domestic Subsidiary party thereto, as pledgors and Bank of America, N.A., as pledgee, and each other pledge agreement executed by an Obligor in favor of Agent.
      Preferred Stock : as applied to the Equity Interests of any Person, the Equity Interests of any class or classes (however designated) which are preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over Equity Interests of any other class of such Person.
      Pro Forma Basis : relative to a Specified Transaction, means that such Specified Transaction and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of an Acquisition or permitted Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction”, shall be included and (ii) in the case of a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of or all of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of a Borrower or any division or product line of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, (b) any retirement of Debt, and (c) any Debt incurred or assumed by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Debt has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Debt as at the relevant date of determination.
      Pro Rata : with respect to any Lender, relative to such Lender’s Revolver Commitment, a percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) determined (a) while Revolver Commitments are outstanding, by dividing the amount of such Lender’s Revolver Commitment by the aggregate amount of all Revolver Commitments, and (b) at any other time, by dividing the amount of such Lender’s Loans and LC Obligations by the aggregate amount of all outstanding Loans and LC Obligations.

 


 

      Properly Contested : with respect to any obligation of an Obligor, (i) the obligation is subject to a bona fide dispute regarding amount or the Obligor’s liability to pay; (ii) the obligation is being properly contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently pursued; (iii) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (iv) the failure to pay could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, nor result in forfeiture or sale of any assets of the Obligor; (v) no Lien is imposed on assets of the Obligor, unless bonded and stayed to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent; and (v) if the obligation results from entry of a judgment or other order, such judgment or order is stayed pending appeal or other judicial review.
      Property : any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
      Protective Advance : as defined in Section 2.1.6 .
      Purchase Consideration : the aggregate, without duplication, of (i) cash paid or payable by Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly to the sellers (including the repayment of any Debt or other obligations and payments with respect to consulting, non-compete or other agreements as a result of such Acquisition) in connection with any Acquisition, (ii) the Debt assumed or incurred by Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, whether in favor of the seller or any other Person, and whether fixed or contingent, including without limitation earn-outs and/or other contingent payments and other seller notes in connection with any Acquisition, and (iii) any other consideration given or obligation incurred by any Borrower or Subsidiary in connection with any Acquisition in favor of the seller or any Affiliate of the seller.
      Purchase Money Debt : (a) Debt (other than the Obligations) for payment of any of the purchase price of fixed assets; (b) Debt (other than the Obligations) incurred within 90 days before or after acquisition of any fixed assets, for the purpose of financing any of the purchase price thereof; and (c) any renewals, extensions or refinancings (but not increases) thereof.
      Purchase Money Lien : a Lien that secures Purchase Money Debt, encumbering only the fixed assets acquired with such Debt (and proceeds thereof) and constituting a Capital Lease or a purchase money security interest under the UCC.
      Qualified Receivables Transaction : any transaction or series of transactions designated in writing by the Agent to be a “Qualified Receivables Transaction” and which is entered into by the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, as applicable, pursuant to which the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, as applicable, may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (i) any Excluded Receivables Subsidiary or (ii) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by an Excluded Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Company, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, and proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets that are customarily transferred, or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted, in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable; provided that such transaction shall not involve any recourse to any Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than recourse only to the Excluded Receivables Subsidiary or, solely with respect to Standard Securitization Undertakings, any other Subsidiary) for any reason other than repurchases of non-eligible accounts receivable.

 


 

      RCRA : the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6991-6991i).
      Real Estate : all right, title and interest (whether as owner, lessor or lessee) in any real Property or any buildings, structures, parking areas or other improvements thereon.
      Refinancing Conditions : the following conditions for Refinancing Debt: (a) it is in an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed the principal amount of the Debt being extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced (except by the amount of any accrued interest, payment in kind interest, reasonable closing costs, expenses, fees and premium paid in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement); (b) it has a final maturity no sooner than, a weighted average life no less than, and a cash interest rate no greater than, the Debt being extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced; (c) the Debt, and/or the Liens securing the Debt, as applicable, is subordinated to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Debt, or the Liens securing the Debt, as applicable, being extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced; (d) the representations, covenants and defaults applicable to it are not, taken as a whole, less favorable to Borrowers than those applicable to the Debt being extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced; (e) no additional Lien is granted to secure it unless otherwise permitted hereunder; (f) the obligor or obligors under any such Refinancing Debt are the same as the obligor(s) under the Debt being extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced on such Debt; and (g) upon giving effect to it, no Default or Event of Default exists.
      Refinancing Debt : Borrowed Money that is the result of an extension, renewal or refinancing of the Second Lien Notes or Debt permitted under Section 10.2.1(b) , (d) , (f) or (u) , in each case, so long as each Refinancing Condition is satisfied.
      Reimbursement Date : as defined in Section 2.3.2 .
      Related Real Estate Documents : with respect to any Real Estate subject to a Mortgage, the following, in form and substance satisfactory reasonably to Agent and received by Agent for review as they become available: (a) a mortgagee title policy (or binder therefor) covering Agent’s interest under the Mortgage, in a form and amount and by an insurer acceptable to Agent, which must be fully paid on such effective date; (b) such assignments of leases, estoppel letters, attornment agreements, consents, waivers and releases as Agent may require with respect to other Persons having an interest in the Real Estate; (c) a current, as-built survey of the Real Estate, containing a metes-and-bounds property description and flood plain certification, and certified by a licensed surveyor reasonably acceptable to Agent; (d) flood insurance in an amount, with endorsements and by an insurer reasonably acceptable to Agent, if the Real Estate is within a flood plain; (e) a current appraisal of the Real Estate, prepared by an appraiser acceptable to Agent, and in form and substance satisfactory to Required Lenders; (f) if available, an environmental assessment, prepared by environmental engineers acceptable to Agent, and accompanied by such reports, certificates, studies or data as Agent may reasonably require, which shall all be in form and substance satisfactory to Required Lenders; and (g) an Environmental Agreement and such other documents, instruments or agreements as Agent may reasonably require with respect to any environmental risks regarding the Real Estate.
      Rent and Charges Reserve : the aggregate of (a) all past due rent and other amounts owing by an Obligor to any landlord, warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder, broker or other Person who possesses any Collateral or could assert a Lien on any

 


 

Collateral; and (b) a reserve at least equal to three months rent and other charges that could be payable to any such Person, unless it has executed a Lien Waiver.
      Report : as defined in Section 12.2.3 .
      Reportable Event : any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.
      Required Lenders : (i) as long as three or fewer Lenders have Revolver Commitments, then any two Lenders having, in the aggregate, Revolver Commitments in excess of 50% of the aggregate Revolver Commitments, and (ii) as long as four or more Lenders have Revolver Commitments, then Lenders (subject to Section 4.2 ) having (a) Revolver Commitments in excess of 50% of the aggregate Revolver Commitments; and (b) if the Revolver Commitments have terminated, Loans in excess of 50% of all outstanding Loans; provided , that the Commitments of Defaulting Lenders shall be treated as being equal to zero for the purposes of calculating Required Lenders.
      Reserve Percentage : the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded upward to the nearest 1/8th of 1%) applicable to member banks under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”).
      Restatement Effective Date : as defined in Section 6.2 .
      Restricted Investment : any Investment by a Borrower or Subsidiary, other than (a) Investments in Subsidiaries to the extent existing on the Restatement Effective Date and other Investments existing on the Restatement Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 10.2.5 ; (b) Cash Equivalents (provided, however, that, to the extent such Cash Equivalents are owned by an Obligor, such Cash Equivalents are subject to Agent’s Lien and control, pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Agent); (c) Investments consisting of lease, utility and other similar deposits or any other deposit permitted under Section 10.2.2 in the Ordinary Course of Business; (d) prepayments and deposits to suppliers in the Ordinary Course of Business; (e) Hedging Agreements to the extent permitted by Section 10.2.16; (f) Investments (i) by an Obligor in any other Obligor, or (ii) by Subsidiaries that are non-Obligors into Obligors or other non-Obligors; (g) the establishment of wholly owned Subsidiaries to the extent they comply with Section 10.1.9 ; (h) Investments in securities or other assets of trade creditors, customers or other Persons in the Ordinary Course of Business that are received in settlement of bona fide disputes or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or liquidation or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers; (i) guarantees, Contingent Obligations and other Investments permitted under Section 10.2.1 ; (j) Investments to the extent such Investments reflect an increase in the value of Investments otherwise permitted under Section 10.2.5 hereof; (k) the capitalization or forgiveness of Debt owed to it by other Obligors or Subsidiaries if such capitalization or forgiveness is required in order to comply with so-called “thin capitalization” rules; (l) the cancellation, forgiveness, set off or acceptance of prepayments of Debt owed to such Borrower to the extent not otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement; (m) loans and advances to an officer or employee for salary, travel expenses, commissions and similar items in the Ordinary Course of Business, not to exceed, in the aggregate, $2,000,000 at any time outstanding; (n) prepaid expenses and extensions of trade

 


 

credit made in the Ordinary Course of Business; (o) deposits with financial institutions permitted hereunder; (p) Investments by an Obligor in an Excluded Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a sale of receivables to such Excluded Receivables Subsidiary pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Transaction; and (q) other Investments not otherwise listed above not to exceed, in the aggregate, $1,500,000 at any time outstanding.
      Restrictive Agreement : an agreement (other than a Loan Document) that conditions or restricts the right of any Borrower, Subsidiary or other Obligor to incur or repay Borrowed Money, to grant Liens on any assets, to declare or make Distributions, to modify, extend or renew any agreement evidencing Borrowed Money, or to repay any intercompany Debt.
      Revolver Commitment : for any Lender, its obligation to make Revolver Loans, and to participate in LC Obligations up to the maximum principal amount shown on Schedule 1.1 , or as hereafter determined pursuant to each Assignment and Acceptance to which it is a party. “ Revolver Commitments ” means the aggregate amount of such commitments of all Lenders.
      Revolver Loan : a loan made pursuant to Section 2.1 , and any Swingline Loan, Overadvance Loan or Protective Advance.
      Revolver Note : a promissory note executed by Borrowers in favor of and at the request of a Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit A , which shall be in the amount of such Lender’s Revolver Commitment and shall evidence the Revolver Loans made by such Lender.
     Revolver Termination Date: April 26, 2014.
      Revolving Facility Exposure : for any Lender at any time, the sum of (i) the principal amount of all Revolver Loans made to Borrowers by such Lender and outstanding at such time, and (ii) such Lender’s share of the LC Outstandings at such time.
      Royalties : all royalties, fees, expense reimbursement and other amounts payable by a Borrower under a License.
      S&P : Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.
      Second Lien Note Collateral Agent : U.S. Bank, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Second Lien Noteholders, and any other agent in such similar capacity pursuant to any Refinancing Debt.
      Second Lien Note Documents : the Indenture and each other document defined as a “Note Document” in the Indenture.
      Second Lien Noteholders : any Person that is a “Holder” or “Securityholder”, pursuant to and as defined in the Indenture.
      Second Lien Notes : the 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due April 15, 2019, issued by the Company under the Indenture, in the aggregate amount of $250,000,000 (plus all interest paid in kind).

 


 

      Second Lien Term Loan Agreement : the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2009, by and among the Company, the other parties thereto, and Credit Suisse, as agent.
      Second Lien Term Loans : any “Term Loan” as defined in the Second Lien Term Loan Agreement.
      Secured Parties : Agent, Issuing Bank, Lenders and providers of Bank Products.
      Security Documents : the Pledge Agreements, Guaranties, Mortgages, Copyright Security Agreements, Patent Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements, Deposit Account Control Agreements and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and delivered by an Obligor now or hereafter securing (or given with the intent to secure) any Obligations.
      Senior Officer : the chairman of the board, president, chief executive officer, managing director, treasurer, controller, director of finance, chief financial officer or finance officer of a Borrower.
      Settlement Report : a report delivered by Agent to Lenders summarizing the Revolver Loans and participations in LC Obligations outstanding as of a given settlement date, allocated to Lenders on a Pro Rata basis in accordance with their Revolver Commitments.
      Standard Securitization Undertakings : those representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Excluded Receivables Subsidiary which are determined in good faith by the Company to be customary in securitization transactions involving accounts receivables.
      Solvent : as to any Person, such Person (a) owns Property whose fair saleable value is greater than the amount required to pay all of its debts (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities); (b) owns Property whose present fair saleable value (as defined below) is greater than the probable total liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities) of such Person as they become absolute and matured; (c) is able to generally pay all of its debts as they mature; (d) has capital that is not unreasonably small for its business and is sufficient to carry on its business and transactions and all business and transactions in which it is about to engage; (e) is not “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (f) has not incurred (by way of assumption or otherwise) any obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under any Loan Documents, or made any conveyance in connection therewith, with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors of such Person or any of its Affiliates. “ Fair saleable value ” means the amount that could be obtained for assets within a reasonable time, either through collection or through sale under ordinary selling conditions by a capable and diligent seller to an interested buyer who is willing (but under no compulsion) to purchase on a going concern basis.
      Specified Transaction : (a) any disposition of all or substantially all the assets of or all the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary or of any division or product line of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) any Acquisition permitted hereunder, (c) any proposed incurrence of Debt or (d) the proposed making of a Distribution, in each case, to the extent permitted hereunder.

 


 

      Subordinated Debt : Debt incurred by a Borrower that is expressly subordinate and junior in right of payment to Full Payment of all Obligations, and is on terms (including maturity, interest, fees, repayment, covenants and subordination) reasonably satisfactory to Agent, provided , that (i) the intercompany loan owed by the Company to Bostrom Ltd. and identified on Schedule 10.2.1 , and (ii) the intercompany loan owed by the Company to CVS Ltd. and identified on Schedule 10.2.1 , in each case shall not be considered Subordinated Debt.
      Subsidiary : any entity at least 50% of whose voting securities or Equity Interests is owned by the Company (including indirect ownership by the Company through other entities in which the Company directly or indirectly owns 50% of the voting securities or Equity Interests).
      Swingline Loan : any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans funded with Agent’s funds, until such Borrowing is settled among Lenders pursuant to Section 4.1.3 .
      Taxes : all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
      Tender Offer : the offer by the Company to purchase all of (i) the Third Lien Notes and (ii) the Existing Senior Notes made pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation of Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. dated April 5, 2011, as amended.
      Third Lien Indenture : the Indenture, dated as of August 4, 2009, by and among the Company, the other parties thereto and U.S. Bank National Association.
      Third Lien Notes : the 11%/13% Third Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2013, issued by the Company under the Third Lien Indenture, in the aggregate amount of $42,124,000 (plus all interest paid in kind).
      Trademark Security Agreement : each trademark security agreement pursuant to which an Obligor grants to Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on such Obligor’s interests in trademarks, as security for the Obligations.
      Transferee : any actual or potential Eligible Assignee, Participant or other Person acquiring an interest in any Obligations.
      Type : any type of a Loan (i.e., Base Rate Loan or LIBOR Loan) that has the same interest option and, in the case of LIBOR Loans, the same Interest Period.
      UCC : the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Illinois or, when the laws of any other jurisdiction govern the perfection or enforcement of any Lien, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such jurisdiction.
      UK Restructuring : the series of transactions related to that certain transfers of assets and the exchanging of debt between any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of the United Kingdom, and the necessary corporate structure changes required in connection therewith, in such manner as disclosed to Agent prior to the date hereof.
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in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Sections 412 and 430 of the Code for the applicable plan year.
      Unpaid Sum : any sum due and payable but unpaid by a Borrower under this Agreement.
      Upstream Payment : a Distribution by a Subsidiary of a Borrower to such Borrower or another Subsidiary (to the extent such Subsidiary is such Person’s direct parent), or in the case of National Seating Company, pro rata Distributions to the Company and each other holder of Equity Interests of National Seating Company.
      Value : (a) for Inventory, its value determined on the basis of the lower of cost or market, calculated on a first-in, first-out basis, and excluding any portion of cost attributable to intercompany profit among Borrowers and their Affiliates; and (b) for an Account, its face amount, net of any returns, rebates, discounts (calculated on the shortest terms), credits, allowances or Taxes (including sales, excise or other taxes) that have been or could be claimed by the Account Debtor or any other Person.
      Voting Stock : for any Person, all classes of Equity Interests of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.
      1.2. Accounting Terms .
     Under the Loan Documents (except as otherwise specified herein), all accounting terms shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations shall be made, and all financial statements shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited financial statements of Borrowers delivered to Agent before the Original Closing Date and using the same inventory valuation method as used in such financial statements, except for any change required or permitted by GAAP if Borrowers’ certified public accountants concur in such change, the change is disclosed to Agent and Section 10.3 is amended in a manner satisfactory to Required Lenders to take into account the effects of the change.
     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, financial ratios and other financial calculations pursuant to this Agreement shall, following any Specified Transaction, be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.
     If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either Borrower Agent or the Required Lenders shall so request, Agent, Lenders and Borrower Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) Borrower Agent shall provide to Agent and Lenders as reasonably requested hereunder a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. It is agreed that a change in GAAP contemplated above shall include the International Financial Reporting Standards, or certain of the standards contained therein, becoming the required methodology of financial reporting.
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     As used herein, the following terms are defined in accordance with the UCC in effect in the State of Illinois from time to time: “Chattel Paper,” “Commercial Tort Claim,” “Deposit Account,” “Document,” “Equipment,” “General Intangibles,” “Goods,” “Instrument,” “Inventory,” “Investment Property,” “Letter-of-Credit Right” and “Supporting Obligation.”
      1.4. Certain Matters of Construction .
     The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph or subdivision. Any pronoun used shall be deemed to cover all genders. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, “from” means “from and including,” and “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding.” The terms “including” and “include” shall mean “including, without limitation” and, for purposes of each Loan Document, the parties agree that the rule of ejusdem generis shall not be applicable to limit any provision. Section titles appear as a matter of convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of any Loan Document. All references to (a) laws or statutes include all related rules, regulations, interpretations, amendments and successor provisions; (b) any document, instrument or agreement include any amendments, amendments and restatements, refinancings, replacements, waivers and other modifications, extensions or renewals (to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents); (c) any section mean, unless the context otherwise requires, a section of this Agreement; (d) any exhibits or schedules mean, unless the context otherwise requires, exhibits and schedules attached hereto, which are hereby incorporated by reference; (e) any Person include successors and assigns; (f) time of day mean time of day at Agent’s notice address under Section 15.3.1; or (g) discretion of Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender mean the sole and absolute discretion of such Person. All calculations of Value, fundings of Loans, issuances of Letters of Credit and payments of Obligations shall be in Dollars. Unless the context otherwise requires, all determinations (including calculations of Borrowing Base and financial covenants) made from time to time under the Loan Documents shall be made in light of the circumstances existing at such time. Borrowing Base calculations shall be consistent with historical methods of valuation and calculation, and otherwise satisfactory to Agent (and not necessarily calculated in accordance with GAAP). Borrowers shall have the burden of establishing any alleged negligence, misconduct or lack of good faith by Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender under any Loan Documents. No provision of any Loan Documents shall be construed against any party by reason of such party having, or being deemed to have, drafted the provision. Whenever the phrase “to the best of Borrowers’ knowledge” or words of similar import are used in any Loan Documents, including references to “knowledge of any Obligor”, it means actual knowledge of a Senior Officer, or knowledge that a Senior Officer would have obtained if he or she had engaged in good faith and diligent performance of his or her duties, including reasonably specific inquiries of employees or agents and a good faith attempt to ascertain the matter to which such phrase relates.
      1.5. Certifications .
     All certifications to be made hereunder by an officer or representative of an Obligor shall be made by such person in his or her capacity solely as an officer or a representative of such Obligor, on such Obligor’s behalf and not in such person’s individual capacity.
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     Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Central time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
      SECTION 2. CREDIT FACILITIES
          2.1. Revolver Commitments .
               2.1.1. Revolver Loans.
               (a)  Revolver Loans . Each Lender agrees, severally on a Pro Rata basis up to its Revolver Commitment, on the terms set forth herein, to make Revolver Loans to the Borrowers from time to time prior to the Commitment Termination Date. The Revolver Loans may be repaid and reborrowed as provided herein. In no event shall Lenders have any obligation to honor a request for a Revolver Loan if the sum of (i) the Revolving Facility Exposure and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Swingline Loans, would exceed the lesser of the Revolver Commitments and the Borrowing Base. Revolver Loans may be made as Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Revolving Loans.
               (b)  Limitation on Revolver Loans . Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) so long as any Second Lien Notes are outstanding, in no event shall Lenders be obligated to make Revolver Loans in excess of the Indenture Formula Amount, including, without limitation, the making of any Revolver Loans to a Borrower that would exceed any sublimit of the Indenture Formula Amount as further described in Section 4.03(b)(1) of the Indenture. To the extent any Refinancing Debt replaces the Second Lien Notes, in no event shall Lenders be obligated to make Revolver Loans in an amount that would exceed any similar formula, if any, in such Refinancing Debt.
               2.1.2. Revolver Notes and Denominations .
               The Revolver Loans made by each Lender and interest accruing thereon shall be evidenced by the records of Agent and such Lender. Promptly following the request of any Lender, Borrowers shall deliver a Revolver Note to such Lender. Borrowings by a Borrower shall be denominated only in Dollars.
               2.1.3. Use of Proceeds .
               The proceeds of Revolver Loans shall be used by Borrowers solely (a) to satisfy existing Debt under the Original Credit Agreement; (b) to pay fees and transaction expenses associated with the closing of this credit facility; (c) to pay Obligations in accordance with this Agreement; and (d) for working capital and other lawful corporate purposes of Borrowers (including Capital Expenditures and the financing of Investments and Acquisitions permitted hereunder).
               2.1.4. Voluntary Reduction or Termination of Revolver Commitments .
               (a) The Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the Revolver Termination Date, unless sooner terminated in accordance with this Agreement. Upon at least 10 Business Days prior written notice to Agent at any time after the first Loan Year, Borrowers may, at their option, terminate the Revolver Commitments and this credit facility. Any notice of termination given by Borrowers shall be irrevocable (unless given in connection with refinancing the

 


 

Obligations). On the Commitment Termination Date, Borrowers shall make Full Payment of all Obligations.
          (b) Borrowers may permanently reduce the Revolver Commitments, on a Pro Rata basis for each Lender, upon at least 10 Business Days prior written notice to Agent, which notice shall specify the amount of the reduction and shall be irrevocable once given (unless given in connection with refinancing the Obligations). Each reduction shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000, or an increment of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; provided , that in no event shall such permanent reduction reduce the Revolver Commitments, in the aggregate, to an amount less than $20,000,000 (other than in connection with refinancing the Obligations).
          2.1.5. Overadvances . If the aggregate Revolver Loans exceed the Borrowing Base, or, if applicable, the Indenture Formula Amount (“ Overadvance ”), the excess amount shall be payable by Borrowers on demand by Agent, but all such Revolver Loans shall nevertheless constitute Obligations secured by the Collateral and entitled to all benefits of the Loan Documents. Unless its authority has been revoked in writing by Required Lenders, Agent may require Lenders to honor requests for Overadvance Loans and to forbear from requiring Borrowers to cure an Overadvance, (a) when no other Event of Default is known to Agent, as long as (i) the Overadvance does not continue for more than 30 consecutive days (and no Overadvance may exist for at least five consecutive days thereafter before further Overadvance Loans are required), and (ii) the Overadvance, when combined with all other Overadvances and Protective Advances, as applicable, is not known by Agent to exceed 10% of the Borrowing Base; and (b) regardless of whether an Event of Default exists, if Agent discovers an Overadvance not previously known by it to exist, as long as from the date of such discovery the Overadvance (i) is not increased by more than 5% of the Borrowing Base, and (ii) does not continue for more than 30 consecutive days. In no event shall Overadvance Loans be made that would cause the outstanding Revolver Loans and LC Obligations to exceed the aggregate Revolver Commitments. Any funding of an Overadvance Loan or sufferance of an Overadvance shall not constitute a waiver by Agent or Lenders of the Event of Default caused thereby. In no event shall any Borrower or other Obligor be deemed a beneficiary of this Section nor authorized to enforce any of its terms.
          2.1.6. Protective Advances . Agent shall be authorized, in its discretion, at any time that any conditions in Section 6 are not satisfied, to make Base Rate Loans (“ Protective Advances ”), up to an aggregate amount, when combined with all other Protective Advances and Overadvances outstanding at any time, not to exceed 10% of the Borrowing Base; in each case, (1) if Agent deems such Loans necessary or desirable to preserve or protect Collateral, or to enhance the collectibility or repayment of Obligations or (2) to pay any other amounts chargeable to Obligors under any Loan Documents, including costs, fees and expenses. Each Lender shall participate in each Protective Advance on a Pro Rata basis. In no event shall any Protective Advance be made that would cause the outstanding Revolver Loans and LC Obligations to exceed the aggregate Revolver Commitments. Required Lenders may at any time revoke Agent’s authority to make further Protective Advances by written notice to Agent. Absent such revocation, Agent’s determination that funding of a Protective Advance is appropriate shall be conclusive.
      2.2. [RESERVED].
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          2.3.1. Issuance of Letters of Credit . Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit from time to time until 10 Business Days prior to the Revolver Termination Date (or until the Commitment Termination Date, if earlier), on the terms set forth herein, including the following:
          (a) Each Borrower acknowledges that Issuing Bank’s willingness to issue any Letter of Credit is conditioned upon Issuing Bank’s receipt of a LC Application with respect to the requested Letter of Credit, as well as such other instruments and agreements as Issuing Bank may customarily require for issuance of a letter of credit of similar type and amount. Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit unless (i) Issuing Bank receives a LC Request and a LC Application at least three Business Days (or such shorter time as agreed to by Issuing Bank) prior to the requested date of issuance; (ii) each LC Condition is satisfied or waived; and (iii) if a Defaulting Lender exists, such Lender or Borrowers have entered into arrangements satisfactory to Agent and Issuing Bank to eliminate any funding risk associated with such Defaulting Lender. If Issuing Bank receives written notice from a Lender at least five Business Days before issuance of a Letter of Credit that any LC Condition has not been satisfied or waived, Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to issue the requested Letter of Credit (or any other) until such notice is withdrawn in writing by that Lender or until Required Lenders have waived such condition in accordance with this Agreement. Prior to receipt of any such notice, Issuing Bank shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any failure of LC Conditions.
          (b) Letters of Credit may be requested by a Borrower only (i) to support obligations of such Borrower incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business; or (ii) for other purposes as Agent may approve from time to time in writing. The renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit shall be treated as the issuance of a new Letter of Credit, except that delivery of a new LC Application shall be required at the discretion of Issuing Bank.
          (c) Borrowers assume all risks of the acts, omissions or misuses of any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary. In connection with issuance of any Letter of Credit, none of Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender shall be responsible for the existence, character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of any goods purported to be represented by any Documents; any differences or variation in the character, quality, quantity, condition, packing, value or delivery of any goods from that expressed in any Documents; the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any Documents or of any endorsements thereon; the time, place, manner or order in which shipment of goods is made; partial or incomplete shipment of, or failure to ship, any goods referred to in a Letter of Credit or Documents; any deviation from instructions, delay, default or fraud by any shipper or other Person in connection with any goods, shipment or delivery; any breach of contract between a shipper or vendor and a Borrower; errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex, telecopy, e-mail, telephone or otherwise; errors in interpretation of technical terms; the misapplication by a beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof; or any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of Issuing Bank, Agent or any Lender, including any act or omission of a Governmental Authority. The rights and remedies of Issuing Bank under the Loan Documents shall be cumulative. Issuing Bank shall be fully subrogated to the rights and remedies of each beneficiary whose claims against Borrowers are discharged with proceeds of any Letter of Credit.

 


 

          (d) In connection with its administration of and enforcement of rights or remedies under any Letters of Credit, LC Documents, Issuing Bank shall be entitled to act, and shall be fully protected in acting, upon any certification, documentation or communication in whatever form believed by Issuing Bank, in good faith, to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by a proper Person. Issuing Bank may consult with and employ legal counsel, accountants and other experts to advise it concerning its obligations, rights and remedies, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in any action taken in good faith reliance upon, any advice given by such experts. Issuing Bank may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact in connection with any matter relating to Letters of Credit, LC Documents, and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of agents and attorneys-in-fact selected with reasonable care.
          2.3.2. Reimbursement; Participations .
          (a) If Issuing Bank honors any request for payment under a Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall pay to Issuing Bank, within one Business Day of notice of such payment by the Issuing Bank (“ Reimbursement Date ”), the amount paid by Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit, together with interest at the interest rate for Base Rate Loans from the date such Letter of Credit is honored until payment by Borrowers. The obligation of Borrowers to reimburse Issuing Bank for any payment made under a Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional, irrevocable, and joint and several, and shall be paid without regard to any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that Borrowers may have at any time against the beneficiary. Whether or not Borrower Agent submits a Notice of Borrowing, Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in an amount necessary to pay all amounts due and owing to Issuing Bank on any Reimbursement Date and each Lender agrees to fund its Pro Rata share of such Borrowing whether or not the Revolver Commitments have terminated, an Overadvance exists or is created thereby, or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied or waived.
          (b) Upon issuance of a Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from Issuing Bank, without recourse or warranty, an undivided Pro Rata interest and participation in all LC Obligations relating to the Letter of Credit. If Issuing Bank makes any payment under a Letter of Credit and Borrowers do not reimburse such payment on the Reimbursement Date, Agent shall promptly notify Lenders and each Lender shall promptly (within one Business Day) and unconditionally pay to Agent, for the benefit of Issuing Bank, Lender’s Pro Rata share of such payment. Upon request by a Lender, Issuing Bank shall furnish copies of any Letters of Credit and LC Documents in its possession at such time.
          (c) The obligation of each Lender to make payments to Agent for the account of Issuing Bank in connection with Issuing Bank’s payment under a Letter of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, not subject to any counterclaim, setoff, qualification or exception whatsoever, and shall be made in accordance with this Agreement under all circumstances, irrespective of any lack of validity or unenforceability of any Loan Documents; any draft, certificate or other document presented under a Letter of Credit having been determined to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or the existence of any setoff or defense that any Obligor may have with respect to any Obligations. Issuing Bank does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by any Borrower or other

 


 

Person of any obligations under any LC Documents. Issuing Bank does not make to Lenders any express or implied warranty, representation or guaranty with respect to the Collateral, LC Documents or any Obligor. Issuing Bank shall not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in, or for the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any LC Documents; the validity, genuineness, enforceability, collectibility, value or sufficiency of any Collateral or the perfection of any Lien therein; or the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any Obligor.
          (d) No Issuing Bank Indemnitee shall be liable to any Lender or other Person for any action taken or omitted to be taken in connection with any LC Documents except as a result of its actual gross negligence or willful misconduct. Issuing Bank shall not have any liability to any Lender if Issuing Bank refrains from any taking action under any Letter of Credit or LC Documents until it receives written instructions from Required Lenders.
          2.3.3. Cash Collateral .
          If any LC Obligations, whether or not then due or payable, shall for any reason be outstanding at any time (a) that an Event of Default exists, (b) that, with respect to LC Obligations, Availability is less than zero, (c) after the Commitment Termination Date, or (d) on five Business Days prior to the Revolver Termination Date, then Borrowers shall, at Issuing Bank’s or Agent’s request, Cash Collateralize the stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and pay to Issuing Bank the amount of all other LC Obligations. Borrowers shall, promptly upon demand by Issuing Bank or Agent from time to time, Cash Collateralize the LC Obligations of any Defaulting Lender. If Borrowers fail to provide any Cash Collateral as required hereunder, Lenders may (and shall upon direction of Agent) advance, as Revolver Loans, the amount of the Cash Collateral required (whether or not the Revolver Commitments have terminated, an Overadvance exists or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied) or waived. If Borrowers are required to provide any amount of Cash Collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to Borrowers promptly after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
SECTION 3. INTEREST, FEES AND CHARGES
      3.1. Interest .
          3.1.1. Rates and Payment of Interest.
          (a) The Obligations shall bear interest (i) if a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin; (ii) if a LIBOR Loan, at LIBOR for the applicable Interest Period, plus the Applicable Margin; and (iii) if any other Obligation (including, to the extent permitted by law, interest not paid when due), at the Base Rate in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans. Interest shall accrue from the date the Loan is advanced or the Obligation is incurred or payable, until paid by Borrowers. If a Loan is repaid on the same day made, one day’s interest shall accrue.
          (b) During an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to any Borrower, or during any other Event of Default if Required Lenders in their discretion so elect, Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate (whether before or after any judgment). Each Borrower acknowledges that the cost and expense to Agent and Lenders due to an Event of Default are

 


 

difficult to ascertain and that the Default Rate is a fair and reasonable estimate to compensate Agent and Lenders for this.
          (c) Interest accrued on the Loans shall be due and payable in arrears, (i) on the first day of each Fiscal Month; (ii) on any date of prepayment, with respect to the principal amount of Loans being prepaid; and (iii) on the Commitment Termination Date. Interest accrued on any other Obligations shall be due and payable as provided in the Loan Documents and, if no payment date is specified, shall be due and payable on demand . Notwithstanding the foregoing, interest accrued at the Default Rate shall be due and payable on demand .
          3.1.2. Application of LIBOR to Outstanding Loans .
          (a) Borrowers may on any Business Day, subject to delivery of a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, elect to convert any portion of the Base Rate Loans to, or to continue any LIBOR Loan at the end of its Interest Period as, a LIBOR Loan. During any Event of Default, Agent may (and shall at the direction of Required Lenders) declare that no Loan may be made, converted or continued as a LIBOR Loan.
          (b) Whenever Borrowers desire to convert or continue Loans as LIBOR Loans, Borrower Agent, as applicable, they shall give Agent a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, no later than 11:00 a.m. at least three Business Days before the requested conversion or continuation date. Promptly after receiving any such notice, Agent shall notify each Lender thereof. Subject to Section 3.5 and Section 3.6 , each Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall be irrevocable, and shall specify the amount of Loans to be converted or continued, the conversion or continuation date (which shall be a Business Day), and the duration of the Interest Period (which shall be deemed to be 30 days if not specified). If, upon the expiration of any Interest Period in respect of any LIBOR Loans, Borrowers shall have failed to deliver a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, they shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Loans into Base Rate Loans.
          3.1.3. Interest Periods . In connection with the making, conversion or continuation of any LIBOR Loans, Borrowers shall select an interest period (“ Interest Period ”) to apply, which interest period shall be 30, 60 or 90 days; provided, however, that:
          (a) the Interest Period shall commence on the date the Loan is made or continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan, and shall expire on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at its end;
          (b) if any Interest Period commences on a day for which there is no corresponding day in the calendar month at its end or if such corresponding day falls after the last Business Day of such month, then the Interest Period shall expire on the last Business Day of such month; and if any Interest Period would expire on a day that is not a Business Day, the period shall expire on the next Business Day; and
          (c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolver Termination Date.
      3.2. Fees .
          3.2.1. Unused Line Fee . Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of Lenders, a fee equal to (i). 500% per annum times the amount by which the Revolver

 


 

Commitments exceed the average daily balance of Revolver Loans and stated amount of Letters of Credit (the “Unused Balance”) during any Fiscal Quarter in which the aggregate average daily Unused Balance is equal to or greater than 50% of the Revolver Commitments or (ii). 375% per annum times the Unused Balance during any Fiscal Quarter in which the aggregate average daily Unused Balance is less than 50% of the Revolver Commitments. Such fee shall be calculated payable in arrears, on the first day of each Fiscal Quarter and on the Commitment Termination Date.
          3.2.2. LC Facility Fees . Borrowers shall pay (a) to Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of Lenders with Revolver Commitments, a fee equal to the Applicable Margin in effect for LIBOR Revolver Loans times the average daily stated amount of Letters of Credit, which fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears, on the first day of each Fiscal Quarter; (b) to Issuing Bank, for its own account, a fronting fee equal to. 125% per annum on the stated amount of each Letter of Credit, which fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears, on the first day of each Fiscal Quarter; and (c) to Issuing Bank, for its own account, all customary and reasonable charges associated with the issuance, amending, negotiating, payment, processing, transfer and administration of Letters of Credit, which charges shall be paid as and when incurred. During an Event of Default, the fee payable under clause (a) shall be increased by 2% per annum as provided in Section 3.1.1(b) .
          3.2.3. Other Fees . Borrowers shall pay to Agent the fees described in the Fee Letter.
      3.3. Computation of Interest, Fees, Yield Protection . All interest in respect of LIBOR Loans, as well as fees and other charges calculated on a per annum basis shall be computed for the actual days elapsed, based on a year of 360 days. Fees, interest and charges in respect of Base Rate Loans shall be calculated for the actual days elapsed, based on a year of 365 days (or 366 days as applicable) and shall be payable in Dollars. Each determination by Agent of any interest, fees or interest rate hereunder shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. All fees shall be fully earned when due and shall not be subject to rebate, refund or proration. All fees payable under Section 3.2 are compensation for services and are not, and shall not be deemed to be, interest or any other charge for the use, forbearance or detention of money. A certificate setting forth amounts payable by Borrowers under Section 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9 or 5.9 , submitted to Borrower Agent by Agent or the affected Lender, as applicable, shall be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and Borrowers shall pay such amounts to the appropriate party within 10 Business Days following receipt of the certificate.
      3.4. Reimbursement Obligations . Borrowers shall reimburse Agent for all Extraordinary Expenses. Borrowers shall also reimburse Agent for all (a) reasonable out-of-pocket legal, accounting, appraisal, consulting, and other fees, costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with negotiation and preparation of any Loan Documents, including any amendment or other modification thereof; (b) legal, accounting, appraisal, consulting and other fees, costs and expenses in connection with administration of and actions relating to any Collateral, Loan Documents and transactions contemplated thereby, including any actions taken to perfect or maintain priority of Agent’s Liens on any Collateral, to maintain any insurance required hereunder or to verify Collateral; and (c) subject to the limits of Section 10.1.1(b) , all fees, costs and expenses in connection with each inspection, audit or appraisal with respect to any Obligor or Collateral, whether prepared by Agent’s personnel or a third party. All legal,

 


 

accounting and consulting fees shall be charged to Borrowers by Agent’s professionals at their full hourly rates, regardless of any reduced or alternative fee billing arrangements that Agent, any Lender or any of their Affiliates may have with such professionals with respect to any other transaction. All amounts payable by Borrowers under this Section shall be due and payable promptly following demand therefor, or in the case of Extraordinary Expenses, on demand .
      3.5. Illegality . If any Lender determines that any Applicable Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund LIBOR Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon LIBOR, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue LIBOR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon delivery of such notice, Borrowers shall prepay or, if applicable, convert all LIBOR Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such LIBOR Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
      3.6. Inability to Determine Rates . If Agent determines, or if Required Lenders notify Agent, for any reason in connection with a request for a Borrowing of, or conversion to or continuation of, a LIBOR Loan that (a) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining LIBOR for the requested Interest Period, or (c) LIBOR for the requested Interest Period does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, then Agent will promptly so notify Borrower Agent and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of Lenders to make or maintain LIBOR Loans shall be suspended until Agent (upon instruction by Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, Borrower Agent may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of a LIBOR Loan or, failing that, will be deemed to have submitted a request for a Base Rate Loan.
      3.7. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy .

          3.7.1. Change in Law . If any Change in Law shall:
          (a) impose modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in LIBOR) or Issuing Bank;
          (b) subject any Lender or Issuing Bank to any Tax with respect to any Loan, Loan Document, Letter of Credit or participation in Obligations or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or Issuing Bank in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 5.9 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or Issuing Bank); or

 


 

          (c) impose on any Lender or Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting any Loan, Loan Document, Letter of Credit or participation in LC Obligations;
and the result thereof shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any LIBOR Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, within 10 Business Days of receiving the request from such Lender or Issuing Bank, Borrowers will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
          3.7.2. Capital Adequacy . If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or Issuing Bank or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s, Issuing Bank’s or holding company’s capital as a consequence of this Agreement, or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or participations in LC Obligations, to a level below that which such Lender, Issuing Bank or holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s, Issuing Bank’s and holding company’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then within 10 Business Days of receiving the request from such Lender or Issuing Bank, Borrowers will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate it or its holding company for any such reduction suffered.
          3.7.3. Compensation . Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of its right to demand such compensation, but Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or Issuing Bank for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that Lender or Issuing Bank notifies Borrower Agent of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
      3.8. Mitigation . If any Lender gives a notice under Section 3.5 or requests compensation under Section 3.7, or if Borrowers are required to pay additional amounts with respect to a Lender under Section 5.9, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (a) would eliminate the need for such notice or reduce amounts payable or to be withheld in the future, as applicable; and (b) would not subject Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to it. Borrowers shall promptly following request therefor pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 


 

      3.9. Funding Losses . If for any reason (a) any Borrowing of, or conversion to or continuation of, a LIBOR Loan does not occur on the date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation (whether or not withdrawn), (b) any repayment or conversion of a LIBOR Loan occurs on a day other than the end of its Interest Period, or (c) Borrowers fail to repay a LIBOR Loan when required hereunder, then Borrowers shall pay to Agent its customary administrative charge and to each Lender all losses and expenses that it sustains as a consequence thereof, including loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from liquidation or redeployment of funds or from fees payable to terminate deposits of matching funds. Lenders shall not be required to purchase Dollar deposits in the London interbank market or any other offshore Dollar market to fund any LIBOR Loan, but the provisions hereof shall be deemed to apply as if each Lender had purchased such deposits to fund its LIBOR Loans.
      3.10. Maximum Interest . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by Applicable Law (“maximum rate”). If Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the maximum rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Obligations or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to Borrowers. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged or received by Agent or a Lender exceeds the maximum rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee or premium rather than interest; (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof; and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
SECTION 4. LOAN ADMINISTRATION
      4.1. Manner of Borrowing and Funding Revolver Loans .
          4.1.1. Notice of Borrowing.
          (a) Whenever Borrowers desire funding of a Borrowing of Revolver Loans, Borrower Agent shall give Agent a Notice of Borrowing. Such notice must be received by Agent no later than 12:00 noon Chicago time (i) on the Business Day of the requested funding date, in the case of Base Rate Loans, and (ii) at least three Business Days prior to the requested funding date, in the case of LIBOR Loans. Notices received after 12:00 noon Chicago time shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Subject to Section 3.5 and Section 3.6 , each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (A) the amount of the Borrowing, (B) the requested funding date (which must be a Business Day), (C) whether the Borrowing is to be made as Base Rate Loans, or LIBOR Loans, and (D) in the case of LIBOR Loans, the duration of the applicable Interest Period (which shall be deemed to be 30 days if not specified).
          (b) Unless payment is otherwise timely made by Borrowers, the becoming due of any Obligations (whether principal, interest, fees or other charges, including Extraordinary Expenses, LC Obligations, Cash Collateral and Bank Product Debt) shall be deemed to be a request for Base Rate Loans, on the due date, in the amount of such Obligations. The proceeds of such Revolver Loans shall be disbursed as direct payment of the relevant Obligation. In addition, Agent may, at its option, charge such Obligations against Borrower Agent’s primary disbursement account maintained with Agent or any of its Affiliates.

 


 

          (c) If Borrowers establish a controlled disbursement account with Agent or any Affiliate of Agent, then the presentation for payment of any check or other item of payment drawn on such account at a time when there are insufficient funds to cover it shall be deemed to be a request for Base Rate Loans on the date of such presentation, in the amount of the check and items presented for payment. The proceeds of such Revolver Loans may be disbursed directly to the controlled disbursement account or other appropriate account.
          4.1.2. Fundings by Lenders . Each Lender shall timely honor its Revolver Commitment by funding its Pro Rata share of each Borrowing of Revolver Loans that is properly requested hereunder. Except for Borrowings to be made as Swingline Loans, Agent shall endeavor to notify Lenders of each Notice of Borrowing (or deemed request for a Borrowing) by 1:00 p.m. Chicago time on the proposed funding date for Base Rate Loans or by 3:00 p.m. Chicago time, at least two Business Days before any proposed funding of LIBOR Loans. Each Lender shall fund to Agent such Lender’s Pro Rata share of the Borrowing to the account specified by Agent in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. Chicago time on the requested funding date unless Agent’s notice is received after the times provided above, in which event Lender shall fund its Pro Rata share by 11:00 a.m. Chicago time on the next Business Day. Subject to its receipt of such amounts from Lenders, Agent shall disburse the proceeds of the Revolver Loans as directed by Borrower Agent. Unless Agent shall have received (in sufficient time to act) written notice from a Lender that it does not intend to fund its Pro Rata share of a Borrowing, Agent may assume that such Lender has deposited or promptly will deposit its share with Agent, and Agent may disburse a corresponding amount to Borrowers. If a Lender’s share of any Borrowing or of any settlement pursuant to Section 4.1.3(b) is not received by Agent, then Borrowers agree to repay to Agent on demand the amount of such share, together with interest thereon from the date disbursed until repaid, at the rate applicable to the Borrowing.
          4.1.3. Swingline Loans; Settlement .
          (a) Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, advance Swingline Loans to Borrowers, up to an aggregate outstanding amount equal to 10% of the Revolver Commitments at such time, unless the funding is specifically required to be made by all Lenders hereunder. Each Swingline Loan shall constitute a Revolver Loan, for all purposes, except that payments thereon shall be made to Agent for its own account. The obligation of Borrowers to repay Swingline Loans shall be evidenced by the records of Agent and need not be evidenced by any promissory note.
          (b) To facilitate administration of the Revolver Loans, Lenders and Agent agree (which agreement is solely among them, and not for the benefit of or enforceable by any Borrower) that settlement among them with respect to Swingline Loans and other Revolver Loans may take place on a date determined from time to time by Agent, which shall occur at least once each week. On each settlement date, settlement shall be made with each Lender in accordance with the Settlement Report delivered by Agent to Lenders. Between settlement dates, Agent may in its discretion apply payments on Revolver Loans to Swingline Loans, regardless of any designation by Borrower or any provision herein to the contrary. Each Lender’s obligation to make settlements with Agent is absolute and unconditional, without offset, counterclaim or other defense, and whether or not the Revolver Commitments have terminated, an Overadvance exists or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied or waived. If, due to an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to a Borrower or otherwise, any Swingline Loan may not be settled among Lenders hereunder, then each Lender having a Revolver Commitment shall

 


 

be deemed to have purchased from Agent a Pro Rata participation in each unpaid Swingline Loan and shall transfer the amount of such participation to Agent, in immediately available funds, within one Business Day after Agent’s request therefor.
          4.1.4. Notices . Each Borrower authorizes Agent and Lenders (and Agent and Lenders hereby agree) to extend, convert or continue Loans, effect selections of interest rates, and transfer funds to or on behalf of Borrowers based on telephonic or e-mailed instructions. Borrowers shall confirm each such request by prompt delivery to Agent of a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, if applicable, but if it differs in any material respect from the action taken by Agent or Lenders, the records of Agent and Lenders shall govern. Neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability for any loss suffered by a Borrower as a result of Agent or any Lender acting upon its understanding of telephonic or e-mailed instructions from a person believed in good faith by Agent or any Lender to be a person authorized to give such instructions on a Borrower’s behalf.
      4.2. Defaulting Lender . Agent may (but shall not be required to), in its discretion, retain any payments or other funds received by Agent that are to be provided to a Defaulting Lender hereunder, and may apply such funds to such Lender’s defaulted obligations or readvance the funds to Borrowers in accordance with this Agreement. The failure of any Lender to fund a Loan, to make any payment in respect of LC Obligations or to otherwise perform its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations, and no Lender shall be responsible for default by another Lender. Lenders and Agent agree (which agreement is solely among them, and not for the benefit of or enforceable by any Borrower) that, solely for purposes of determining a Defaulting Lender’s right to vote on matters relating to the Loan Documents and to share in payments, fees and Collateral proceeds thereunder, a Defaulting Lender shall not be deemed to be a “Lender” until all its defaulted obligations have been cured.
      4.3. Number and Amount of LIBOR Loans; Determination of Rate . Each Borrowing of LIBOR Loans when made shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000, plus any increment of $100,000 in excess thereof. No more than six Borrowings of LIBOR Loans may be outstanding at any time, and all LIBOR Loans denominated in the same currency and having the same length and beginning date of their Interest Periods shall be aggregated together and considered one Borrowing for this purpose. Upon determining LIBOR for any Interest Period requested by Borrowers, Agent shall promptly notify Borrowers thereof by telephone or electronically and, if requested by Borrowers, shall confirm any telephonic notice in writing.
      4.4. Borrower Agent . Each Borrower hereby designates the Company (“Borrower Agent”) as its representative and agent for all purposes under the Loan Documents, including requests for Loans and Letters of Credit, designation of interest rates, delivery or receipt of communications, preparation and delivery of Borrowing Base and financial reports, receipt and payment of Obligations, requests for waivers, amendments or other accommodations, actions under the Loan Documents (including in respect of compliance with covenants), and all other dealings with Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender. Borrower Agent hereby accepts such appointment. Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any notice or communication (including any Notice of Borrowing) delivered by Borrower Agent on behalf of any Borrower. Agent and Lenders may give any notice or communication with a Borrower hereunder to Borrower Agent on behalf of such Borrower. Each of Agent, Issuing Bank and Lenders shall have the right, in its discretion, to deal exclusively with Borrower Agent for any or all purposes under the Loan Documents. Each

 


 

Borrower agrees that any notice, election, communication, representation, agreement or undertaking made on its behalf by Borrower Agent shall be binding upon and enforceable against it, as though made by such Borrower.
      4.5. Obligations . All Revolver Loans, LC Obligations and other Obligations shall constitute one general obligation of Borrowers and (unless otherwise expressly provided in any Loan Document) shall be secured by Agent’s Lien upon all Borrowers’ Collateral.
      4.6. Effect of Termination . On the effective date of the termination of the Revolver Commitments, all Obligations shall be immediately due and payable, and any Lender may terminate its and its Affiliates’ Bank Products (including, only with the consent of Agent, any Cash Management Services). All undertakings of Borrowers contained in the Loan Documents shall survive any termination, and Agent shall retain its Liens in the Collateral and all of its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents until Full Payment of the Obligations. Notwithstanding Full Payment of the Obligations, Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens in any Collateral unless, with respect to any damages Agent may incur as a result of the dishonor or return of Payment Items applied to Obligations, Agent receives (a) a written agreement, executed by Borrowers and any Person whose advances are used in whole or in part to satisfy the Obligations, indemnifying Agent and Lenders from any such damages; or (b) such Cash Collateral as Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary to protect against any such damages. Sections 2.3, 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9, 5.5, 5.9, 5.10, 12, 15.2 and this Section, and the obligation of each Obligor and Lender with respect to each indemnity given by it in any Loan Document, shall survive Full Payment of the Obligations and any release relating to this credit facility.
SECTION 5. PAYMENTS
      5.1. General Payment Provisions . All payments of Obligations shall be made in Dollars, without offset, counterclaim or defense of any kind, free of (and without deduction for) any Taxes, and in immediately available funds, not later than 12:00 noon Chicago time on the due date. Any payment after such time shall be deemed made on the next Business Day. Any payment of a LIBOR Loan prior to the end of its Interest Period shall be accompanied by all amounts due under Section 3.9 . Any prepayment of Revolver Loans shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans and then to LIBOR Loans.
      5.2. Repayment of Revolver Loans . Revolver Loans shall be due and payable in full on the Revolver Termination Date, unless payment is sooner required hereunder. Revolver Loans may be prepaid from time to time, without penalty or premium. If any Asset Disposition includes the disposition of Eligible Accounts or Eligible Inventory, Net Proceeds equal to the greater of (a) the net book value of such Accounts and Inventory, or (b) the reduction in the Borrowing Base, upon giving effect to such disposition, shall be applied to the Revolver Loans. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if an Overadvance exists, Borrowers shall, on the sooner of Agent’s demand or the first Business Day after any Borrower has knowledge thereof, repay the outstanding Revolver Loans in an amount sufficient to reduce the principal balance of such Revolver Loans to the Borrowing Base.
      5.3. Repayment .
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          (a) Within five Business Days of the receipt of any proceeds of insurance or condemnation awards paid in respect of any Equipment or Real Estate , Borrowers shall prepay Revolver Loans and Borrowers shall permanently reduce the Revolver Commitments; provided , that (i) Borrowers shall not be required to effect such permanent reduction in the Revolver Commitments unless the failure to effect such permanent reduction would create an obligation of any Borrower to make an offer to repurchase the Second Lien Notes and (ii) such Net Proceeds shall not be required to be so applied on such date to the extent that Borrower Agent shall have delivered an officer’s certificate to Agent on or prior to such date stating that such proceeds shall actually be used to acquire Property useful in the business of the Obligors within 180 days (or such longer period as Agent shall consent to in writing) of receipt of such Net Proceeds (or a binding commitment to acquire such Property is entered into within 180 days and such reinvestment is actually made within 360 days or, in each case, such period as Agent shall consent to in writing), provided further , that (i) no Default or Event of Default exists, (ii) the replaced Property is free of Liens, other than Permitted Liens; and (iii) the aggregate amount of such proceeds or awards from any single casualty or condemnation does not exceed $1,000,000. Borrowers shall prepay Revolver Loans in the amount of any Net Proceeds not actually reinvested within such 180 or 360, as applicable, day period (or such period as consented to by Agent hereunder) and reduce the Revolver Commitments in an amount equal to such prepayment.
          (b) On the Commitment Termination Date, Borrowers shall prepay all Revolver Loans (unless sooner repaid hereunder).
      5.4. Payment of Other Obligations . Obligations other than Loans, including LC Obligations and Extraordinary Expenses, shall be paid by Borrowers as provided in the Loan Documents or, if no payment date is specified, on demand.
      5.5. Marshaling; Payments Set Aside . None of Agent or Lenders shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Obligor or against any Obligations. If any payment by or on behalf of Borrowers is made to Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender, or Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender exercises a right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by Agent, Issuing Bank or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other Person, then to the extent of such recovery, the Obligation originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies relating thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred.
      5.6. Allocation of Payments .
          5.6.1. Allocations Generally . Absent an Event of Default, monies to be applied to Obligations from payments by Obligors, shall be allocated as follows:
          (a) if a specific payment of principal, interest, fees or other sum payable under the Loan Documents, according to the instruction of Borrower Agent;
          (b) if a mandatory prepayment, according to Section 5.3.1 ; and
          (c) if any other amount, applied to the Obligations at the discretion of Agent.

 


 

          5.6.2. Post-Default Allocation . During an Event of Default, monies to be applied to the Obligations, whether arising from payments by Obligors, realization on Collateral, setoff or otherwise, shall be allocated as follows:
          (a)  first , to all costs and expenses, including Extraordinary Expenses, owing to Agent;
          (b)  second , to all amounts owing to Agent on Swingline Loans;
          (c)  third , to all amounts owing to Issuing Bank on LC Obligations;
          (d)  fourth , to all Obligations constituting fees (excluding amounts relating to Bank Products);
          (e)  fifth , to all Obligations constituting interest (excluding amounts relating to Bank Products);
          (f)  sixth , to provide Cash Collateral for outstanding Letters of Credit;
          (g)  seventh , to all other Obligations other than Bank Product Debt;
          (h)  eighth , to Bank Product Debt to the extent reserved for in the Borrowing Base;
          (i)  ninth , to Bank Product Debt; and
          (j)  tenth , to the Borrower.
          5.6.3. Application of Amounts . Amounts shall be applied to each category of Obligations set forth in Section 5.6.2 until Full Payment thereof and then to the next category. If amounts are insufficient to satisfy a category, they shall be applied on a pro rata basis among the Obligations in the category. Amounts distributed with respect to any Bank Product Debt shall be the lesser of the applicable Bank Product Amount last reported to Agent or the actual Bank Product Debt as calculated by the methodology reported to Agent for determining the amount due. Agent shall have no obligation to calculate the amount to be distributed with respect to any Bank Product Debt, but may rely upon written notice of the amount (setting forth a reasonably detailed calculation) from the Secured Party. In the absence of such notice, Agent may assume the amount to be distributed is the Bank Product Amount last reported to it. The allocations set forth in Section 5.6.2 are solely to determine the rights and priorities of Agent and Lenders as among themselves, and may be changed by agreement among them without the consent of any Obligor. Section 5.6.2 is not for the benefit of or enforceable by any Borrower.
          5.6.4. Erroneous Application . Agent shall not be liable for any application of amounts made by it in good faith and, if any such application is subsequently determined to have been made in error, the sole recourse of any Lender or other Person to which such amount should have been made shall be to recover the amount from the Person that actually received it (and, if such amount was received by any Lender, such Lender hereby agrees to return it).
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Business Day. If, as a result of such application, a credit balance exists, the balance shall not accrue interest in favor of Borrowers and shall be made available to Borrowers as long as no Default or Event of Default exists. Each Borrower irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any payments or Collateral proceeds, and agrees that Agent shall have the continuing, exclusive right to apply and reapply same against the Obligations, in such manner as Agent deems advisable, subject to the proviso in Section 5.6.2 and the following sentence.
      5.8. Loan Account; Account Stated .
          5.8.1. Loan Account . Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual and customary practices an account or accounts (“Loan Account”) evidencing the Debt of Borrowers resulting from each Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit from time to time. Any failure of Agent to record anything in the Loan Account, or any error in doing so, shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of Borrowers to pay any amount owing hereunder. Agent may maintain a single Loan Account in the name of each relevant Borrower for the account of the Obligations. Each Borrower confirms that such arrangement shall have no effect on the joint and several character of its liability with each other Borrower for the Obligations.
          5.8.2. Entries Binding . Entries made in the Loan Accounts shall constitute presumptive evidence of the information contained therein. If any information contained in the Loan Accounts are provided to or inspected by any Person, then such information shall be conclusive and binding on such Person for all purposes absent manifest error, except to the extent such Person notifies Agent in writing within 30 days after receipt or inspection that specific information is subject to dispute.
      5.9. Taxes .
          5.9.1. Payments Free of Taxes . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.9 , all payments by Obligors of Obligations shall be free and clear of and without reduction for any Taxes. If Applicable Law requires any Obligor or Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax (including backup withholding or withholding Tax), the withholding or deduction shall be based on information provided pursuant to Section 5.10 and Agent shall pay the amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority. If the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by Borrowers shall be increased so that Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received if no such withholding or deduction (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) had been made. Without limiting the foregoing, Borrowers shall timely pay all Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authorities.
          5.9.2. Payment . Borrowers shall indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse (within 10 days after demand therefor) Agent, Lenders and Issuing Bank for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including those attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by any Obligor or Agent, or paid by Agent, any Lender or Issuing Bank, with respect to any Obligations, Letters of Credit or Loan Documents, whether or not such Taxes were properly asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority, and including all penalties, interest and reasonable expenses relating thereto, as well as any amount that a Lender or Issuing Bank fails to pay to Agent under Section 5.10 . A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to Borrower Agent by Agent, or by a Lender or Issuing Bank (with a copy to Agent), shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. As soon as practicable after any

 


 

payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Borrower, Borrower Agent shall deliver to Agent a receipt from the Governmental Authority or other evidence of payment reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
      5.10. Lender Tax Information .
          5.10.1. Status of Lenders . Each Lender shall deliver documentation and information to Agent and Borrower Agent, at the times and in form required by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by Agent or Borrower Agent, sufficient to permit Agent or Borrowers to determine (a) whether or not payments made with respect to Obligations are subject to Taxes, (b) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (c) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes for such payments or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction. Nothing in this Section 5.10.1 shall be construed as requiring any Lender to make available it tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes) which it deems confidential to the relevant Borrower or any Person.
          5.10.2. Documentation . If a Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to Agent and Borrower Agent IRS Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by Agent or Borrower Agent to determine whether such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. If any Foreign Lender is entitled to any exemption from or reduction of withholding tax for payments with respect to the Obligations, it shall deliver to Agent and Borrower Agent, on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender hereunder (and from time to time thereafter upon request by Agent or Borrower Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), (a) IRS Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party; (b) IRS Form W-8ECI; (c) IRS Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation; (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, IRS Form W-8BEN and a certificate showing such Foreign Lender is not (i) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (ii) a “10 percent shareholder” of any Obligor within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (iii) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code; or (e) any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in withholding tax, together with such supplementary documentation necessary to allow Agent and Borrowers to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
          5.10.3. Lender Obligations . Each Lender and Issuing Bank shall promptly notify Borrowers and Agent of any change in circumstances that would change any claimed Tax exemption or reduction. Each Lender and Issuing Bank shall indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse (within 10 days after demand therefor) Borrowers and Agent for any Taxes, losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by or asserted against a Borrower or Agent by any Governmental Authority due to such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s failure to deliver, or inaccuracy or deficiency in, any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to this Section. Each Lender and Issuing Bank authorizes Agent to set off any amounts due to Agent under this Section against any amounts payable to such Lender or Issuing Bank under any Loan Document.

 


 

      5.11. Nature and Extent of Each Borrower’s Liability .
          5.11.1. Joint and Several Liability . Each Borrower agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for and absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to Agent and Lenders the prompt payment and performance of, all Obligations and all agreements under the Loan Documents. Each Borrower agrees that its guaranty obligations hereunder constitute a continuing guaranty of payment and not of collection, that such obligations shall not be discharged until Full Payment of the Obligations and that to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, such obligations are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of (a) the genuineness, validity, regularity, enforceability, subordination or any future modification of, or change in, any Obligations or Loan Document, or any other document, instrument or agreement to which any Obligor is or may become a party or be bound; (b) the absence of any action to enforce this Agreement (including this Section) or any other Loan Document, or any waiver, consent or indulgence of any kind by Agent or any Lender with respect thereto; (c) the existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect a Lien or to preserve rights against, any security or guaranty for the Obligations or any action, or the absence of any action, by Agent or any Lender in respect thereof (including the release of any security or guaranty); (d) the insolvency of any Obligor; (e) any election by Agent or any Lender in an Insolvency Proceeding for the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code (or the equivalent in any applicable jurisdiction); (f) any borrowing or grant of a Lien by any other Borrower, as debtor-in-possession under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise (or the equivalent in any applicable jurisdiction); (g) the disallowance of any claims of Agent or any Lender against any Obligor for the repayment of any Obligations under Section 502 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise (or the equivalent in any applicable jurisdiction); or (h) any other action or circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, except Full Payment of all Obligations.
          5.11.2. Waivers .
          (a) To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Borrower expressly waives all rights that it may have now or in the future under any statute, at common law, in equity or otherwise, to compel Agent or Lenders to marshal assets or to proceed against any Obligor, other Person or security for the payment or performance of any Obligations before, or as a condition to, proceeding against such Borrower. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Borrower waives all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor other than Full Payment of all Obligations. It is agreed among each Borrower, Agent and Lenders that the provisions of this Section 5.11 are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents and that, but for such provisions, Agent and Lenders would decline to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit. Each Borrower acknowledges that its guaranty pursuant to this Section is necessary to the conduct and promotion of its business, and can be expected to benefit such business.
          (b) Agent and Lenders may, in their discretion, pursue such rights and remedies as they deem appropriate, including realization upon Collateral or any Real Estate by judicial foreclosure or non-judicial sale or enforcement, without affecting any rights and remedies under this Section 5.11 . If, in taking any action in connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies, Agent or any Lender shall forfeit any other rights or remedies, including the right to enter a deficiency judgment against any Borrower or other Person, whether because of any Applicable Laws pertaining to “election of remedies” or otherwise, each Borrower consents

 


 

to such action and waives to the extent permitted by Applicable Law any claim based upon it, even if the action may result in loss of any rights of subrogation that any Borrower might otherwise have had. Any election of remedies that results in denial or impairment of the right of Agent or any Lender to seek a deficiency judgment against any Borrower shall not impair any other Borrower’s obligation to pay the full amount of the Obligations. Each Borrower waives to the extent permitted by Applicable Law all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies, such as non-judicial foreclosure with respect to any security for the Obligations, even though that election of remedies destroys such Borrower’s rights of subrogation against any other Person. Agent may bid all or a portion of the Obligations at any foreclosure or trustee’s sale or at any private sale, and the amount of such bid need not be paid by Agent but shall be credited against the Obligations. The amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether Agent or any other Person is the successful bidder, shall be conclusively deemed to be the fair market value of the Collateral, and the difference between such bid amount and the remaining balance of the Obligations shall be conclusively deemed to be the amount of the Obligations guaranteed under this Section 5.11 , notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision may have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to which Agent or any Lender might otherwise be entitled but for such bidding at any such sale.
          5.11.3. Extent of Liability; Contribution .
          (a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Borrower’s liability under this Section 5.11 shall be limited to the greater of (i) all amounts for which such Borrower is primarily liable, as described below, and (ii) such Borrower’s Allocable Amount.
          (b) If any Borrower makes a payment under this Section 5.11 of any Obligations (other than amounts for which such Borrower is primarily liable) (a “ Guarantor Payment ”) that, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments previously or concurrently made by any other Borrower, exceeds the amount that such Borrower would otherwise have paid if each Borrower had paid the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payments in the same proportion that such Borrower’s Allocable Amount bore to the total Allocable Amounts of all Borrowers, then such Borrower shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and to be reimbursed by, each other Borrower for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment. The “ Allocable Amount ” for any Borrower shall be the maximum amount that could then be recovered from such Borrower under this Section 5.11 without rendering such payment voidable under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state fraudulent transfer or conveyance act, or similar statute or common law.
          (c) Nothing contained in this Section 5.11 shall limit the liability of any Borrower to pay Loans made directly or indirectly to that Borrower (including Loans advanced to any other Borrower and then re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for the benefit of, such Borrower), LC Obligations relating to Letters of Credit issued to support such Borrower’s business, and all accrued interest, fees, expenses and other related Obligations with respect thereto, for which such Borrower shall be primarily liable for all purposes hereunder. Agent and Lenders shall have the right, at any time in their Permitted Discretion, to condition Loans and Letters of Credit upon a separate calculation of borrowing availability for each Borrower and to restrict the disbursement and use of such Loans and Letters of Credit to such Borrower.

 


 

          5.11.4. Joint Enterprise . Each Borrower has requested that Agent and Lenders make this credit facility available to Borrowers on a combined basis, in order to finance Borrowers’ business most efficiently and economically. Borrowers’ business is a mutual and collective enterprise, and Borrowers believe that consolidation of their credit facility will enhance the borrowing power of each Borrower and ease the administration of their relationship with Lenders, all to the mutual advantage of Borrowers. Borrowers acknowledge and agree that Agent’s and Lenders’ willingness to extend credit to Borrowers and to administer the Collateral on a combined basis, as set forth herein, is done solely as an accommodation to Borrowers and at Borrowers’ request.
          5.11.5. Subordination . Each Borrower hereby subordinates any claims, including any rights at law or in equity to payment, subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off, that it may have at any time against any other Obligor, howsoever arising, to the Full Payment of all Obligations, subject to Section 10.2.9 .
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
      6.1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Loans . The conditions precedent to the obligations of the Lenders to fund any requested Loan, issue any Letter of Credit, or otherwise extend credit to Borrowers under the Original Credit Agreement on the Original Closing Date, in addition to the conditions set forth in Section 6.3, were satisfied or waived as of the Original Closing Date and were the following:
          (a) Notes shall have been executed by Borrowers and delivered to each Lender that requests issuance of a Note. Each other Loan Document shall have been duly executed and delivered to Agent by each of the signatories thereto, and each Obligor shall be in compliance with all terms thereof;
          (b) Agent shall have received UCC and Lien searches and other evidence satisfactory to Agent that the only Liens upon the Collateral Permitted Liens;
          (c) Agent shall have received the Related Real Estate Documents for all Real Estate listed on Schedule 7.4 hereto and subject to a Mortgage;
          (d) Agent shall have received duly executed agreements establishing each Dominion Account and related lockbox, in form and substance, and with financial institutions, reasonably satisfactory to Agent;
          (e) Agent shall have received certificates, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, from a knowledgeable Senior Officer of each Borrower certifying that, after giving effect to the initial Loans and transactions hereunder, (i) the Borrowers (taken as a whole) are Solvent; (ii) no Default or Event of Default exists; (iii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 9 are true and correct; and (iv) such Borrower has complied with all agreements and conditions to be satisfied by it under the Loan Documents.
          (f) Agent shall have received a certificate of a duly authorized officer of each Obligor, certifying (i) that attached copies of such Obligor’s Organic Documents are true and complete, and in full force and effect, without amendment except as shown; (ii) that an attached copy of resolutions authorizing execution and delivery of the Loan Documents is true and complete, and that such resolutions are in full force and effect, were duly adopted, have not been

 


 

amended, modified or revoked, and constitute all resolutions adopted with respect to this credit facility; and (iii) to the title, name and signature of each Person authorized to sign the Loan Documents. Agent may conclusively rely on this certificate until it is otherwise notified by the applicable Obligor in writing;
          (g) Agent shall have received a specimen of the signature of each Person authorized by the resolution referred to in paragraph (f) above in relation to the Loan Documents and related documents and executing Loan Documents on the Original Closing Date;
          (h) Agent shall have received evidence that any process agent referred to in Section 15.12 has accepted its appointment;
          (i) Agent shall have received a written opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, as well as any local real estate counsel to Borrowers or Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent;
          (j) Agent shall have received copies of the charter documents of each Obligor, certified by the Secretary of State or other appropriate official of such Obligor’s jurisdiction of organization. Agent shall have received good standing certificates, as applicable, for each Obligor, issued by the Secretary of State or other appropriate official of such Obligor’s jurisdiction of organization and each jurisdiction where such Obligor’s conduct of business or ownership of Property necessitates qualification;
          (k) Agent shall have received copies of policies or certificates of insurance for the insurance policies carried by Borrowers, all in compliance with the Loan Documents;
          (l) Agent and Lead Arrangers shall have completed their business, financial and legal due diligence of Obligors, including Agent’s roll-forward of its previous field examination, with results satisfactory to Agent and Lead Arrangers. No material adverse change in the business, assets, property, liabilities, operations or financial condition of the Obligors taken as a whole shall have occurred since December 31, 2007;
          (m) Borrowers shall have paid all fees and expenses to be paid to Agent and Lenders on the Original Closing Date;
          (n) Agent and Lead Arrangers shall have received financial projections in form and substance satisfactory for them for each year through the Commitment Termination Date (with the current year to be presented on a month-by month basis) and interim consolidated financial statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period ending not more than 30 days prior to the Original Closing Date;
          (o) Agent shall have received a Borrowing Base Certificate prepared as of November 30, 2008. Upon giving effect to the initial funding of Loans and issuance of Letters of Credit, and the payment by Borrowers of all fees and expenses incurred in connection herewith as well as any payables stretched beyond their customary payment practices, Availability shall be at least $17,500,000; and
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performance of the transactions contemplated by any Loan Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Loan Document.
      6.2. Conditions Precedent to Restatement Effective Date . This Agreement shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied or waived in writing by Agent and the Lenders:
          (a) This Agreement has been executed by each Borrower, Obligor, Agent and Lenders, and counterparts hereof as so executed shall have been delivered to Agent;
          (b) Agent shall have received an affirmation and consent from each Obligor in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
          (c) Agent shall be satisfied in its sole discretion with the terms of the Second Lien Note Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement and all related documents;
          (d) Substantially contemporaneously with the Restatement Effective Date, the Company shall have received gross proceeds from the issuance of the Second Lien Notes in an aggregate amount equal to at least $250,000,000, which cash proceeds shall be used to prepay the Existing Second Lien Term Loan, and to pay the purchase price for each of the Third Lien Notes and Existing Senior Notes tendered pursuant to the Tender Offer, to voluntarily redeem the Third Lien Notes and Existing Senior Notes which remain outstanding after the consummation of the Tender Offer and to pay fees, expenses and premiums in connection therewith and for other general corporate purposes;
          (e) Borrowers shall have delivered fully executed amended and restated Deposit Account Control Agreements, or replacements to existing Deposit Account Control Agreements, in each case in favor of the Agent on terms satisfactory to the Agent with respect to any Deposit Accounts (other than Deposit Accounts excluded pursuant to Section 7.3 ) of Borrowers;
          (f) Agent shall have received certificates, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, from a knowledgeable Senior Officer of Obligors certifying that, after giving effect to the initial Loans and transactions hereunder occurring on the Restatement Effective Date, (i) the Obligors (taken as a whole) are Solvent; (ii) no Default or Event of Default exists; and (iii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 9 are true and correct;
          (g) Agent shall have received a certificate of a duly authorized officer of each Obligor, certifying (i) that attached copies of such Obligor’s Organic Documents are true and complete, and in full force and effect, without amendment except as shown; (ii) that an attached copy of resolutions authorizing execution and delivery of the Loan Documents is true and complete, and that such resolutions are in full force and effect, were duly adopted, have not been amended, modified or revoked, and constitute all resolutions adopted with respect to this credit facility; and (iii) that the charter documents of each Obligor have not been amended or modified since the Original Closing Date, or if any such charter documents have been so amended or modified, Agent shall have received copies of the charter documents of each Obligor, certified by the Secretary of State or other appropriate official of such Obligor’s jurisdiction of organization.

 


 

          (h) Agent shall have received good standing certificates, as applicable, for each Obligor, issued by the Secretary of State or other appropriate official of such Obligor’s jurisdiction of organization and each jurisdiction where such Obligor’s conduct of business or ownership of Property necessitates qualification;
          (i) Agent shall have received a written opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent;
          (j) Borrowers have paid all reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of Agent and of legal counsel to Agent that have been invoiced on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement; and
          (k) Agent shall have received, contemporaneously with the Effective Date, evidence from the Company that the Second Lien Term Loans have been repaid in full substantially contemporaneously with the Effective Date and the Liens securing the obligations under the Second Lien Term Loans have been released (or will be released contemporaneously with such repayment).
          (l) The Tender Offer is consummated substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of this Agreement, with the tender of at least 50.1% of the principal amount of each of the Third Lien Notes and the Existing Senior Notes, with supplemental indentures amending each of the Third Lien Indenture and the indenture governing the Existing Senior Notes having become effective contemporaneously with the Effective Date, and Agent having received evidence that the Liens securing the obligations under the Third Lien Notes have been released (or will be released contemporaneously with the effectiveness of the supplemental indenture).
          (m) The Company shall have paid to the Agent, for its own benefit, the amendment fee pursuant to the Fee Letter.
      6.3. Conditions Precedent to All Credit Extensions . Agent, Issuing Bank and Lenders shall not be required to fund any Loans or arrange for issuance of any Letters of Credit unless the following conditions are satisfied:
          (a) No Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of, or result from, such funding, issuance or grant;
          (b) The representations and warranties of each Obligor in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on the date of, and upon giving effect to, such funding, issuance or grant (except for representations and warranties that expressly relate to an earlier date, and, in each such case, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);
          (c) All conditions precedent in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied or waived; and
          (d) With respect to issuance of a Letter of Credit, the LC Conditions shall be satisfied.

 


 

Each request (or deemed request) by Borrowers for funding of a Loan, issuance of a Letter of Credit or grant of an accommodation shall constitute a representation by Borrowers that the foregoing conditions are satisfied or waived on the date of such request and on the date of such funding, issuance or grant.
SECTION 7. COLLATERAL
      7.1. Grant of Security Interest . To secure the prompt payment and performance of all Obligations, each Borrower and Guarantor hereby grants to Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in and Lien upon all Property of such Borrower, including all of the following Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and wherever located:
          (a) all Accounts;
          (b) all Chattel Paper, including electronic chattel paper;
          (c) all Commercial Tort Claims listed on Schedule 7.1 (as amended from time to time);
          (d) all Deposit Accounts;
          (e) all Documents;
          (f) all General Intangibles, including Intellectual Property (excluding intent to use trademark applications and contracts that prohibit the granting of security interests or encumbrances);
          (g) all Goods, including Inventory, Equipment and fixtures;
          (h) all Instruments;
          (i) all Investment Property;
          (j) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
          (k) all Supporting Obligations;
          (l) all monies, whether or not in the possession or under the control of Agent, a Lender, or a bailee or Affiliate of Agent or a Lender, including any Cash Collateral;
          (m) all accessions to, substitutions for, and all replacements, products, and cash and non-cash proceeds of the foregoing, including proceeds of and unearned premiums with respect to insurance policies, and claims against any Person for loss, damage or destruction of any Collateral; and
          (n) all books and records (including customer lists, files, correspondence, tapes, computer programs, print-outs and computer records) pertaining to the foregoing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any of the following Property be subject to the grant of security pursuant to this Section 7.1 or otherwise constitute Collateral: (i) all motor vehicles and other assets subject to a certificate of title (other than aircraft) the perfection of a

 


 

security interest in which is excluded from the UCC in the relevant jurisdiction; (ii) any General Intangible or other rights arising under contracts, Instruments, licenses, license agreements (including Licenses) or other documents, to the extent (and only to the extent) that the grant of a security interest would (x) constitute a violation of a restriction in favor of a third party on such grant, unless and until any required consents shall have been obtained, (y) give any other party the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, or (z) violate any law, provided, however, that (1) any portion of any such General Intangible or other right shall cease to be excluded pursuant to this clause (ii) at the time and to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein does not result in any of the consequences specified above and (2) the limitation set forth in this clause (ii) above shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by a Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any such General Intangible or other right, to the extent that an otherwise applicable prohibition or restriction on such grant is rendered ineffective by any applicable law, including the Illinois UCC, (iii) Property (and proceeds thereof) owned by any Obligor on the date hereof or hereafter acquired that is subject to a Lien securing a purchase money obligation or Capital Lease permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Agreement, for so long as the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such purchase money obligation or Capital Lease) validly prohibits the creation of any other Lien on such Property; (iv) applications filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office to register trademarks or service marks on the basis of any Obligor’s “intent to use” such trademarks or service marks unless and until the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” has been filed and accepted, whereupon such applications shall be automatically subject to the Lien granted herein and deemed included in the Collateral; (v) any property or assets to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any Applicable Law, requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such Applicable Law; (vi) more than 65% of the Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary which represent Voting Stock to the extent a greater percentage would result in adverse tax consequences to the Borrowers; (vii) all tax, payroll, employee benefit, fiduciary and trust accounts; (viii) accounts receivable and any assets related thereto owned by an Excluded Receivables Subsidiary or which the Company or its Subsidiaries have agreed to transfer to an Excluded Receivables Subsidiary; or (ix) de minimus Equity Interests of any indirect Foreign Subsidiary or other foreign Person directly held by a Borrower or any Guarantor solely for the benefit of any Person other than any Borrower or any Guarantor (clauses (i) through (ix) collectively, the “Excluded Collateral”). Furthermore, any assets or Property constituting “Excluded Collateral” are expressly excluded from each term used in the definition of Collateral (and any component definition thereof); provided, that in no event shall any Collateral that is also Eligible Inventory be considered “Excluded Collateral” for any purpose.”
      7.2. [RESERVED] .
      7.3. Lien on Deposit Accounts; Cash Collateral .
          7.3.1. Deposit Accounts . To further secure the prompt payment and performance of all Obligations, each Borrower hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in and Lien upon all amounts credited to any Deposit Account of such Borrower, including any sums in any blocked or lockbox accounts or in any accounts into which such sums are swept. Each Borrower hereby authorizes and directs each bank or other depository to deliver to Agent, during any Cash Dominion Trigger Period, on a daily basis, all balances in any Deposit Account (other than payroll, tax, petty cash, employee

 


 

benefit and trust deposit accounts) maintained by such Borrower, for application to the Obligations, without inquiry into the authority and right of Agent to make such request.
          7.3.2. Cash Collateral . Any Cash Collateral shall be invested, at Borrower Agent’s election, in Cash Equivalents, and Agent shall have no responsibility for any investment or loss. Each Borrower hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a security interest in all Cash Collateral held from time to time and all proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations, whether such Cash Collateral is held in a Cash Collateral Account or elsewhere. Agent may apply Cash Collateral in Deposit Accounts to the payment of any Obligations in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.6 , as they become due and payable. Each Cash Collateral Account and all Cash Collateral shall be under the sole dominion and control of Agent. No Borrower or other Person claiming through or on behalf of any Borrower shall have any right to any Cash Collateral, until Full Payment of all Obligations or such amounts are due to be returned to the Borrowers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
      7.4. Real Estate Collateral .
          7.4.1. Lien on Real Estate . The Obligations shall also be secured by Mortgages upon all owned Real Estate owned by Borrowers, as listed on Schedule 7.4 hereto. The Mortgages shall be duly recorded, at Borrowers’ expense, in each office where such recording is required to constitute a fully perfected Lien on the Real Estate covered thereby. If any Borrower acquires any owned Real Estate hereafter, Borrowers shall promptly notify Agent of such acquisition and shall, within 45 days of Agent’s request, execute, deliver and record a Mortgage sufficient to create a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in favor of Agent on such Real Estate, and shall promptly deliver all Related Real Estate Documents.
          7.4.2. Collateral Assignment of Leases . To further secure the prompt payment and performance of all Obligations, each Borrower hereby grants a security interest and collaterally assigns to Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, all of such Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and under all now or hereafter existing leases of real Property to which such Borrower is a party, whether as lessor or lessee, and all extensions, renewals, modifications and proceeds thereof; provided , however, the foregoing provision shall exclude any real Property lease (i) in which Borrower is expressly prohibited from assigning or transferring its right, title and interest to such real Property lease or (ii) in which such collateral assignment or grant of security interest would cause a default thereunder, a loss of rights by such Borrower therein or thereunder or an increase in the obligations of such Borrower (other than an obligation to provide notice or other ministerial acts); provided , further that in the event consent is obtained for such assignment and/or transfer, upon the granting of the consent, the real Property lease so excluded from this collateral assignment shall, by virtue of this proviso (without any act or delivery by any Person), be then subject to the collateral assignment set forth in this Section 7.4.2 .
      7.5. Other Collateral .
          7.5.1. Commercial Tort Claims . Borrowers shall promptly notify Agent in writing if any Borrower obtains knowledge that it holds a Commercial Tort Claim (other than, as long as no Default or Event of Default exists, a Commercial Tort Claim for less than $1,000,000) and, upon Agent’s request, shall promptly take such actions as Agent deems appropriate to confer upon Agent (for the benefit of Secured Parties) a duly perfected, first priority Lien upon such claim.

 


 

          7.5.2. Certain After-Acquired Collateral . Borrowers shall promptly notify Agent in writing if, after the Restatement Effective Date, any Borrower obtains any interest in any Collateral consisting of Deposit Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Instruments, Investment Property or Letter-of-Credit Rights, and, upon Agent’s request, shall promptly take such actions as Agent deems appropriate to effect Agent’s duly perfected, first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) Lien upon such Collateral (which is not yet subject to a Lien in favor of Agent), including obtaining any appropriate possession, control agreement or Lien Waiver. Borrower Agent shall provide Agent, on a quarterly basis, notification of any Intellectual Property or rights therein obtained since the last day of the previous Fiscal Quarter, including the owner of such Intellectual Property and a detailed description thereof. If any Collateral (other than (i) Property in transit among locations of Borrowers, (ii) Inventory out for processing, and (iii) Property out for repair or refurbishment or Property in the possession of employees in the Ordinary Course of Business, in each case with respect to this clause (iii), valued at less than $500,000), is in the possession of a third party, at Agent’s request, Borrowers shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgment that such third party holds the Collateral for the benefit of Agent.
          7.5.3. Aircraft . The Obligations shall also be secured by a security agreement granting Agent a security interest in any aircraft owned by Borrowers. Such security agreement shall be duly recorded, at Borrowers’ expense, with the International Registry (as defined in such security agreement) and with the appropriate Federal Aviation Administration office, as applicable. If any Borrower acquires any aircraft hereafter, Borrowers shall promptly notify Agent of such acquisition and shall, within 60 days of Agent’s request, execute, deliver and record a security agreement sufficient to create a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in favor of Agent on such aircraft, and shall promptly deliver all other documents related thereto.
      7.6. No Assumption of Liability . The Lien on Collateral granted hereunder is given as security only and shall not subject Agent or any Lender to, or in any way modify, any obligation or liability of Borrowers relating to any Collateral.
      7.7. Further Assurances . Promptly following written request, Borrowers shall deliver such instruments, collateral assignments, or other documents or agreements, and shall take such actions, as Agent deems appropriate under Applicable Law to evidence or perfect its Lien on any Collateral, or otherwise to give effect to the intent of this Agreement. Each Borrower and Guarantor authorizes Agent to file any financing statement that indicates the Collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property” of such Borrower or Guarantor, as applicable, or words to similar effect.
      7.8. Foreign Subsidiary Stock . The Collateral shall include only 65% of the Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary to the extent such Voting Stock secures any Obligation.
SECTION 8. COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION
      8.1. Borrowing Base Certificates . By the 20 th day after the last day of each prior Fiscal Month, Borrowers shall deliver to Agent (and Agent shall promptly deliver same to Lenders) a Borrowing Base Certificate prepared as of the close of business on the last day of the previous month and at such other times as Agent may request. If at any time, Availability is less than $12,500,000 on each day for five consecutive Business Days, until such time as Availability has been greater than $12,500,000 on each day for more than 30 consecutive days, by the third

 


 

Business Day of each week thereafter, Borrowers shall deliver an additional report, in form and substance acceptable to Agent, reflecting Borrowers’ updated gross accounts receivable, prepared as of the close of business on the last day of the prior week. All calculations of Availability in any Borrowing Base Certificate shall originally be made by Borrower Agent and certified by a Senior Officer, provided that Agent may from time to time review and adjust any such calculation in its Permitted Discretion (a) to reflect its reasonable estimate of declines in value of any Collateral, due to collections received in the Dominion Account or otherwise; (b) to adjust advance rates to reflect changes in dilution, quality, mix and other factors affecting Collateral; and (c) to the extent the calculation is not made in accordance with this Agreement or does not accurately reflect the Availability Reserve.
      8.2. Administration of Accounts .
          8.2.1. Records and Schedules of Accounts . Each Borrower shall keep accurate and complete records of its Accounts, including all payments and collections thereon, and shall submit to Agent sales, collection, reconciliation and other reports in form satisfactory to Agent, on such periodic basis as Agent may request. Each Borrower shall also provide to Agent, on or before the 20th day after the last day of each prior Fiscal Month, a detailed aged trial balance of all Accounts as of the end of the preceding Fiscal Month, specifying each Account’s Account Debtor name and address, amount, invoice date and due date. With respect to any item delivered pursuant to this Section 8.2.1 , each Borrower shall also provide to Agent such additional documentation showing any discount, allowance, credit, authorized return or dispute, and including such proof of delivery, copies of invoices and invoice registers, copies of related documents, repayment histories, status reports and other information on such periodic basis as Agent may request. If Accounts in an aggregate face amount of $1,000,000 or more cease to be Eligible Accounts, Borrowers shall notify Agent of such occurrence promptly (and in any event within one Business Day) after any Borrower has knowledge thereof.
          8.2.2. Taxes . If an Account of any Borrower includes a charge for any Taxes then due, Agent is authorized, in its discretion, to pay the amount thereof to the proper taxing authority for the account of such Borrower and to charge Borrowers therefor; provided, however, that neither Agent nor Lenders shall be liable for any Taxes that may be due from Borrowers or with respect to any Collateral.
          8.2.3. Account Verification . Whether or not a Default or Event of Default exists, Agent shall have the right at any time, in the name of Agent, any designee of Agent or any Borrower, to verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating to any Accounts of Borrowers by mail, telephone or otherwise. Borrowers shall cooperate fully with Agent in an effort to facilitate and promptly conclude any such verification process.
          8.2.4. Maintenance of Dominion Account . Borrowers shall maintain Dominion Accounts pursuant to lockbox or other arrangements reasonably acceptable to Agent. Borrowers shall obtain an agreement (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent) from each lockbox servicer and Dominion Account bank, establishing Agent’s control over and Lien in the lockbox or Dominion Account, which may be exercised by Agent during any Cash Dominion Trigger Period, requiring immediate deposit of all remittances received in the lockbox to a Dominion Account, and waiving or subordinating offset rights of such servicer or bank, except for customary administrative charges. If a Dominion Account is not maintained with Bank of America, Agent may, during any Cash Dominion Trigger Period, require immediate transfer of

 


 

all funds in such account to a Dominion Account maintained with Bank of America, provided , however, that Borrowers may maintain a balance of no more than $500,000 at any time in its master disbursement account. Agent and Lenders assume no responsibility to Borrowers for any lockbox arrangement or Dominion Account, including any claim of accord and satisfaction or release with respect to any Payment Items accepted by any bank.
          8.2.5. Proceeds of Collateral . Borrowers shall request in writing and otherwise take all necessary steps to ensure that all payments on Accounts or otherwise relating to Collateral are made directly to a Dominion Account (or a lockbox relating to a Dominion Account). If any Borrower or Subsidiary receives cash or Payment Items with respect to any Collateral, it shall hold same in trust for Agent and promptly (not later than the next Business Day) deposit same into a Dominion Account. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Obligors shall be entitled to maintain amounts of cash and Cash Equivalents in petty cash (in an aggregate amount for all such accounts not to exceed $500,000), trust, tax, employee benefit and payroll accounts which are not Dominion Accounts.
      8.3. Administration of Inventory .
          8.3.1. Records and Reports of Inventory . Each Borrower shall keep accurate and complete records of its Inventory, including costs and daily withdrawals and additions, and shall submit to Agent inventory and reconciliation reports in form satisfactory to Agent, on such periodic basis as Agent may request. Each Borrower shall conduct a physical inventory in time and manner consistent with such Borrower’s past practices (and on a more frequent basis if requested by Agent when an Event of Default exists) and periodic cycle counts consistent with historical practices, and shall provide to Agent a report based on each such inventory and count promptly upon completion thereof, together with such supporting information as Agent may request. Agent may participate in and observe each physical count, provided that Agent shall be reimbursed for its participation only in connection with inspections in accordance with Section 10.1.1 .
          8.3.2. Returns of Inventory . No Borrower shall return any Inventory to a supplier, vendor or other Person, whether for cash, credit or otherwise, unless (a) such return is in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) no Overadvance exists or would result therefrom; (c) Agent is promptly notified if the aggregate Value of all Inventory returned in any Fiscal Month exceeds $2,000,000; and (d) any net cash payment for such proceeds received by a Borrower for a return is promptly remitted to Agent for application to the Obligations without a corresponding commitment reduction.
          8.3.3. Acquisition, Sale and Maintenance . Each Borrower shall take all steps to assure that all Inventory is produced in accordance with Applicable Law, including the FLSA, in each case except to the extent failure to comply with any Applicable Law could not result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Borrower shall sell any Inventory on consignment or approval or any other basis under which the customer may return or require a Borrower to repurchase such Inventory, except in the Ordinary Course of Business. Borrowers shall use, store and maintain all Inventory with reasonable care and caution, in accordance with applicable standards of any insurance and in conformity in all material respects with all Applicable Law and shall make current rent payments (within applicable grace periods provided for in leases) at all location where any material portion of the Collateral is located.

 


 

      8.4. Administration of Equipment .
          8.4.1. Records and Schedules of Equipment . Each Borrower shall keep accurate and complete records of its Equipment, including kind, quantity, cost, acquisitions and dispositions thereof, and shall submit to Agent, on such periodic basis as Agent may request, a current schedule thereof, in form and containing such detail as is satisfactory to Agent. Promptly upon request, Borrowers shall deliver to Agent evidence of their ownership or interests in any Equipment.
          8.4.2. Dispositions of Equipment . No Borrower shall sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any Equipment, without the prior written consent of Agent, other than (a) a Permitted Asset Disposition; and (b) replacement of Equipment that is worn, damaged or obsolete with Equipment of like function and value, if the replacement Equipment is acquired substantially contemporaneously with such disposition and is free of Liens.
          8.4.3. Condition of Equipment . The Equipment is in satisfactory operating condition and repair, and all necessary replacements and repairs have been made so that the value and operating efficiency of the Equipment is preserved at all times, reasonable wear, tear, casualty and condemnation excepted. No Borrower shall permit any Equipment to become affixed to real Property unless any landlord or mortgagee delivers a Lien Waiver.
      8.5. Administration of Deposit Accounts . Schedule 8.5 sets forth all Deposit Accounts maintained by Borrowers, including all Dominion Accounts as of the Restatement Effective Date. Each Borrower shall take all actions necessary to establish Agent’s control of each such Deposit Account (other than an account exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes, taxes, or employee benefits or an account containing not more than $10,000 at any time (subject to the limitations in Section 8.2.5 )). Each Borrower shall be the sole account holder of each Deposit Account and shall not allow any other Person (other than Agent and Second Lien Note Collateral Agent) to have control over a Deposit Account or any Property deposited therein. Each Borrower shall promptly notify Agent of any opening or closing of a Deposit Account and, with the consent of Agent, will amend Schedule 8.5 to reflect same.
      8.6. General Provisions .
          8.6.1. Location of Collateral . All tangible items of Collateral, other than Property (i) in transit, (ii) Inventory out for processing, or (iii) out for repair, refurbishment, processing, or in the possession of employees in the Ordinary Course of Business and in each case with respect to this clause (iii) valued at less than $500,000, shall at all times other than in the Ordinary Course of Business be kept by Borrowers at the business locations set forth in Schedule 8.6.1 (as amended from time to time) except that Borrowers may (a) make sales or other dispositions of Collateral in accordance with Section 10.2.7 ; and (b) (i) move Collateral to any location in the United States, and (ii) move Collateral located in the United Kingdom or member state of the European Union to another location in the United Kingdom, member state of the European Union or the United States, in each case upon five Business Days prior written notice to Agent.
          8.6.2. Insurance of Collateral; Condemnation Proceeds .
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endorsements and with insurers (with a Best Rating of at least A7, unless otherwise approved by Agent) satisfactory to Agent. Agent agrees that the insurance maintained by each Borrower on the Original Closing Date satisfies this Section 8.6.2 . All proceeds under each policy shall be payable to Agent. From time to time upon request, Borrowers shall promptly following request, deliver to Agent the certified copies of its insurance policies and updated flood plain searches. Unless Agent shall agree otherwise, each policy shall include satisfactory endorsements (i) showing Agent as loss payee; (ii) to the extent available requiring 30 days prior written notice to Agent in the event of cancellation of the policy for any reason whatsoever; and (iii) to the extent available specifying that the interest of Agent shall not be impaired or invalidated by any act or neglect of any Borrower or the owner of the Property, nor by the occupation of the premises for purposes more hazardous than are permitted by the policy. If any Borrower fails to provide and pay for any insurance, Agent may, at its option, but shall not be required to, procure the insurance and charge Borrowers therefor. Each Borrower agrees to deliver to Agent, promptly as rendered, copies of all reports made to insurance companies. While no Event of Default exists, Borrowers may settle, adjust or compromise any insurance claim, as long as the proceeds are delivered to Agent in accordance with Section 5.3.1(a) . If an Event of Default exists, only Agent shall be authorized to settle, adjust and compromise such claims.
          (b) Any proceeds of insurance (other than proceeds from workers’ compensation or D&O insurance or business interruption insurance) and any awards arising from condemnation of any Collateral shall be paid to Agent in accordance with Section 5.3.1(a) . Any such proceeds or awards that relate to Inventory shall be applied to payment of the Revolver Loans.
          8.6.3. Protection of Collateral . All expenses of protecting, storing, warehousing, insuring, handling, maintaining and shipping any Collateral, all Taxes payable with respect to any Collateral (including any sale thereof), and all other payments required to be made by Agent to any Person to realize upon any Collateral, shall be borne and paid by Borrowers. Agent shall not be liable or responsible in any way for the safekeeping of any Collateral, for any loss or damage thereto (except for reasonable care in its custody while Collateral is in Agent’s actual possession), for any diminution in the value thereof, or for any act or default of any warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency or other Person whatsoever, but the same shall be at Borrowers’ sole risk.
          8.6.4. Defense of Title to Collateral . Each Borrower shall at all times defend its title to Collateral and Agent’s Liens therein against all Persons, claims and demands whatsoever, except Permitted Liens and other claims or demands permitted to exist hereunder.
      8.7. Power of Attorney . Each Borrower hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Agent (and all Persons designated by Agent) as such Borrower’s true and lawful attorney (and agent-in-fact) for the purposes provided in this Section 8.7 . Agent, or Agent’s designee, may, without notice and in either its or a Borrower’s name, but at the cost and expense of Borrowers:
          (a) Endorse a Borrower’s name on any Payment Item or other proceeds of Collateral (including proceeds of insurance) that come into Agent’s possession or control in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents; and
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otherwise, and generally exercise any rights and remedies with respect to Accounts; (ii) settle, adjust, modify, compromise, discharge or release any Accounts or other Collateral, or any legal proceedings brought to collect Accounts or Collateral; (iii) sell or assign any Accounts and other Collateral upon such terms, for such amounts and at such times as Agent deems advisable; (iv) collect, liquidate and receive balances in Deposit Accounts or investment accounts, and take control, in any manner, of proceeds of Collateral; (v) prepare, file and sign a Borrower’s name to a proof of claim or other document in a bankruptcy of an Account Debtor, or to any notice, assignment or satisfaction of Lien or similar document; (vi) receive, open and dispose of mail addressed to a Borrower, and notify postal authorities to deliver any such mail to an address designated by Agent; (vii) endorse any Chattel Paper, Document, Instrument, bill of lading, or other document or agreement relating to any Accounts, Inventory or other Collateral; (viii) use a Borrower’s stationery and sign its name to verifications of Accounts and notices to Account Debtors; (ix) to the extent a Borrower has rights sufficient to allow Agent to do so, use information contained in any data processing, electronic or information systems relating to Collateral; (x) make and adjust claims under insurance policies; (xi) take any action as may be necessary or appropriate to obtain payment under any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or other instrument for which a Borrower is a beneficiary; and (xii) take all other actions as Agent deems appropriate to fulfill any Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents.
SECTION 9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
      9.1. General Representations and Warranties . To induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make available the Revolver Commitments, Loans and Letters of Credit, each Borrower represents and warrants that:
          9.1.1. Organization and Qualification . Each Obligor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (if applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Each Obligor is duly qualified, authorized to do business and in good standing (if applicable) as a foreign corporation or company in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          9.1.2. Power and Authority . Each Obligor is duly authorized to execute, deliver and perform its Loan Documents. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action, and do not (a) require any consent or approval of any holders of Equity Interests of any Obligor, other than those already obtained; (b) contravene the Organic Documents of any Obligor; (c) violate or cause a default under any Applicable Law, Material Contract or Restrictive Agreement except to the extent such violation or default could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (d) result in or require the imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any Property of any Obligor.
          9.1.3. Enforceability . Each Loan Document is a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Obligor party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.
          9.1.4. Capital Structure . Schedule 9.1.4 shows, for each Obligor, its name, its jurisdiction of organization, its authorized and issued Equity Interests, the holders of its Equity Interests, and all agreements binding on such holders with respect to their Equity Interests as of

 


 

the Original Closing Date. Except as disclosed on Schedule 9.1.4 , in the five years preceding the Original Closing Date, no Obligor has acquired any substantial assets from any other Person nor been the surviving entity in a merger or combination. Each Borrower has good title to its Equity Interests in its Subsidiaries, subject only to Agent’s Lien and other Permitted Liens, and all such Equity Interests are duly issued, fully paid and non-assessable to the extent applicable. Except as set forth on Schedule 9.1.4 , as of the Original Closing Date, there are no outstanding purchase options, warrants, subscription rights, agreements to issue or sell, convertible interests, phantom rights or powers of attorney relating to Equity Interests of any Obligor.
          9.1.5. Title to Properties; Priority of Liens . Each Borrower and Subsidiary has good and marketable title to (or valid leasehold interests in) all of its material Real Estate, and good and marketable title to all of its material personal Property, including all such Property reflected in any financial statements delivered to Agent or Lenders, in each case free of Liens except Permitted Liens and minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such Property for its intended purposes. Each Borrower and Subsidiary has paid and discharged all lawful claims that, if unpaid, could become a Lien on its Properties, other than Permitted Liens. To the extent required by the Loan Documents, all Liens of Agent in the Collateral are duly perfected, valid and enforceable first priority Liens, subject only to Permitted Liens and minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such Property for its intended purposes; provided, however, that for registered United States trademarks, United States trademark applications, United States patents, United States patent applications, and registered United States copyrights, the security interest will be perfected upon filing, to the extent perfection of a security interest can be accomplished by such a filing, of the Trademark Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Patent Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or the Copyright Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office, and such perfected security interest is enforceable as such against any and all creditors of and purchasers from Obligors in the United States.
          9.1.6. Accounts . Agent may rely, in determining which Accounts are Eligible Accounts, on all statements and representations made by Borrowers with respect thereto. Borrowers warrant, with respect to each Account at the time it is shown as an Eligible Account in a Borrowing Base Certificate, that:
          (a) it is genuine and in all respects what it purports to be, and is not evidenced by a judgment;
          (b) it arises out of a completed, bona fide sale and delivery of goods in the Ordinary Course of Business, and substantially in accordance with any purchase order, contract or other document relating thereto;
          (c) it is for a sum certain, maturing as stated in the invoice covering such sale, a copy of which has been furnished or is available to Agent on request;
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          (e) no purchase order, agreement, document or Applicable Law restricts assignment of the Account to Agent (regardless of whether, under the UCC, the restriction is ineffective), and the applicable Borrower is the sole payee or remittance party shown on the invoice;
          (f) no extension, compromise, settlement, modification, credit, deduction or return has been authorized with respect to the Account, except discounts or allowances granted in the Ordinary Course of Business for prompt payment that are reflected in Borrowers’ records related thereto and in the reports submitted to Agent hereunder; and
          (g) to the best of Borrowers’ knowledge, (i) there are no facts or circumstances that are reasonably likely to impair the enforceability or collectibility of such Account; (ii) the Account Debtor had the capacity to contract when the Account arose, continues to meet the applicable Borrower’s customary credit standards, is Solvent, is not contemplating or subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, and has not failed, or suspended or ceased doing business; and (iii) there are no proceedings or actions threatened or pending against any Account Debtor that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Account Debtor’s financial condition.
          9.1.7. Financial Statements . The consolidated balance sheets, and related statements of income, cash flow and shareholder’s equity, of Borrowers and Subsidiaries that have been and are hereafter delivered to Agent and Lenders, are prepared in accordance with GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial positions and results of operations of Borrowers and Subsidiaries at the dates and for the periods indicated, subject to, in the case of monthly or quarterly balance sheets and related statements, to the absence of footnotes and year end audit adjustments. All projections delivered by the Obligors to Agent and Lenders have been prepared in good faith, based on reasonable assumptions in light of the circumstances at such time, it being acknowledged, and agreed by Lenders, however, that projections as to future events are not viewed as facts and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by said projections may differ from the projected results and that the differences may be material. Since December 31, 2007, there has been no change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Obligors, taken as a whole, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Obligors and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are Solvent.
          9.1.8. Surety Obligations . No Borrower or Subsidiary is obligated as surety or indemnitor under any bond or other contract that assures payment or performance of any obligation of any Person, except as permitted hereunder.
          9.1.9. Taxes . Each Borrower and Subsidiary has filed all federal, state, national, regional, provincial and material local tax returns and other material reports and all other tax returns and reports and all state and foreign income reports and declarations required by any Jurisdiction to which any of them is subject that it is required by law to file, and has paid, or made provision for the payment of, all Taxes upon it, its income and its Properties that are due and payable, except to the extent being Properly Contested or to the extent permitted by Section 10.2. 1(s) or 10.2.2(r) . The provision for Taxes on the books of each Borrower and Subsidiary is adequate for all years not closed by applicable statutes, and for its current Fiscal Year.
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other than such commissions and fees payable in connection with the Indenture and transactions related thereto.
          9.1.11. Intellectual Property . Each Obligor owns or has the lawful right to use all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business to the knowledge of such Obligor without infringing or misappropriating any Intellectual Property rights of others except to the extent that such failure to own or have such rights to use or any conflict would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending or, to any Borrower’s knowledge, threatened Intellectual Property Claim with respect to any Obligor or any of their Property (including any Intellectual Property that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect). Except as disclosed on Schedule 9.1.11 , no Obligor pays or owes any Royalty or other compensation to any Person with respect to any Intellectual Property (excluding “shrink-wrap”, “click-wrap”, or other “off-the-shelf” software). All registered Intellectual Property owned by any Obligor is shown on Schedule 9.1.11 .
          9.1.12. Governmental Approvals . Each Borrower and Subsidiary has, is in compliance with, and is in good standing with respect to, all Governmental Approvals necessary to conduct its business and to own, lease and operate its Properties except to the extent the failure to have such Governmental Approval would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All necessary import, export or other licenses, permits or certificates for the import or handling of any goods or other Collateral have been procured and are in effect, and Borrowers and Subsidiaries have complied with all foreign and domestic laws with respect to the shipment and importation of any goods or Collateral, except where noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          9.1.13. Compliance with Laws . Each Borrower and Subsidiary has duly complied, and its Properties and business operations are in compliance, in all material respects with all Applicable Law, except where noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There have been no citations, notices or orders of material noncompliance issued to any Borrower or Subsidiary under any Applicable Law which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Inventory has been produced in violation of the FLSA.
          9.1.14. Compliance with Environmental Laws . Except as disclosed on Schedule 9.1.14 , no Obligor’s past or present operations, Real Estate or other Properties are subject to any federal, state or local investigation to determine whether any remedial action of a material nature is needed to address any environmental pollution, hazardous material or environmental clean-up. No Obligor has received any Environmental Notice which would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to Borrowers. No Obligor has any contingent liability with respect to any Environmental Release, environmental pollution or hazardous material on any Real Estate now or previously owned, leased or operated by it where such liability could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
          9.1.15. Burdensome Contracts . No Borrower or Subsidiary is a party or subject to any contract, agreement or charter restriction that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Borrower or Subsidiary is party or subject to any Restrictive Agreement, except as shown on Schedule 9.1.15 as of the Original Closing Date or as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 10.2.15 . No such Restrictive Agreement prohibits the execution,

 


 

delivery or performance of any Loan Document by an Obligor. The Obligations do not exceed the Indenture Formula Amount.
          9.1.16. Litigation . Except as shown on Schedule 9.1.16 , there are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to any Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against any Borrower or Subsidiary, or any of their businesses, operations, Properties, prospects or conditions, that (a) relate to any Loan Documents or transactions contemplated thereby; or (b) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if determined adversely to any Borrower or Subsidiary.
          9.1.17. No Defaults . No event or circumstance has occurred or exists that constitutes a Default or Event of Default. No Obligor is in default, and no event or circumstance has occurred or exists that with the passage of time or giving of notice would constitute a default (after giving effect to any cure or grace period and waivers or amendments thereof), under any Material Contract or any Restrictive Agreement. As of the Original Closing Date, there is no basis upon which any party (other than a Borrower or Subsidiary) could terminate a Material Contract prior to its scheduled termination date.
          9.1.18. ERISA .
          (a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code, and other federal and state laws. Each Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter or prototype opinion from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the knowledge of Borrowers, nothing has occurred which would reasonably be expected to prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. Each Obligor and ERISA Affiliate has made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.
          (b) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of Borrowers, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted in or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) no Obligor or ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) no Obligor or ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) no Obligor or ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
          (d) Except as disclosed on Schedule 9.18 , with respect to any Foreign Plan, (i) all employer and employee contributions required by law or by the terms of the Foreign Plan

 


 

have been made, or, if applicable, accrued, in accordance with normal accounting practices; (ii) the fair market value of the assets of each funded Foreign Plan, the liability of each insurer for any Foreign Plan funded through insurance, or the book reserve established for any Foreign Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or provide for the accrued benefit obligations with respect to all current and former participants in such Foreign Plan according to the actuarial assumptions and valuations most recently used to account for such obligations in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles; and (iii) it has been registered as required and has been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities.
          9.1.19. Trade Relations . There exists no actual or threatened termination, limitation or modification of any business relationship between any Borrower or Subsidiary and any customer or supplier, or any group of customers or suppliers, who individually or in the aggregate are material to the business of the Borrowers taken as a whole.
          9.1.20. Labor Relations . Except as described on Schedule 9.1.20 , as of the Original Closing Date no Obligor is party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement, or material management agreement or consulting agreement. Except as described on Schedule 9.1.20 , as of the Original Closing Date there are no material grievances, disputes or controversies with any union or other organization of any Obligor’s employees, or, to any Borrower’s knowledge, any asserted or threatened strikes, work stoppages or demands for collective bargaining.
          9.1.21. Payable Practices . No Obligor has made any material change in its historical accounts payable practices from those in effect on the Original Closing Date.
          9.1.22. Not a Regulated Entity . No Obligor is (a) an “investment company” or a “person directly or indirectly controlled by or acting on behalf of an investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940; or (b) subject to regulation under the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, any public utilities code or any other Applicable Law regarding its authority to incur Debt.
          9.1.23. Margin Stock . No Borrower or Subsidiary 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 Loan proceeds or Letters of Credit will be used by Borrowers to purchase or carry, or to reduce or refinance any Debt incurred to purchase or carry, any Margin Stock or for any related purpose governed by Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors.
          9.1.24. Tender Offer . The Tender Offer has been consummated as of the Restatement Effective Date with each of the Third Lien Notes and Existing Senior Notes accepted in the Tender Offer representing at least 50.1% of the principal amount of the Third Lien Notes and at least 50.1% of the principal amount of the Existing Senior Notes, and the supplemental indentures to the Third Lien Indenture and the indenture governing the Existing Senior Notes have become effective, the Agent has received evidence that the Liens securing the obligations under each of the Third Lien Notes and the Existing Second Lien Term Loan have been released, and the Existing Second Lien Term Loan has been paid in full.

 


 

      9.2. Complete Disclosure . No Loan Document (as amended or updated as provided for herein)(including, without limitation, any financial statements delivered to Agent or Lenders at any time) other than projections, budgets, estimates and other forward looking statements, contains any untrue statement of a material fact, nor fails to disclose any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading. There is no fact or circumstance that any Obligor has failed to disclose to Agent in writing that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 10. COVENANTS AND CONTINUING AGREEMENTS
      10.1. Affirmative Covenants . As long as any Revolver Commitments or Revolver Loans remain outstanding (other than contingent obligations or Letters of Credit collateralized in a manner reasonably acceptable to Issuing Bank), each Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to:
          10.1.1. Inspections; Appraisals .
          (a) Permit Agent from time to time, subject (except when an Event of Default exists) to reasonable notice and normal business hours, to visit and inspect the Properties of any Borrower or Subsidiary, inspect, audit and make extracts from any Borrower’s or Subsidiary’s books and records (other than information which is subject to attorney-client privilege or would result in a breach of a confidentiality obligation of the Obligors to any other Person), and discuss with its officers, employees, agents, advisors and independent accountants such Borrower’s or Subsidiary’s business, financial condition, assets, prospects and results of operations. Lenders may participate in any such visit or inspection, at their own expense; provided , however , the Obligors shall, absent a continuing Event of Default, be given the opportunity to be present at any communications with their accountants. Neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any duty to any Borrower to make any inspection, nor to share any results of any inspection, appraisal or report with any Borrower. Borrowers acknowledge that all inspections, appraisals and reports are prepared by Agent and Lenders for their purposes, and Borrowers shall not be entitled to rely upon them. Agent may allow Borrower Agent to receive copies of any appraisals.
          (b) Reimburse Agent for all reasonable charges, costs and expenses of Agent in connection with (i) examinations of any Obligor’s books and records or any other financial or Collateral matters as Agent deems appropriate, up to three times per Loan Year, and (ii) appraisals of Inventory, Equipment and Real Estate up to two times in the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2009 and up to one time per calendar year thereafter; provided , however , that if an examination or appraisal is initiated during an Event of Default, all charges, costs and expenses therefor shall be reimbursed by Borrowers without regard to such limits. Subject to and without limiting the foregoing, Borrowers specifically agree to pay Agent’s then standard charges for each day that an employee of Agent or its Affiliates is engaged in any examination activities, and shall pay the standard charges of Agent’s internal appraisal group. This Section 10.1.1 shall not be construed to limit Agent’s right to conduct examinations or to obtain appraisals at any time in its discretion, nor to use third parties for such purposes.
          10.1.2. Financial and Other Information . Keep adequate records and books of account with respect to its business activities, in which proper entries are made in accordance with GAAP in all material respects reflecting all financial transactions; and furnish to Agent and Lenders:

 


 

          (a) as soon as available, and in any event within 90 days after the close of each Fiscal Year, balance sheets as of the end of such Fiscal Year and the related statements of income, cash flow and shareholders’ equity for such Fiscal Year, on a consolidated basis for Borrowers and Subsidiaries, which consolidated statements shall be audited and certified (without qualification) by any Big Four firm of independent certified public accountants of recognized standing selected by Borrowers or such other firm reasonably acceptable to Agent, and shall set forth in comparative form corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year and other information acceptable to Agent;
          (b) (i) prior to any Financial Reporting Trigger Date, as soon as available, and in any event within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter (but within 60 days after the last Fiscal Quarter in a Fiscal Year), unaudited balance sheets as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related statements of income and cash flow for such Fiscal Quarter and for the portion of the Fiscal Year then elapsed, on consolidated basis for Borrowers and Subsidiaries, setting forth in comparative form corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year and certified by a Senior Officer of the Company as prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly presenting in all material respects the financial position and results of operations for such Fiscal Quarter and period, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and (ii) on or after any Financial Reporting Trigger Date, as soon as available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Month (but within 45 days after the last Fiscal Month in a Fiscal Quarter and 60 days after the last Fiscal Month in a Fiscal Year), unaudited balance sheets as of the end of such Fiscal Month and the related statements of income and cash flow for such Fiscal Month and for the portion of the Fiscal Year then elapsed, on consolidated basis for Borrowers and Subsidiaries, setting forth in comparative form corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year and certified by a Senior Officer of the Company as prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly presenting in all material respects the financial position and results of operations for such Fiscal Month and period, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes
          (c) concurrently with delivery of financial statements under clauses (a) and (b) above, or more frequently if requested by Agent while an Event of Default exists, (i) a Compliance Certificate executed by a Senior Officer of the Company and (ii) a calculation of the Indenture Formula Amount.
          (d) concurrently with delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, copies of all management letters and other material reports submitted to Borrowers by their accountants in connection with such financial statements;
          (e) concurrently with delivery of financial statements under clause (b) above, at the end of any Fiscal Quarter, a written report satisfactory in form and scope to Agent, as to all Hedging Agreements entered into by any Borrower or Guarantor, including, without limitation, detailed calculations with respect to the conversion values of all currency exchange Hedging Agreements and such other items as Agent, in its sole discretion, may from time to time request;
          (f) not later than 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, projections of Borrowers’ consolidated balance sheets, results of operations, cash flow, Availability for the next Fiscal Year, month by month and for the following Fiscal Years (through 2014), year by year;

 


 

          (g) promptly following Agent’s request, a summary listing of each Borrower’s trade payables, and a detailed trade payable aging, all in form satisfactory to Agent;
          (h) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of any proxy statements, financial statements or reports that any Borrower has made generally available to its shareholders; copies of any regular, periodic and special reports or registration statements or prospectuses that any Borrower files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other Governmental Authority, or any securities exchange; and copies of any press releases or other statements made available by a Borrower to the public concerning material changes to or developments in the business of such Borrower;
          (i) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of any annual report to be filed in connection with any Pension Plan, and promptly following Agent’s request, after the sending or filing thereof, copies of any annual report to be filed in connection with each other Plan or Foreign Plan; and
          (j) such other reports and information (financial or otherwise, including, without limitation, consolidating balance sheets, related statements of income, cash flow and shareholder’s equity, but excluding any information subject to the attorney-client privilege or other confidentiality arrangements with third parties) promptly following Agent’s request therefor from time to time in connection with any Collateral or any Borrower’s, Subsidiary’s or other Obligor’s financial condition or business.
Promptly following retention of accountants for their annual audit, Borrowers shall send a letter to the accountants, with a copy to Agent and Lenders, notifying the accountants that one of the purposes for retaining their services and obtaining audited financial statements is for use by Agent and Lenders. Agent is authorized to send such notice if Borrowers fail to do so for any reason.
Subject to the next succeeding sentence, information delivered pursuant to this Section 10.1.2 to Agent may be made available by Agent to Lenders by posting such information on the Intralinks website on the Internet at http://www.intralinks.com. Information delivered pursuant to this Section 10.1.2 may also be delivered by electronic communication pursuant to procedures approved by Agent pursuant to Section 15.3 hereto. Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 10.1.2 (to the extent not made available as set forth above) shall be deemed to have been delivered to Agent on the date on which such information has been posted on (i) Company’s website on the Internet at http://www.cvgrp.com or (ii) are made available via EDGAR, or any successor system of the SEC, on the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or 8-K, as applicable. Information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 10.1.2 shall be in a format which is suitable for transmission.
Unless (i) expressly marked by Borrowers as “PUBLIC” or (ii) copies of the Company’s public filings with the SEC, any notice or other communication delivered pursuant to this Section 10.1.2 , or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, shall be deemed to contain material non-public information.
          10.1.3. Notices . Notify Agent (for further distribution to Lenders) in writing, promptly after a Borrower’s obtaining knowledge thereof, of any of the following that affects an Obligor: (a) the threat or commencement of any proceeding or investigation, whether or not

 


 

covered by insurance, if an adverse determination could have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) any pending or threatened labor dispute, strike or walkout, or the expiration of any material labor contract; (c) any default under or termination of a Material Contract, the Senior Notes, any Subordinated Debt, or any contract that relates to Debt in any aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or more; (d) the existence of any Default or Event of Default; (e) any judgment in an amount exceeding $1,000,000; (f) the assertion of any Intellectual Property Claim, if an adverse resolution could have a Material Adverse Effect; (g) any violation or asserted violation of any Applicable Law (including ERISA, OSHA, FLSA, or any Environmental Laws), if an adverse resolution could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (h) any Environmental Release by an Obligor or on any Property owned, leased or occupied by an Obligor that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or receipt of any Environmental Notice that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impact the value of any Property of such Borrower; (i) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (j) the discharge of or any withdrawal or resignation by Borrowers’ independent accountants.
          10.1.4. Landlord and Storage Agreements . Promptly following request, provide Agent with copies of all existing agreements, and promptly after execution thereof provide Agent with copies of all future agreements, between an Obligor and any landlord, warehouseman, processor, shipper, bailee or other Person that owns any premises at which any material Collateral may be kept or that otherwise may possess or handle any material Collateral.
          10.1.5. Compliance with Laws . Comply with all Applicable Laws, including ERISA, Environmental Laws, FLSA, OSHA, Anti-Terrorism Laws, and laws regarding collection and payment of Taxes, and maintain all Governmental Approvals necessary to the ownership of its Properties or conduct of its business, unless failure to comply (other than failure to comply with Anti-Terrorism Laws) or maintain could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Environmental Release occurs at or on any Properties of any Borrower or Subsidiary, it shall act promptly and diligently to investigate and report to Agent and all appropriate Governmental Authorities the extent of, and to make appropriate remedial action to eliminate, such Environmental Release, whether or not directed to do so by any Governmental Authority, if, as required by Environmental Law or necessary to preserve the value as a whole of such Properties.
          10.1.6. Taxes . Pay and discharge all Taxes on or prior to the date which they become delinquent or penalties attach, unless such Taxes are being Properly Contested or permitted by Section 10.2. 1(s) or 10.2.1(r) .
          10.1.7. Insurance . In addition to the insurance required hereunder with respect to Collateral, maintain insurance with insurers (with a Best Rating of at least A7, unless otherwise approved by Agent), with respect to the Properties and business of Borrowers and Subsidiaries of such type (including product liability, workers’ compensation, larceny, embezzlement, or other criminal misappropriation insurance), in such amounts, and with such coverages and deductibles as required pursuant to Section 8.6.2 .
          10.1.8. Licenses . Keep each License materially affecting any Collateral (including the manufacture, distribution or disposition of Inventory) in full force and effect except (i) to the extent not otherwise required herein, (ii) for any Permitted Asset Disposition or (iii) to the extent any failure to so maintain such License would not reasonably be expected to

 


 

result in a Material Adverse Effect (it being understood that a failure to maintain or replace any license necessary in connection with the manufacture, distribution or disposition of Inventory results in a Material Adverse Effect unless such license is being abandoned in the reasonable business judgment of Borrowers); pay all undisputed Royalties when due; and notify Agent of any known default or known breach asserted by any Person to have occurred under any material License.
          10.1.9. Future Subsidiaries . Notify Agent within five Business Days (or such later date as agreed to by Agent) of any Person becoming a Subsidiary and, if such Person is not a Foreign Subsidiary, cause such Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary or an Excluded Receivables Subsidiary) to guaranty the Obligations and to execute and deliver such documents, instruments and agreements and to take such other actions as Agent shall require to evidence and perfect a Lien in favor of Agent (for the benefit of Secured Parties) on all assets of such Person, including delivery of such legal opinions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, as it shall deem appropriate. If at any time any Subsidiary that is an Immaterial Subsidiary as of the Restatement Effective Date, shall cease to be an Immaterial Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be required, no later than the last Business Day of the Fiscal Month during which such Subsidiary is no longer an Immaterial Subsidiary, to guaranty the Obligations in accordance with this Section 10.1.9 .
          10.1.10. Post Closing Delivery of Amendment to Pledge Agreement and Certificated Equity Interests . (a) Within 10 Business Days of the Restatement Effective Date, Obligors shall have delivered to Agent a supplement to the Pledge Agreement to update the schedules and annexes contained therein, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent; and (b) within 60 days of the Restatement Effective Date, each Obligor shall have (i) delivered to Agent all original certificated Equity Interests (along with instruments of transfer) for any Pledged Equity Interests (as defined in the Pledge Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions therein) pledged to Agent after giving effect to the supplement contemplated in clause (a) above and not previously delivered, and (ii) at the request of Agent, (A) caused any Pledged Equity Interests which are uncertificated as of the Restatement Effective Date to become certificated and subsequently delivered to Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement; provided that no such action will be required with respect to any Pledged Equity Interest that is not required to be certificated under Applicable Law governing the issuer of such Pledged Equity Interest or (B) taken such other actions to perfect the security interests of Agent in such uncertificated Pledged Equity Interests (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) as Agent deems necessary.
      10.2. Negative Covenants . As long as any Revolver Commitments or Obligations are outstanding, each Borrower shall not, and shall cause each Subsidiary not to:
          10.2.1. Permitted Debt . Create, incur, guarantee or suffer to exist any Debt, except:
          (a) the Obligations;
          (b) Subordinated Debt;
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          (d) Borrowed Money and other Debt (other than the Obligations and Subordinated Debt), but only to the extent identified on Schedule 10.2.1 , and outstanding on the Original Closing Date;
          (e) Bank Product Debt,
          (f) Permitted Contingent Obligations;
          (g) Refinancing Debt as long as each Refinancing Condition is satisfied;
          (h) Debt under any Hedging Agreement to the extent such Hedging Agreement is permitted by this Agreement;
          (i) Intercompany Debt incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business to the extent permitted by Section 10.2.5 , and (ii) Intercompany Debt owed to an Obligor by an Excluded Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a sale of receivables to such Excluded Receivables Subsidiary pursuant to a Qualified Receivables Transaction;
          (j) Debt in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, performance bonds, export or import indemnitees or similar instruments, customs bonds, governmental contracts, leases, surety appeal or similar bonds and completion guarantees provided by an Obligor or Subsidiary in the Ordinary Course of its Business;
          (k) Debt in respect of taxes, assessments or governmental charges to the extent that payment thereof shall not at the time be required to be made in accordance with Section 10.1.6 ;
          (l) Debt consisting of incentive, non-compete, consulting, deferred compensation, or other similar arrangements entered in the Ordinary Course of Business;
          (m) Debt in respect of netting services and overdraft protections or other cash management services in connection with deposit accounts and securities accounts, in each case in the Ordinary Course of Business;
          (n) Debt incurred by Foreign Subsidiaries that are not Obligors for working capital purposes in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom;
          (o) Debt in connection with any Permitted Foreign Investment;
          (p) Contingent Obligations in respect of Debt of any Obligor otherwise permitted under Section 10.2.1 incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business, subject, if applicable, to Section 10.2.5 ;
          (q) Contingent Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries incurred in connection with the guaranty of Debt extended to a Foreign Subsidiary by Bank of America, N.A. or its Affiliates in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time unless otherwise approved by Agent in writing;

 


 

          (r) Contingent Obligations of an Obligor in respect of leases for an Obligor in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;
          (s) Debt incurred in connection with the financing of insurance premiums in the Ordinary Course of Business;
          (t) without duplication of any other Debt, non-cash accruals of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount and payment-in-kind interest with respect to Debt permitted hereunder;
          (u) Debt that is not included in any of the preceding clauses of this Section 10.2.1 , is not secured by a Lien and does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;
          (v) Debt incurred by any Excluded Receivables Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Receivables Transaction provided that the Debt is non-recourse to any Person other than the Excluded Receivables Subsidiary;
          (w) Debt consisting of the Third Lien Notes and Existing Senior Notes to the extent not tendered in the Tender Offer, subject to the provisions of Section 10.2.20 ; and
          (x) Debt incurred pursuant to the Second Lien Note Documents in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000,000 (plus accrued interest and payment in kind interest), in each case, including any Refinancing Debt thereof.
          10.2.2. Permitted Liens . Create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property, except the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”):
          (a) Liens in favor of Agent;
          (b) Purchase Money Liens securing Permitted Purchase Money Debt;
          (c) Liens for Taxes not yet due or being Properly Contested;
          (d) contractual Liens and Liens imposed by law (other than Liens for Taxes or imposed under ERISA) such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’, workmen’s, suppliers’, repairmen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens arising in the Ordinary Course of Business, but only if (i) payment of the obligations secured thereby is not yet due and payable or is being Properly Contested, and (ii) such Liens do not materially impair the value or use of the Property or materially impair operation of the business of any Obligor;
          (e) Liens incurred or deposits made in the Ordinary Course of Business to secure the performance of tenders, bids, leases, contracts (except those relating to Borrowed Money), surety, stay customs and appeal bonds, statutory obligations and other similar obligations, or arising as a result of progress payments under government contracts;
          (f) Liens arising in the Ordinary Course of Business that are subject to Lien Waivers;
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          (h) easements, rights-of-way, survey exceptions, title exceptions, restrictions, covenants or other agreements of record, minor defects or other irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances on Real Estate, that do not secure any monetary obligation and do not materially interfere with the Ordinary Course of Business;
          (i) municipal and zoning ordinances, building and other land use laws imposed by any governmental authority which are not violated in any material respect by existing improvements or the present use of Property, or in the case of any Real Estate subject to a mortgage, encumbrances disclosed in the title insurance policy issued to, and reasonably approved by, Agent;
          (j) leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses granted to others in the Ordinary Course of Business;
          (k) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor, licensor or sublicensor under any lease or license not prohibited by this Agreement or the other Security Documents;
          (l) normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits or securities in favor of depository institutions or brokerages, and Liens of a collecting bank on payment items in the course of collection, bankers’ Liens securing amounts owing to such bank with respect to overdrafts, cash management and operating account arrangements, including those involving pooled accounts and netting arrangements; provided that in no case shall such Liens secure (either directly or indirectly) the repayment of any Debt (other than on account of such overdrafts, netting or cash management);
          (m) Liens on insurance proceeds and deposits arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the financing of insurance premiums;
          (n) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by such Person in the Ordinary Course of Business in accordance with the past practices of such Person;
          (o) Liens on Property of a Person existing at the time such Person is acquired or merged with or into or consolidated with any Obligor or a Subsidiary thereof (and not created in anticipation or contemplation thereof);
          (p) security given to a public or private utility or any Governmental Authority as required in the Ordinary Course of Business;
          (q) the filing of financing statements solely as a precautionary measure in connection with operating leases or consignments;
          (r) other Liens with respect to obligations that do not in the aggregate exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding;
          (s) the replacement, extension or renewal of any Permitted Lien; provided , that such Lien shall at no time be extended to cover any assets or property other than such assets or property subject thereto on the Original Closing Date or the date such Lien was incurred, as applicable;

 


 

          (t) Liens granted in connection with Debt permitted by Section 10.2. 1(n) provided that such Liens attach only to Property of Foreign Subsidiaries and not to any Collateral;
          (u) existing Liens shown on Schedule 10.2.2 ;
          (v) Liens granted to the Second Lien Note Collateral Agent pursuant to the Second Lien Note Documents and any Refinancing Debt thereof, provided that the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, has a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on such assets and the Liens in favor of the Second Lien Note Collateral Agent are subordinated pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement; and
          (w) Liens with respect to those Accounts and related rights and assets subject to purchase pursuant to any Qualified Receivables Transaction.
          10.2.3. [RESERVED] .
          10.2.4. Distributions; Upstream Payments . Make or declare any Distributions other than, (a) Upstream Payments and (b) dispositions by Obligors and Subsidiaries permitted hereunder.
          10.2.5. Restricted Investments . Make any Restricted Investment, other than Permitted Foreign Investments, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom.
          10.2.6. Acquisitions . Make any Restricted Investment, other than, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, Permitted Acquisitions or Permitted Foreign Investments.
          10.2.7. Disposition of Assets . Make any Asset Disposition, except a Permitted Asset Dispositions so long as (other than with respect to (i) sales of Inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business and (ii) intercompany asset transfers to the extent permitted hereunder) no Event of Default exists.
          10.2.8. [RESERVED] .
          10.2.9. Restrictions on Payment of Certain Debt . Make any payments (whether voluntary or mandatory, or a prepayment, redemption, retirement, defeasance or acquisition) with respect to (a) any Subordinated Debt, except regularly scheduled payments of principal, interest and fees, but only to the extent permitted under any subordination agreement relating to such Debt (and a Senior Officer of the Company shall certify to Agent, not less than five Business Days prior to the date of payment, that all conditions under such agreement have been satisfied or waived); (b) the Second Lien Notes, other than (i) payment of regularly scheduled interest and reimbursement for fees and expenses of the trustee as provided therein, and (ii) in connection with replacing the Second Lien Notes with Refinancing Debt, provided that the Refinancing Conditions are met. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, in no event shall there be any restriction on the ability of Subsidiaries or Obligors to repay any intercompany Debt owed to the Company.

 


 

          10.2.10. Fundamental Changes . (a) Merge, combine or consolidate with any Person, or liquidate, wind up its affairs or dissolve itself (unless, in the case of any liquidation, winding up or dissolution, the assets of such entity are transferred to its corporate parent), in each case whether in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, except for the UK Restructuring and for mergers, consolidations, amalgamations or combinations of (i) a wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary (or National Seating Company) with another wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary ( provided that if any such Subsidiary is an Obligor, the Obligor will be the surviving company) or into a Borrower, (ii) a Borrower with and into a Borrower, so long as, in the case of the Company, the Company is the surviving entity, or (iii) a Foreign Subsidiary with and into another Foreign Subsidiary, provided that if any such Subsidiary is an Obligor, the Obligor will be the surviving company; or (b) unless 30 days’ advance written notice is given to Agent, (i) change its name or conduct business under any fictitious name, (ii) change its tax, charter or other organizational identification number, or (iii) change its form or state of jurisdiction of organization.
          10.2.11. Subsidiaries . Form or acquire any Subsidiary after the Original Closing Date, except in accordance with Sections 10.1.9 , 10.2.5 or 10.2.6 and except for any Excluded Receivables Subsidiary, or permit any existing Subsidiary to issue any additional Equity Interests except director’s qualifying shares.
          10.2.12. Organic Documents . Amend, modify or otherwise change any of its Organic Documents as in effect on the Original Closing Date to the extent such amendment, modification or change could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
          10.2.13. Tax Consolidation . File or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person other than Borrowers and Subsidiaries.
          10.2.14. Accounting Changes . Make any material change in accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as permitted by GAAP and in accordance with Section 1.2 ; or change its Fiscal Year without consent of Agent.
          10.2.15. Restrictive Agreements . Become a party to any Restrictive Agreement, except (a) Restrictive Agreements in effect on the Original Closing Date; (b) Restrictive Agreements relating to Debt permitted hereunder, as long as the restrictions apply only to collateral for such Debt; (c) Restrictive Agreements constituting customary restrictions on assignment, encumbrances or subletting in leases and other contracts; (d) Restrictive Agreements constituting customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any Property permitted under Section 10.2.7 pending the consummation of such sale; (e) Restrictive Agreements in effect at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of a Borrower, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of such Borrower; (f) the documents described on Schedule 10.2.15, (g) the Second Lien Note Documents as in effect on the date hereof (or otherwise executed in connection with the closing of the Indenture) and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified as permitted under the Intercreditor Agreement, including any Refinancing Debt thereof, (h) any agreements evidencing a Qualified Receivables Transaction, or (i) agreements related to working capital Debt permitted under Section 10.2.1(n) .
          10.2.16. Hedging Agreements . Enter into any Hedging Agreement, except to hedge risks arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and not for speculative purposes.

 


 

          10.2.17. Conduct of Business . Engage in any business, other than its business as conducted on the Original Closing Date and any activities ancillary, incidental, complementary or reasonably related thereto.
          10.2.18. Affiliate Transactions . Enter into or be party to any transaction with an Affiliate, except (a) transactions contemplated or otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents; (b) payment of reasonable compensation to officers and employees for services actually rendered, and loans and advances permitted by Section 10.2.5 ; (c) payment of customary directors’ fees and indemnities; (d) transactions solely among (i) Obligors or (ii) non-Obligors; (e) transactions with Affiliates that were consummated prior to the Original Closing Date, as shown on Schedule 10.2.18 ; and (f) transactions with Affiliates in the Ordinary Course of Business, upon fair and reasonable terms fully disclosed to Agent and no less favorable than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a non-Affiliate.
          10.2.19. Plans . Become party to any (i) Multiemployer Plan or (ii) Foreign Plan (which would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to Borrowers), in each case other than any in existence on the Original Closing Date.
          10.2.20. Third Lien Notes and Existing Senior Notes . The Company shall have paid all outstanding obligations and liabilities owing in respect of the Third Lien Notes and Existing Senior Notes in full on or before June 25, 2011.
          10.2.21. Amendments to Subordinated Debt or Indenture . Amend, supplement or otherwise modify (i) any document, instrument or agreement relating to any Subordinated Debt, if such modification (a) increases the principal balance of such Debt (other than as a result of capitalization of fees and interest), or increases any required payment of principal or interest (other than as a result of capitalization of fees and interest), (b) accelerates the date on which any installment of principal or any interest is due, or adds any additional redemption, put or prepayment provisions, (c) shortens the final maturity date or otherwise accelerates amortization, (d) increases the interest rate, (e) modifies any covenant in a manner or adds any representation, covenant or default that is more onerous or restrictive in any material respect (when taken as a whole) for any Obligor, or that is otherwise materially adverse to any Obligor or Lenders, or (f) results in the Obligations not being fully benefited by the subordination provisions thereof; or (ii) the Indenture or any other document to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification results in the Obligations not constituting indebtedness permitted under Section 4.03(b)(1) of the Indenture if applicable.
      10.3. Financial Covenants . As long as any Revolver Commitments or Obligations are outstanding, Borrowers shall:
          10.3.1. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio . During any Financial Covenant Trigger Period, maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1.10 to 1.0 as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter and determined for the period consisting of the most recent four Fiscal Quarters ended prior to the Financial Covenant Trigger Date.
SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES ON DEFAULT
      11.1. Events of Default . Each of the following shall be an “Event of Default” hereunder, if the same shall occur for any reason whatsoever, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise:

 


 

          (a) a Borrower fails to pay any Obligations when due (whether at stated maturity, on demand, upon acceleration or otherwise);
          (b) any representation, warranty or other written statement of an Obligor made in connection with any Loan Documents or transactions contemplated thereby is incorrect or misleading in any material respect when given;
          (c) a Borrower breaches or fail to perform any covenant contained in Section 7.2, 7.3, 7.6, 8.1, 8.2.4, 8.6.2, 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.2 or 10.3 ;
          (d) an Obligor breaches or fails to perform any covenant contained in any Loan Documents (other than as specified in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above), and such breach or failure is not cured (i) within five days for any such breach or failure to perform any covenant contained in Section 7.4 of this Agreement, and (ii) within 30 days for any such breach or failure to perform any other covenant contained in any Loan Document, in each case after a Senior Officer of such Obligor has knowledge thereof or receives notice thereof from Agent, whichever is sooner;
          (e) a Guarantor repudiates, revokes or attempts to revoke its Guaranty; an Obligor denies or contests the validity or enforceability of any Loan Documents or Obligations, or the perfection or priority of any Lien granted to Agent except for immaterial Collateral with a value not in excess of $1,000,000 at any time; or any Loan Document ceases to be in full force or effect for any reason (other than a waiver or release by Agent and Lenders or action or inaction by the Collateral Agent or as otherwise permitted hereunder);
          (f) any breach or default of an Obligor occurs under any document, instrument or agreement to which it is a party or by which it or any of its Properties is bound, relating to any Debt (other than the Obligations) in excess of $5,000,000, if the maturity of or any payment with respect to such Debt may be accelerated or demanded due to such breach;
          (g) other than any judgment disclosed on Schedule 11.1 (to the extent the aggregate amount of any such judgment plus accrued interest thereon does not exceed $2,500,000), any judgment or order for the payment of money is entered against an Obligor in an amount that exceeds, individually or cumulatively with all unsatisfied judgments or orders against all Obligors, $2,000,000 (net of any insurance coverage therefor not denied in writing by the insurer);
          (h) an Obligor is enjoined, restrained or in any way prevented by any Governmental Authority from conducting any material part of its business; there is a cessation of any material part of an Obligor’s business for a material period of time (other than as permitted hereunder); any material Collateral or Property of an Obligor is taken or impaired through condemnation; an Obligor agrees to or commences any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of its affairs (except as otherwise permitted hereunder); or an Obligor is not Solvent;
          (i) an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by an Obligor; an Obligor makes an offer of settlement, extension or composition to its unsecured creditors generally; or an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against an Obligor and: the Obligor consents to institution of the proceeding, the petition commencing the proceeding is not timely contested by the Obligor, the petition is not dismissed within 30 days after filing, or an order for relief is entered in the proceeding;

 


 

          (j) an ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability of an Obligor to a Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or PBGC, or that constitutes grounds for appointment of a trustee for or termination by the PBGC of any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; an Obligor or ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan; or any event similar to the foregoing occurs or exists with respect to a Foreign Plan; or
          (k) a Change of Control occurs.
      11.2. Remedies upon Default . If an Event of Default described in Section 11.1(i) or (j) occurs with respect to any Borrower, then to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, all Obligations shall become automatically due and payable and all Revolver Commitments shall terminate, without any action by Agent or notice of any kind. In addition, or if any other Event of Default exists, Agent may in its discretion (and shall upon written direction of Required Lenders) do any one or more of the following from time to time:
          (a) declare any Obligations immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall be due and payable without diligence, presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Borrowers to the fullest extent permitted by law;
          (b) terminate, reduce or condition any Revolver Commitment, or make any adjustment to the Borrowing Base;
          (c) require Obligors to Cash Collateralize LC Obligations, Bank Product Debt and other Obligations that are contingent or not yet due and payable, and, if Obligors fail promptly to deposit such Cash Collateral, Agent may (and shall upon the direction of Required Lenders) advance the required Cash Collateral as Revolver Loans (whether or not an Overadvance exists or is created thereby, or the conditions in Section 6 are satisfied); provided , that if Borrowers are required to provide an amount of cash collateral pursuant to this Section 11.2 , such amount (to the extent not applied in accordance with Section 5.6 ) shall be returned to Borrowers within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived; and
          (d) exercise any other rights or remedies afforded under any agreement, by law, at equity or otherwise, including the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC. Such rights and remedies include the rights to (i) take possession of any Collateral; (ii) require Borrowers to assemble Collateral, at Borrowers’ expense, and make it available to Agent at a place designated by Agent; (iii) subject to the terms of any Lease Agreement or Lease Waiver, as applicable, enter any premises where Collateral is located and store Collateral on such premises until sold (and if the premises are owned or leased by a Borrower, Borrowers agree not to charge for such storage); and (iv) sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral in its then condition, or after any further manufacturing or processing thereof, at public or private sale, with such notice as may be required by Applicable Law, in lots or in bulk, at such locations, all as Agent, in its discretion, deems advisable. Each Borrower agrees that 10 days notice of any proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral by Agent shall be reasonable. Agent shall have the right to conduct such sales on any Obligor’s premises, without charge, and such sales may be adjourned from time to time in accordance with Applicable Law. Agent shall have the right to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any Collateral for cash, credit or any combination thereof, and Agent may

 


 

purchase any Collateral at public or, if permitted by law, private sale and, in lieu of actual payment of the purchase price, may set off the amount of such price against the Obligations.
      11.3. License . For the purpose of enabling Agent, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to exercise the rights and remedies under Section 11.2 at such time as Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, Borrower hereby grants to Agent a non-exclusive license (subject to the rights of third parties and to the extent not prohibited in the case of licensed in Intellectual Property and (i) in the case of trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of Borrower to avoid the risk of invalidation of such trademarks, and (ii) in the case of trade secrets, to an obligation of Agent to take steps reasonable under the circumstances to keep trade secrets confidential to avoid the risk of invalidation of such trade secrets) to use, license or sub-license (without payment of royalty or other compensation to any Person) any or all Intellectual Property of Borrowers, computer hardware and software, trade secrets, brochures, customer lists, promotional and advertising materials, labels, packaging materials and other Property, in advertising for sale, marketing, selling, collecting, completing manufacture of, or otherwise exercising any rights or remedies with respect to, any Collateral. Each Borrower’s rights and interests under Intellectual Property shall inure to Agent’s benefit.
      11.4. Setoff . At any time during an Event of Default, Agent, Issuing Bank, Lenders, and any of their Affiliates are authorized, 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)(other than tax, payroll, trust or employee benefit accounts) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by Agent, Issuing Bank, such Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of an Obligor against any Obligations, irrespective of whether or not Agent, Issuing Bank, such Lender or such Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of Agent, Issuing Bank, such Lender or such Affiliate different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of Agent, Issuing Bank, each Lender and each such Affiliate under this Section 11.4 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Person may have.
      11.5. Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver .
          11.5.1. Cumulative Rights . All agreements, warranties, guaranties, indemnities and other undertakings of Borrowers under the Loan Documents are cumulative and not in derogation of each other. The rights and remedies of Agent and Lenders are cumulative, may be exercised at any time and from time to time, concurrently or in any order, and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies available by agreement, by law, at equity or otherwise. All such rights and remedies shall continue in full force and effect until Full Payment of all Obligations.
          11.5.2. Waivers . No waiver or course of dealing shall be established by (a) the failure or delay of Agent or any Lender to require strict performance by Borrowers with any terms of the Loan Documents, or to exercise any rights or remedies with respect to Collateral or otherwise; (b) the making of any Loan or issuance of any Letter of Credit during a Default, Event of Default or other failure by the Obligors to satisfy any conditions precedent; or (c) acceptance by Agent or any Lender of any payment or performance by an Obligor under any Loan Documents in a manner other than that specified therein. It is expressly acknowledged by

 


 

Borrowers that any failure to satisfy a financial covenant on a measurement date shall not be cured or remedied by satisfaction of such covenant on a subsequent date.
SECTION 12. AGENT
      12.1. Appointment, Authority and Duties of Agent .
          12.1.1. Appointment and Authority . Each Lender appoints and designates Bank of America as Agent hereunder. Agent may, and each Lender authorizes Agent to, enter into all Loan Documents to which Agent is intended to be a party and accept all Security Documents, for Agent’s benefit and the Pro Rata benefit of Lenders. Each Lender agrees that any action taken by Agent or Required Lenders in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, and the exercise by Agent or Required Lenders of any rights or remedies set forth therein, together with all other powers reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized by and binding upon all Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall have the sole and exclusive authority to (a) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for Lenders with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Loan Documents; (b) execute and deliver as Agent each Loan Document, including any intercreditor or subordination agreement, and accept delivery of each Loan Document from any Obligor or other Person; (c) act as collateral agent for Secured Parties for purposes of perfecting and administering Liens under the Loan Documents, and for all other purposes stated therein; (d) manage, supervise or otherwise deal with Collateral; and (e) take any Enforcement Action or otherwise exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral under the Loan Documents, Applicable Law or otherwise. The duties of Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and Agent shall not have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender, Secured Party, Participant or other Person, by reason of any Loan Document or any transaction relating thereto. Agent alone shall be authorized to determine whether any Accounts or Inventory constitute Eligible Accounts or Eligible Inventory, or whether to impose or release any reserve, which determinations and judgments, if exercised in good faith, shall exonerate Agent from liability to any Lender or other Person for any error in judgment.
          12.1.2. Duties . Agent shall not have any duties except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. The conferral upon Agent of any right shall not imply a duty on Agent’s part to exercise such right, unless instructed to do so by Required Lenders in accordance with this Agreement.
          12.1.3. Agent Professionals . Agent may perform its duties through agents and employees. Agent may consult with and employ Agent Professionals, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in any action taken in good faith reliance upon, any advice given by an Agent Professional. Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents, employees or Agent Professionals selected by it with reasonable care.
          12.1.4. Instructions of Required Lenders . The rights and remedies conferred upon Agent under the Loan Documents may be exercised without the necessity of joinder of any other party, unless required by Applicable Law. Agent may request instructions from Required Lenders with respect to any act (including the failure to act) in connection with any Loan Documents, and may seek assurances to its satisfaction from Lenders of their indemnification obligations under Section 12.6 against all Claims that could be incurred by Agent in connection with any act. Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act until it has received such

 


 

instructions or assurances, and Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining. Instructions of Required Lenders shall be binding upon all Lenders, and no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent acting or refraining from acting in accordance with the instructions of Required Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, instructions by and consent of all Lenders shall be required in the circumstances described in Section 15.1.1 , and in no event shall Required Lenders, without the prior written consent of each Lender, direct Agent to accelerate and demand payment of Loans held by one Lender without accelerating and demanding payment of all other Loans, nor to terminate the Revolver Commitment of one Lender without terminating the Revolver Commitments of all Lenders. In no event shall Agent be required to take any action that, in its opinion, is contrary to Applicable Law or any Loan Documents or could subject any Agent Indemnitee to personal liability.
      12.2. Agreements Regarding Collateral and Field Examination Reports .
          12.2.1. Lien Releases; Care of Collateral . Lenders authorize Agent to release any Lien with respect to any Collateral (a) upon Full Payment of the Obligations; (b) that is the subject of an Asset Disposition which Borrowers certify in writing to Agent is a Permitted Asset Disposition or a Lien which Borrowers certify is a Permitted Lien entitled to priority over Agent’s Liens (and Agent may rely conclusively on any such certificate without further inquiry); (c) that does not constitute a material part of the Collateral; (d) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of Agent pursuant to the Security Documents; or (e) with the written consent of the Required Lenders. Lenders hereby authorize Agent to execute and deliver any instruments, documents and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender. Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Lenders to assure that any Collateral exists or is owned by a Borrower, or is cared for, protected, insured or encumbered, nor to assure that Agent’s Liens have been properly created, perfected or enforced, or are entitled to any particular priority, nor to exercise any duty of care with respect to any Collateral.
          12.2.2. Possession of Collateral . Agent and Lenders appoint each Lender as agent (for the benefit of Secured Parties) for the purpose of perfecting Liens in any Collateral held or controlled by such Lender, to the extent such Liens are perfected by possession or control. If any Lender obtains possession or control of any Collateral, it shall notify Agent thereof and, promptly upon Agent’s request, deliver such Collateral to Agent or otherwise deal with it in accordance with Agent’s instructions.
          12.2.3. Reports . Agent shall promptly forward to each Lender, when complete, copies of any field audit, examination or appraisal report prepared by or for Agent with respect to any Obligor or Collateral (“ Report ”). Each Lender agrees (a) that neither Bank of America nor Agent makes any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any Report, and shall not be liable for any information contained in or omitted from any Report; (b) that the Reports are not intended to be comprehensive audits or examinations, and that Agent or any other Person performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding Obligations or the Collateral and will rely significantly upon Borrowers’ books and records as well as upon representations of Borrowers’ officers and employees; and (c) to keep all Reports confidential and strictly for such Lender’s internal use, and not to distribute any Report (or the contents thereof) to any Person (except to such Lender’s Participants, attorneys and

 


 

accountants) or use any Report in any manner other than administration of the Loans and other Obligations. Each Lender agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Agent and any other Person preparing a Report from any action such Lender may take as a result of or any conclusion it may draw from any Report, as well as from any Claims arising as a direct or indirect result of Agent furnishing a Report to such Lender.
      12.3. Reliance By Agent . Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any certification, notice or other communication (including those by telephone, telex, telegram, telecopy or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and upon the advice and statements of Agent Professionals.
      12.4. Action Upon Default . Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless it has received written notice from a Lender or Borrower specifying the occurrence and nature thereof. If any Lender acquires knowledge of a Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly notify Agent and the other Lenders thereof in writing. Each Lender agrees that, except as otherwise provided in any Loan Documents or with the written consent of Agent and Required Lenders, it will not take any Enforcement Action, accelerate Obligations under any Loan Documents, or exercise any right that it might otherwise have under Applicable Law to credit bid at foreclosure sales, UCC sales or other similar dispositions of Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, a Lender may take action to preserve or enforce its rights against an Obligor where a deadline or limitation period is applicable that would, absent such action, bar enforcement of Obligations held by such Lender, including the filing of proofs of claim in an Insolvency Proceeding. Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent, based upon the instruction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid and purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the Bankruptcy Code, at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions thereof (including Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code) or any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law (whether domestic or foreign) now or hereafter in effect, or at any sale or foreclosure conducted by Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with applicable law.
      12.5. Ratable Sharing . If any Lender shall obtain any payment or reduction of any Obligation, whether through set-off or otherwise, in excess of its share of such Obligation, determined on a Pro Rata basis or in accordance with Section 5.6.1 , as applicable, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from Agent, Issuing Bank and the other Lenders such participations in the affected Obligation as are necessary to cause the purchasing Lender to share the excess payment or reduction on a Pro Rata basis or in accordance with Section 5.6.1 , as applicable. If any of such payment or reduction is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. No Lender shall set off against any Dominion Account without the prior consent of Agent.
      12.6. Indemnification of Agent Indemnitees . EACH LENDER SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS AGENT INDEMNITEES, TO THE EXTENT NOT REIMBURSED BY OBLIGORS (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS OF OBLIGORS UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS), ON A PRO RATA BASIS, AGAINST ALL CLAIMS THAT MAY BE

 


 

INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY AGENT INDEMNITEE, PROVIDED THE CLAIM RELATES TO OR ARISES FROM AN AGENT INDEMNITEE ACTING AS OR FOR AGENT (IN ITS CAPACITY AS AGENT). In Agent’s discretion, it may reserve for any such Claims made against an Agent Indemnitee, and may satisfy any judgment, order or settlement relating thereto, from proceeds of Collateral prior to making any distribution of Collateral proceeds to Lenders. If Agent is sued by any receiver, bankruptcy trustee, debtor-in-possession or other Person for any alleged preference or fraudulent transfer, then any monies paid by Agent in settlement or satisfaction of such proceeding, together with all interest, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in the defense of same, shall be promptly reimbursed to Agent by each Lender to the extent of its Pro Rata share.
      12.7. Limitation on Responsibilities of Agent . Agent shall not be liable to Lenders for any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Loan Documents, except for losses directly and solely caused by Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Agent does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by any Obligor or Lender of any obligations under the Loan Documents. Agent does not make to Lenders any express or implied warranty, representation or guarantee with respect to any Obligations, Collateral, Loan Documents or Obligor. No Agent Indemnitee shall be responsible to Lenders for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in any Loan Documents; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any Loan Documents; the genuineness, enforceability, collectibility, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectibility of any Obligations; or the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any Obligor or Account Debtor. No Agent Indemnitee shall have any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any Default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by any Obligor of any terms of the Loan Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in any Loan Documents.
      12.8. Successor Agent and Co-Agents .
          12.8.1. Resignation; Successor Agent . Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, Agent may resign at any time by giving at least 30 days written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrowers. Upon receipt of such notice, Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent which shall be (a) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender; or (b) a commercial bank that is organized under the laws of the United States or any state or district thereof, has a combined capital surplus of at least $200,000,000 and in each case ( provided no Event of Default exists) is reasonably acceptable to Borrowers. If no successor agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of Agent, then Agent may appoint a successor agent from among Lenders. Upon acceptance by a successor Agent of an appointment to serve as Agent hereunder, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the powers and duties of the retiring Agent without further act, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder but shall continue to have the benefits of the indemnification set forth in Sections 12.6 and 15.2 . Notwithstanding any Agent’s resignation, the provisions of this Section 12 shall continue in effect for its benefit with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while Agent. Any successor to Bank of America by merger or acquisition of stock or this loan shall continue to be Agent hereunder without further act on the part of the parties hereto, unless such successor resigns as provided above.

 


 

          12.8.2. Separate Collateral Agent . It is the intent of the parties that there shall be no violation of any Applicable Law denying or restricting the right of financial institutions to transact business in any jurisdiction. If Agent believes that it may be limited in the exercise of any rights or remedies under the Loan Documents due to any Applicable Law, Agent may appoint an additional Person who is not so limited, as a separate collateral agent or co-collateral agent; provided such collateral agent or co-collateral agent is reasonably acceptable to Borrowers (unless an Event of Default exists). If Agent so appoints a collateral agent or co-collateral agent, each right and remedy intended to be available to Agent under the Loan Documents shall also be vested in such separate agent. Every covenant and obligation necessary to the exercise thereof by such agent shall run to and be enforceable by it as well as Agent. Lenders shall execute and deliver such documents as Agent deems appropriate to vest any rights or remedies in such agent. If any collateral agent or co-collateral agent shall die or dissolve, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, then all the rights and remedies of such agent, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, shall vest in and be exercised by Agent until appointment of a new agent.
      12.9. Due Diligence and Non-Reliance . Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that it has, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lenders, and based upon such documents, information and analyses as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis of each Obligor and its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to fund Loans and participate in LC Obligations hereunder. Each Lender has made such inquiries concerning the Loan Documents, the Collateral and each Obligor as such Lender feels necessary. Each Lender further acknowledges and agrees that the other Lenders and Agent have made no representations or warranties concerning any Obligor, any Collateral or the legality, validity, sufficiency or enforceability of any Loan Documents or Obligations. Each Lender will, independently and without reliance upon the other Lenders or Agent, and based upon such financial statements, documents and information as it deems appropriate at the time, continue to make and rely upon its own credit decisions in making Loans and participating in LC Obligations and in taking or refraining from any action under any Loan Documents. Except for notices, reports and other information expressly requested by a Lender, Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any notices, reports or certificates furnished to Agent by any Obligor or any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition, business or Properties of any Obligor (or any of its Affiliates) which may come into possession of Agent or any of Agent’s Affiliates.
      12.10. Replacement of Certain Lenders . If a Lender (a) is a Defaulting Lender, (b) fails to give its consent to any amendment, waiver or action for which consent of all Lenders was required and Required Lenders consented, then, in addition to any other rights and remedies that any Person may have, Agent may, by notice to such Lender within 10 days after such event, require such Lender to assign all of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents to Eligible Assignee(s) specified by Agent, pursuant to appropriate Assignment and Acceptance(s) and within 20 days after Agent’s notice. Agent is irrevocably appointed as attorney-in-fact to execute any such Assignment and Acceptance if Lender fails to execute same. Such Lender shall be entitled to receive, in cash, concurrently with such assignment, all amounts owed to it under the Loan Documents, including all principal, interest and fees through the date of assignment (but excluding any prepayment charge).
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          12.11.1. Remittances Generally . All payments by any Lender to Agent shall be made by the time and on the day set forth in this Agreement, in immediately available funds. If no time for payment is specified or if payment is due on demand by Agent and request for payment is made by Agent by 11:00 a.m. on a Business Day, payment shall be made by Lender not later than 2:00 p.m. on such day, and if request is made after 11:00 a.m., then payment shall be made by 11:00 a.m. on the next Business Day. Payment by Agent to any Lender shall be made by wire transfer, in the type of funds received by Agent. Any such payment shall be subject to Agent’s right of offset for any amounts due from such Lender under the Loan Documents.
          12.11.2. Failure to Pay . If any Lender fails to pay any amount when due by it to Agent pursuant to the terms hereof, such amount shall bear interest from the due date until paid at the rate determined by Agent as customary in the banking industry for interbank compensation. In no event shall Borrowers be entitled to receive credit for any interest paid by a Lender to Agent, nor shall any Defaulting Lender be entitled to interest on any amounts held by Agent pursuant to Section 4.2.
          12.11.3. Recovery of Payments . If Agent pays any amount to a Lender in the expectation that a related payment will be received by Agent from an Obligor and such related payment is not received, then Agent may recover such amount from each Lender that received it. If Agent determines at any time that an amount received under any Loan Document must be returned to an Obligor or paid to any other Person pursuant to Applicable Law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term of any Loan Document, Agent shall not be required to distribute such amount to any Lender. If any amounts received and applied by Agent to any Obligations are later required to be returned by Agent pursuant to Applicable Law, each Lender shall pay to Agent, on demand , such Lender’s Pro Rata share of the amounts required to be returned.
      12.12. Agent in its Individual Capacity . As a Lender, Bank of America shall have the same rights and remedies under the other Loan Documents as any other Lender, and the terms “Lenders,” “Required Lenders” or any similar term shall include Bank of America in its capacity as a Lender. Each of Bank of America and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, maintain deposits or credit balances for, invest in, lend money to, provide Bank Products to, act as trustee under indentures of, serve as financial or other advisor to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, Obligors and their Affiliates, as if Bank of America were any other bank, without any duty to account therefor (including any fees or other consideration received in connection therewith) to the other Lenders. In their individual capacity, Bank of America and its Affiliates may receive information regarding Obligors, their Affiliates and their Account Debtors (including information subject to confidentiality obligations), and each Lender agrees that Bank of America and its Affiliates shall be under no obligation to provide such information to Lenders, if acquired in such individual capacity and not as Agent hereunder.
      12.13. Agent Titles . Each Lender, other than Bank of America, that is designated (on the cover page of this Agreement or otherwise) by Bank of America as an “Agent” or “Arranger” of any type shall not have any right, power, responsibility or duty under any Loan Documents other than those applicable to all Lenders, and shall in no event be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any other Lender.

 


 

      12.14. No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Section 12 is an agreement solely among Lenders and Agent, and shall survive Full Payment of the Obligations. This Section 12 does not confer any rights or benefits upon Borrowers or any other Person other than as set forth in Section 12.8 . As between Borrowers and Agent, any action that Agent may take under any Loan Documents or with respect to any Obligations shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized and directed by Lenders.
SECTION 13. COLLECTION ALLOCATION MECHANISM
      13.1. [RESERVED] .
SECTION 14. BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS
      14.1. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Borrowers, Agent, Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, except that (a) no Borrower shall have the right to assign its rights or delegate its obligations under any Loan Documents; and (b) any assignment by a Lender must be made in compliance with Section 14.3 . Agent may treat the Person which made any Loan as the owner thereof for all purposes until such Person makes an assignment in accordance with Section 14.3 . Any authorization or consent of a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent transferee or assignee of such Lender.
      14.2. Participations .
          14.2.1. Permitted Participants; Effect . Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with Applicable Law, at any time sell to a financial institution (“Participant”) a participating interest in the rights and obligations of such Lender under any Loan Documents. Despite any sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for performance of such obligations, such Lender shall remain the holder of its Loans and Revolver Commitment for all purposes, all amounts payable by Borrowers shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participating interests, and Borrowers and Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the Loan Documents. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for notifying its Participants of any matters under the Loan Documents, and Agent and the other Lenders or Obligors shall not have any obligation or liability to any such Participant. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.9 unless Borrowers agree otherwise in writing.
          14.2.2. Voting Rights . Each Lender shall retain the sole right to approve, without the consent of any Participant, any amendment, waiver or other modification of any Loan Documents other than that which (i) forgives principal (other than mandatory prepayments), interest or fees (other than wavier of default interest), (ii) reduces the stated interest rate or fees payable with respect to any Loan or Revolver Commitment in which such Participant has an interest (other than wavier of default interest), (iii) postpones the Commitment Termination Date or any date fixed for any regularly scheduled payment of principal, interest or fees on such Loan or Revolver Commitment, or (iv) releases any Borrower, Guarantor or substantial portion of the Collateral (except as otherwise permitted herein).

 


 

          14.2.3. Benefit of Set-Off . Borrowers agree that each Participant shall have a right of set-off in respect of its participating interest to the same extent as if such interest were owing directly to a Lender, and each Lender shall also retain the right of set-off with respect to any participating interests sold by it. By exercising any right of set-off, a Participant agrees to share with Lenders all amounts received through its set-off, in accordance with Section 12.5 as if such Participant were a Lender.
      14.3. Assignments .
          14.3.1. Permitted Assignments . A Lender may assign to an Eligible Assignee any of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, as long as (a) each assignment is of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of the transferor Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents and, in the case of a partial assignment, is in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by Agent in its discretion) and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount; (b) except in the case of an assignment in whole of a Lender’s rights and obligations, the aggregate amount of the Revolver Commitments retained by the transferor Lender is at least $5,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by Agent in its discretion); and (c) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to Agent, for its acceptance and recording, an Assignment and Acceptance. Nothing herein shall limit the right of a Lender to pledge or assign any rights under the Loan Documents to (i) any Federal Reserve Bank or the United States Treasury as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank, or (ii) counterparties to swap agreements relating to any Loans; provided, however, that any payment by Borrowers to the assigning Lender in respect of any Obligations assigned as described in this sentence shall satisfy Borrowers’ obligations hereunder to the extent of such payment, and no such assignment shall release the assigning Lender from its obligations hereunder.
          14.3.2. Effect; Effective Date . Upon delivery to Agent of an assignment notice substantially in the form of Exhibit D and a processing fee of $3,500 (unless otherwise agreed by Agent in its discretion), the assignment shall become effective as specified in the notice, if it complies with this Section 14.3 . From such effective date, the Eligible Assignee shall for all purposes be a Lender under the Loan Documents, and shall have all rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder (provided that any liability of Borrowers to such assignee under Section 3.7, 3.8 and 5.9 shall be limited to the amount, if any, that would have been payable thereunder by Borrowers in the absence of such assignment, except to the extent any such amounts are attributable to a Change in Law occurring after the date of such assignment). Upon consummation of an assignment, the transferor Lender, Agent and Borrowers shall make appropriate arrangements for issuance of replacement and/or new Notes, as applicable. The transferee Lender shall comply with Section 5.10 and deliver, upon request, an administrative questionnaire satisfactory to Agent.
SECTION 15. MISCELLANEOUS
      15.1. Consents, Amendments and Waivers .
          15.1.1. Amendment . No modification of any Loan Document, including any extension or amendment of a Loan Document or any waiver of a Default or Event of Default, shall be effective without the prior written agreement of Agent (with the consent of Required Lenders) and each Obligor party to such Loan Document; provided, however, that

 


 

          (a) without the prior written consent of Agent, no modification shall be effective with respect to any provision in a Loan Document that relates to any rights, duties or discretion of Agent;
          (b) without the prior written consent of Issuing Bank, no modification shall be effective with respect to any LC Obligations or Section 2.3 ;
          (c) without the prior written consent of each affected Lender, no modification shall be effective that would (i) increase the Revolver Commitment of such Lender; or (ii) reduce the amount of, or waive or delay payment of, any principal, interest or fees payable to such Lender (other than waiver of default interest or waiver of any Default or Event of Default); and
          (d) without the prior written consent of all Lenders (except a Defaulting Lender as provided in Section 4.2 ), no modification shall be effective that would (i) extend the Revolver Termination Date; (ii) alter Sections 5.6 or 15.1.1 ; (iii) amend the definitions of Borrowing Base, Pro Rata or Required Lenders; (iv) increase any advance rate or increase total Revolver Commitments; (vi) release Collateral with a book value greater than $10,000,000 during any calendar year, except as contemplated by the Loan Documents; or (vii) release any Obligor from liability for any Obligations, if such Obligor is Solvent at the time of the release except as permitted by the Loan Documents.
          15.1.2. Limitations . The agreement of Borrowers shall not be necessary to the effectiveness of any modification of a Loan Document that deals solely with the rights and duties of Lenders, Agent and/or Issuing Bank as among themselves. Only the consent of the parties to the Fee Letter or any agreement relating to a Bank Product shall be required for any modification of such agreement, and any non-Lender that is party to a Bank Product agreement shall have no right to participate in any manner in modification, amendment, supplement, extension or restatement of any other Loan Document. Any waiver or consent granted by Agent or Lenders hereunder shall be effective only if in writing and only for the matter specified.
          15.1.3. Payment for Consents . No Borrower will, directly or indirectly, pay any remuneration or other thing of value, whether by way of additional interest, fee or otherwise, to any Lender (in its capacity as a Lender hereunder) as consideration for agreement by such Lender with any modification of any Loan Documents, unless such remuneration or value is concurrently paid, on the same terms, on a Pro Rata basis to all Lenders providing their consent.
          15.1.4. Technical Amendments . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 15.1 , if Agent and Borrowers shall have jointly identified any error of a technical nature in any provision of the Loan Documents, then Agent and Borrowers shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
      15.2. Indemnity . EACH BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE INDEMNITEES AGAINST ANY CLAIMS THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE, INCLUDING CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF AN INDEMNITEE . In no event shall any party to a Loan Document have any obligation thereunder to indemnify or hold harmless an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim that is determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a

 


 

court of competent jurisdiction to result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or a Claim solely among the Indemnitees.
      15.3. Notices and Communications .
          15.3.1. Notice Address . Subject to Section 4.1.4 , all notices and other communications by or to a party hereto shall be in writing and shall be given to any Borrower, at Borrower Agent’s address shown on the signature pages hereof, and to any other Person at its address shown on the signature pages hereof (or, in the case of a Person who becomes a Lender after the Restatement Effective Date, at the address shown on its Assignment and Acceptance), or at such other address as a party may hereafter specify by notice in accordance with this Section 15.3 . Each such notice or other communication shall be effective only (a) if given by facsimile transmission, when transmitted to the applicable facsimile number, if confirmation of receipt is received; (b) if given by mail, three Business Days after deposit in the U.S. mail, with first-class postage pre-paid, addressed to the applicable address; or (c) if given by personal delivery, when duly delivered to the notice address with receipt acknowledged. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no notice to Agent pursuant to Section 2.1.4, 2.3, 3.1.2, 4.1.1 or 5.3.3 shall be effective until actually received by the individual to whose attention at Agent such notice is required to be sent. Any written notice or other communication that is not sent in conformity with the foregoing provisions shall nevertheless be effective on the date actually received by the noticed party. Any notice received by Borrower Agent shall be deemed received by all Borrowers.
          15.3.2. Electronic Communications; Voice Mail . Electronic mail and internet websites may be used only for routine communications, such as financial statements, Borrowing Base Certificates and other information required by Section 10.1.2 , administrative matters, distribution of Loan Documents for execution and delivery of executed signature pages, matters permitted under Section 4.1.4 and such other communications as agreed by Agent. Agent and Lenders make no assurances as to the privacy and security of electronic communications. Electronic and voice mail may not be used as effective notice under the Loan Documents.
          15.3.3. Non-Conforming Communications . Agent and Lenders may rely upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of any Borrower even if such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not confirmed, or if the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from a later confirmation. Each Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from any liabilities, losses, costs and expenses arising from any telephonic communication purportedly given by or on behalf of a Borrower.
      15.4. Performance of Borrowers’ Obligations . Agent may, in its discretion at any time and from time to time, at Borrowers’ expense, with, unless an Event of Default is continuing, five days prior notice to Borrower, pay any amount or do any act required of a Borrower under any Loan Documents or otherwise lawfully requested by Agent to (a) enforce any Loan Documents or collect any Obligations; (b) protect, insure, maintain or realize upon any Collateral; or (c) defend or maintain the validity or priority of Agent’s Liens in any Collateral, including any payment of a judgment, insurance premium, warehouse charge, finishing or processing charge, or landlord claim, or any discharge of a Lien. All payments, costs and expenses (including Extraordinary Expenses) of Agent under this Section 15.4 shall be reimbursed to Agent by Borrowers, promptly following demand, with interest from the date incurred to the date of payment thereof at the Default Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. Any

 


 

payment made or action taken by Agent under this Section 15.4 shall be without prejudice to any right to assert an Event of Default or to exercise any other rights or remedies under the Loan Documents.
      15.5. Credit Inquiries . Each Borrower hereby authorizes Agent and Lenders (but they shall have no obligation) to respond to usual and customary credit inquiries from third parties concerning any Borrower or Subsidiary.
      15.6. Severability . Wherever possible, each provision of the Loan Documents shall be interpreted in such manner as to be valid under Applicable Law. If any provision is found to be invalid under Applicable Law, it shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity and the remaining provisions of the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.
      15.7. Cumulative Effect; Conflict of Terms . The provisions of the Loan Documents are cumulative. The parties acknowledge that the Loan Documents may use several limitations, tests or measurements to regulate similar matters, and they agree that these are cumulative and that each must be performed as provided. Except as otherwise provided in another Loan Document (by specific reference to the applicable provision of this Agreement), if any provision contained herein is in direct conflict with any provision in another Loan Document, the provision herein shall govern and control.
      15.8. Counterparts . Any Loan Document may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Loan Agreement shall become effective when Agent has received counterparts bearing the signatures of all parties hereto. Delivery of a signature page of any Loan Document by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of such agreement.
      15.9. Entire Agreement . Time is of the essence of the Loan Documents. The Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
      15.10. Relationship with Lenders . The obligations of each Lender hereunder are several, and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Revolver Commitments of any other Lender. Amounts payable hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt. It shall not be necessary for Agent or any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purposes. Nothing in this Agreement and no action of Agent or Lenders pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be deemed to constitute Agent and Lenders to be a partnership, association, joint venture or any other kind of entity, nor to constitute control of any Borrower.
      15.11. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility . In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated by any Loan Document, Borrowers acknowledge and agree that (a)(i) this credit facility and any related arranging or other services by Agent, any Lender, any of their Affiliates or any arranger are arm’s-length commercial transactions between Borrowers and such Person; (ii) Borrowers have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate; and (iii) Borrowers are capable of evaluating and understanding, and do understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of

 


 

the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents; (b) each of Agent, Lenders, their Affiliates and any arranger is and has been acting solely as a principal in connection with this credit facility, is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary for Borrowers, any of their Affiliates or any other Person, and has no obligation with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents except as expressly set forth therein; and (c) Agent, Lenders, their Affiliates and any arranger may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from Borrowers and their Affiliates, and have no obligation to disclose any of such interests to Borrowers or their Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against Agent, Lenders, their Affiliates and any arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated by a Loan Document.
      15.12. Process Agent . Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, each Borrower:
(i) irrevocably appoints National Registered Agents, Inc. as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the Illinois courts in connection with any Loan Document; and
(ii) agrees that failure by an agent for service of process to notify the relevant Borrower of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
If any person appointed as an agent for service of process is unable for any reason to act as agent for service of process, the Company (on behalf of all the Obligors) must immediately (and in any event within five days of such event taking place) appoint another agent on terms acceptable to Agent. Failing this, Agent may appoint another agent for this purpose.
      15.13. Confidentiality . Each of Agent, Lenders and Issuing Bank agrees to maintain the confidentiality of all Information (as defined below) with the same degree of care that it uses to protect its confidentiality information, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (provided such Persons are informed of the confidential nature of the Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential) involved in the transaction; (b) to the extent requested by any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it or its Affiliates; (c) to the extent required by Applicable Law or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party hereto; (e) in connection with any action or proceeding, or other exercise of rights or remedies, relating to any Loan Documents or Obligations; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as this Section 15.5 , to any Transferee or, any actual or prospective party (or its advisors) to any Bank Product; (g) with the consent of Borrower Agent; or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 15.5 or (ii) is available to Agent, any Lender, Issuing Bank or any of their Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Borrowers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent and Lenders may publish or disseminate general information describing this credit facility, including the names and addresses of Borrowers and a general description of Borrowers’ businesses, and may use Borrowers’ logos, trademarks, product photographs or name in advertising materials. As used herein, “Information” means all information received from an Obligor or Subsidiary relating to it or its business or to the Collateral that is identified as

 


 

confidential when delivered. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information pursuant to this Section 15.5 shall be deemed to have complied if it exercises the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information that it accords its own confidential information. Each of Agent, Lenders and Issuing Bank acknowledges that (i) Information may include material non-public information concerning an Obligor or Subsidiary; (ii) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information; and (iii) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with Applicable Law, including federal and state securities laws. This Section 15.13 shall survive Full Payment of the Obligations.
      15.14. Certifications Regarding Second Lien Notes . Borrowers certify to Agent and Lenders that neither the execution or performance of the Loan Documents nor the incurrence of any Obligations by Borrowers violates the Second Lien Notes or the Indenture, including Section 4.03(b)(1) thereof. Agent may condition Borrowings, Letters of Credit and other credit accommodations under the Loan Documents from time to time upon Agent’s receipt of evidence that the Revolver Commitments and Obligations continue to be permitted under the Indenture at such time.
      15.15. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES (BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS RELATING TO NATIONAL BANKS).
      15.16. Consent to Forum .
          15.16.1. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT SITTING IN OR WITH JURISDICTION OVER ILLINOIS, IN ANY PROCEEDING OR DISPUTE RELATING IN ANY WAY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL BE BROUGHT BY IT SOLELY IN ANY SUCH COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL CLAIMS, OBJECTIONS AND DEFENSES THAT IT MAY HAVE REGARDING SUCH COURT’S PERSONAL OR SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, VENUE OR INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 14.3.1. Nothing herein shall limit the right of Agent or any Lender to bring proceedings against any Obligor in any other court, nor limit the right of any party to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to preclude enforcement by Agent of any judgment or order obtained in any forum or jurisdiction.
      15.17. Waivers by Borrowers . To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Borrower waives (a) the right to trial by jury (which Agent and each Lender hereby also waives) in any proceeding or dispute of any kind relating in any way to any Loan Documents, Obligations or Collateral; (b) presentment, demand, protest, notice of presentment, default, non-payment, maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any commercial paper, accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper and guaranties at any time held by Agent on which a Borrower may in any way be liable, and hereby ratifies anything Agent may do in this regard; (c) notice prior to taking possession

 


 

or control of any Collateral (except as required under the Loan Documents); (d) any bond or security that might be required by a court prior to allowing Agent to exercise any rights or remedies; (e) the benefit of all valuation, appraisement and exemption laws; (f) any claim against Agent or any Lender, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) in any way relating to any Enforcement Action, Obligations, Loan Documents or transactions relating thereto; and (g) notice of acceptance hereof. Each Borrower acknowledges that the foregoing waivers are a material inducement to Agent and Lenders entering into this Agreement and that Agent and Lenders are relying upon the foregoing in their dealings with Borrowers. Each Borrower has reviewed the foregoing waivers with its legal counsel and has knowingly and voluntarily waived its jury trial and other rights following consultation with legal counsel. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.
      15.18. Patriot Act Notice . Agent and Lenders hereby notify Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, Agent and Lenders are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Borrower, including its legal name, address, tax ID number and other information that will allow Agent and Lenders to identify it in accordance with the Patriot Act. Agent and Lenders will also require information regarding each personal guarantor, if any, and may require information regarding Borrowers’ management and owners, such as legal name, address, social security number and date of birth.
      15.19. Effect of Amendment and Restatement; Schedules . This Agreement is intended to amend the Original Loan Agreement, without novation, and solely for convenience of reference, to restate it. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall not become effective until the satisfaction (or waiver) of the requirements set forth in Section 6.2 and the occurrence of the Restatement Effective Date. The Company and each other Obligor hereby acknowledge, certify and agree that the “Obligations” outstanding under and as defined in the Original Loan Agreement as of the Restatement Effective Date, continue to remain Obligations outstanding under this Agreement. Except as expressly modified herein, all of the terms and provisions of the Original Loan Agreement shall continue to apply for the periods prior to the Restatement Effective Date, including any determinations of payment dates, interest rates, compliance with covenants and other obligations, accuracy of representations and warranties, Events of Default or any amount payable to Agent or Lenders. From and after the Restatement Effective Date, all references in the Notes and other Loan Documents to (i) the “Loan Agreement” shall be deemed to include references to this Agreement, and (ii) the “Lenders” or “Agent” shall mean such terms as defined in this Agreement. As to all periods occurring on or after the Restatement Effective Date, all of the covenants in the Original Loan Agreement shall be of no further force and effect (with respect to such periods), it being understood that all obligations of Borrowers under the Original Loan Agreement shall be governed by this Agreement from and after the Restatement Effective Date. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Schedules to the Original Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified after the Original Closing Date but prior to the Restatement Effective Date, shall constitute the Schedules hereto, other than Schedule 1.1, Schedule 7.4, Schedule 8.5, Schedule 9.1.11, Schedule 9.1.14, Schedule 9.1.16, Schedule 10.2.1, Schedule 10.2.7 and Schedule 10.2.15 to this Agreement which are hereby amended and restated in form set forth after the signature pages to this Agreement.
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Documents and the exercise of any right or remedy by Agent under the Credit Agreement or any of the Security Documents is subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.
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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered as of the date set forth above.
         
  BORROWERS :

COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Chad M. Utrup  
    Name:   Chad M. Utrup   
    Title:  
Address:
Chief Financial Officer

7800 Walton Parkway
New Albany, OH 43054
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopy: (614) 289-5365 
 
 
  NATIONAL SEATING COMPANY
CVG CS LLC
MONONA CORPORATION
MONONA WIRE CORPORATION
MONONA (MEXICO) HOLDINGS LLC
TRIM SYSTEMS, INC.
TRIM SYSTEMS OPERATING CORP.
CABARRUS PLASTICS, INC.
CVG OREGON, LLC
CVS HOLDINGS, INC.
SPRAGUE DEVICES, INC.
MAYFLOWER VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC
CVG MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
CVG EUROPEAN HOLDINGS, LLC
CVG LOGISTICS, LLC
CVG ALABAMA, LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Chad M. Utrup  
    Name:   Chad M. Utrup   
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   

 


 

         
         
  AGENT AND LENDERS :

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ,
as Agent and Lender
 
 
  By:   /s/ Philip Nomura  
    Name:   Philip Nomura   
    Title:  
Address:
Vice President

135 S. LaSalle, 4 th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603
Telecopy: (312) 904-7190 
 

 


 

         
SCHEDULE 1.1
to
Loan and Security Agreement
REVOLVER COMMITMENTS OF LENDERS
         
Lender   Revolver Commitment  
Bank of America, N.A.
  $ 40,000,000.00  

 

Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 


 

     Intercreditor Agreement (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of April 26, 2011, among BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as first lien administrative agent and first lien collateral agent (in such capacity, with its successors and assigns, and as more specifically defined below, the “ First Priority Representative ”) for the First Priority Secured Parties (such term, and other capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined, having the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 below), U.S. NATIONAL BANK ASSOCIATION, as Trustee and as Second Priority Agent (in such capacity, with its successors and assigns, and as more specifically defined below, the “ Second Priority Representative ”) for the Second Priority Secured Parties, COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and each of the other Loan Parties party hereto.
     WHEREAS, the Company, the other borrowers party thereto, the First Priority Representative and certain financial institutions and other entities are parties to a First Lien Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 7, 2009, as amended and restated as of the date hereof (as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Existing First Priority Agreement ”), pursuant to which such financial institutions and other entities have agreed to make loans and extend other financial accommodations to the Company and the other borrowers party thereto;
     WHEREAS, the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and the Second Priority Representative are parties to an Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Existing Second Priority Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company intends to issue certain notes (the “ Notes ”) guaranteed by each other Loan Party party thereto;
     WHEREAS, the Company and the other Loan Parties have granted to the First Priority Representative security interests in the Common Collateral as security for payment and performance of the First Priority Obligations;
     WHEREAS, the Company and the other Loan Parties propose to grant to the Second Priority Representative junior security interests in the Common Collateral as security for payment and performance of the Second Priority Obligations; and
     WHEREAS, it is a condition to the grant of such junior security interests that this Agreement be executed and delivered by the parties hereto to set forth the respective rights of the First Priority Secured Parties, on the one hand, and the Second Priority Secured Parties, on the other hand, and the application of any proceeds and certain other matters;
     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the existence and sufficiency of which is expressly recognized by all of the parties hereto, the parties agree as follows:
     SECTION 1 . DEFINITIONS .
     1.1. Defined Terms. The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
     “ Additional Debt ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.3(b).

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     “ Additional First Priority Agreement ” means any agreement designated as such in writing (including by addendum to this Agreement) by the First Priority Representative in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Agreement.
     “ Additional Second Priority Agreement ” means any agreement designated as such in writing (including by addendum to this Agreement) by the Second Priority Representative in accordance with the terms of the Second Priority Agreement.
     “ Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
     “ Bankruptcy Code ” means the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §101 et seq.), as amended from time to time.
     “ Bankruptcy Law ” means each of the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or similar law.
     “ BofA ” Bank of America, N.A.
     “ Cash Management Obligations ” means, with respect to any Loan Party, (i) any “Cash Management Services” as defined in the Existing First Priority Agreement and (ii) any other obligations of such Loan Party owed to any First Priority Secured Party (or any of its affiliates) in respect of treasury management arrangements, depositary or other cash management services including in connection with any automated clearing house transfers of funds or similar transactions.
     “ Common Collateral ” means all assets that are both First Priority Collateral and Second Priority Collateral.
     “ Company ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
     “ Comparable Second Priority Security Document ” means, in relation to any Common Collateral subject to any First Priority Security Document, that Second Priority Security Document that creates a security interest in the same Common Collateral, granted by the same Loan Party, as applicable.
     “ DIP Financing ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.2.
     “ Enforcement Action ” means, with respect to the First Priority Obligations or the Second Priority Obligations, any demand for acceleration or payment thereof, the exercise of any rights and remedies with respect to any Common Collateral securing such obligations or the commencement or prosecution of enforcement of any of the rights and remedies, as applicable, the First Priority Documents or the Second Priority Documents, or applicable law, including, without limitation, the exercise of any rights of set-off or recoupment and rights to credit bid debt, and the exercise of any rights or remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or under the Bankruptcy Code.
     “ Existing First Priority Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
     “ Existing Second Priority Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

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     “ First Priority Agreement ” means the collective reference to (a) the Existing First Priority Agreement, (b) any Additional First Priority Agreement and (c) any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has been incurred to extend, replace, refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the Existing First Priority Agreement, any Additional First Priority Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (c) unless such agreement or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a First Priority Agreement hereunder (a “ Replacement First Priority Agreement ”). Any reference to the First Priority Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference to any First Priority Agreement then extant.
     “ First Priority Collateral ” means all assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any other Loan Party, in which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to any First Priority Secured Party as security for any First Priority Obligation (including any Lien assigned to the First Priority Representative pursuant to Section 2.4).
     “ First Priority Creditors ” means the “Lenders” as defined in the First Priority Agreement, or any Persons that are designated under the First Priority Documents as creditors entitled to benefit from the Liens on the First Priority Collateral under the First Priority Security Documents.
     “ First Priority Documents ” means the First Priority Agreement, each First Priority Security Document and each First Priority Guarantee.
     “ First Priority Guarantee ” means any guarantee by any Loan Party of any or all of the First Priority Obligations.
     “ First Priority Lien ” means any Lien created by the First Priority Security Documents.
     “ First Priority Obligations ” means (a) all principal of and interest (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all loans made pursuant to the First Priority Agreement, (b) all reimbursement obligations (if any) and interest thereon (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) with respect to any letter of credit or similar instruments issued pursuant to the First Priority Agreement, (c) all Hedging Obligations, (d) all Cash Management Obligations, (e) obligations of the Loan Parties under any indemnity for Claims (as defined in the First Priority Agreement), and (f) all guarantee obligations, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the First Priority Documents. To the extent any payment with respect to any First Priority Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any Second Priority Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.
     “ First Priority Obligations Payment Date ” means the first date on which (a) the First Priority Obligations (including any obligations replacing, renewing or refinancing any previously existing First Priority Obligations, but other than those that constitute Unasserted Contingent Obligations) have been indefeasibly paid in cash in full (or cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Documents or in other consideration acceptable to the First Priority Secured Parties), (b) all commitments to extend credit under the First Priority Documents (including any obligations replacing,

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renewing or refinancing any previously existing First Priority Obligations) have been terminated, (c) there are no outstanding letters of credit or similar instruments issued under the First Priority Documents (other than such as have been cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Security Documents), and (d) the First Priority Representative has delivered a written notice to the Second Priority Representative stating that the events described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) have occurred to the satisfaction of the First Priority Secured Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time after the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred, the Company enters into any First Priority Document evidencing a First Priority Obligation which is permitted hereby and under the Second Priority Documents, then such First Priority Obligations Payment Date shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement, and the obligations under such First Priority Document shall automatically be treated as First Priority Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein, and the first-lien collateral agent under such First Priority Documents shall be the First Priority Representative for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of a notice stating that the Company has entered into a new First Priority Document (which notice shall include the identity of the new agent, such agent, the “ New Agent ”), the Second Priority Representative shall promptly enter into such documents and agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Company or such New Agent may reasonably request in order to provide to the New Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement.
     “ First Priority Representative ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof. In the case of any Replacement First Priority Agreement, the First Priority Representative shall be the Person identified as such in such Replacement First Priority Agreement.
     “ First Priority Secured Party ” means (a) each First Priority Creditor (and any affiliate of such First Priority Creditor to which any Cash Management Obligation is owed), (b) each “Issuing Bank” (as defined in the First Priority Agreement), (c) the First Priority Representative, (d) each counterparty to any Swap Agreement the obligations under which constitute Hedging Obligations, (e) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any First Priority Document and (f) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.
     “ First Priority Security Documents ” means the “Security Documents” (as defined in the Existing First Priority Agreement), and any other documents that are designated under the First Priority Agreement as “First Priority Security Documents” for purposes of this Agreement.
     “ Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body.
     “ Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligations of such Loan Party pursuant to an agreement in respect of any “Hedging Agreement” as defined in the Existing First Priority Agreement or any other Swap Agreement or hedge agreement in respect of interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices entered into by a Loan Party and any First Priority Creditor (or any of its affiliates) at the time such agreement is entered into.
     “ Insolvency Proceeding ” means any proceeding in respect of bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, receivership, dissolution or assignment for the benefit of creditors, in each of the foregoing events whether under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law.

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     “ Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.
     “ Loan Party ” means (a) the Company, (b) each direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company and (c) any other Person in which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds an ownership interest, in each case (a) through (c), that is, at any time of determination, a party to any First Priority Security Document or Second Priority Security Document. All references in this Agreement to any Loan Party shall include such Loan Party as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Loan Party in any Insolvency Proceeding.
     “ Person ” means any natural person, individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, association, institution, entity, party, including any Governmental Authority or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
     “ Post-Petition Interest ” means any interest or entitlement to fees or expenses or other charges that accrues after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding.
     “ Recovery ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.5.
     “ Reorganization Securities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.11.
     “ Replacement First Priority Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “First Priority Agreement”.
     “ Second Priority Agreement ” means the collective reference to (a) the Existing Second Priority Agreement, (b) any Additional Second Priority Agreement and (c) any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture, or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has been incurred to extend, replace, refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the Existing Second Priority Agreement, any Additional Second Priority Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (c). Any reference to the Second Priority Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference to any Second Priority Agreement then extant.
     “ Second Priority Collateral ” means all assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any other Loan Party, in which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to any Second Priority Secured Party as security for any Second Priority Obligation.
     “ Second Priority Agent ” means has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
     “ Second Priority Creditors ” means the Trustee and the Holders (as defined in the Existing Second Priority Agreement), or any Persons that are designated under the Second Priority Documents as creditors entitled to benefit from the Liens on the Second Priority Collateral under the Second Priority Security Documents.

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     “ Second Priority Documents ” means each Second Priority Agreement, each Second Priority Security Document and each Second Priority Guarantee.
     “ Second Priority Guarantee ” means any guarantee by any Loan Party of any or all of the Second Priority Obligations.
     “ Second Priority Lien ” means any Lien created by the Second Priority Security Documents.
     “ Second Priority Obligations ” means the due and punctual payment of (a) all principal of and interest (including any Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all indebtedness under the Second Priority Agreement, and (b) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including Post-Petition Interest), of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries to the Second Priority Secured Parties under the Second Priority Documents, and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the Second Priority Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect to any Second Priority Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in whole or in part, or is otherwise set aside or required to be returned or paid to a debtor in possession, any First Priority Secured Party, any receiver or any similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.
     “ Second Priority Representative ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto, but shall also include any Person identified as a “Second Priority Representative” in any Second Priority Agreement other than the Existing Second Priority Agreement.
     “ Second Priority Secured Party ” means the Second Priority Representative, the Second Priority Creditors and any other holders of the Second Priority Obligations.
     “ Second Priority Security Documents ” means the “Security Documents” as defined in the Existing Second Priority Agreement and any documents that are designated under the Second Priority Agreement as “Second Priority Security Documents” for purposes of this Agreement.
     “ Secured Parties ” means the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties.
     “ Standstill Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2.
     “ subsidiary ” has the meaning specified in the Existing First Priority Agreement.
     “ Swap Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future, derivative or foreign exchange spot transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of any of the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.

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     “ Trustee ” means U.S. National Bank Association.
     “ Unasserted Contingent Obligations ” means, at any time, First Priority Obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities (excluding (a) the principal of, and interest and premium (if any) on, and fees and expenses relating to, any First Priority Obligation and (b) contingent reimbursement obligations in respect of amounts that may be drawn under outstanding letters of credit or similar instruments) in respect of which no assertion of liability (whether oral or written) and no claim or demand for payment (whether oral or written) has been made (and, in the case of First Priority Obligations for indemnification, no notice for indemnification has been issued by the indemnitee) at such time.
     “ Uniform Commercial Code ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the applicable jurisdiction.
     1.2 Amended Agreements . All references in this Agreement to agreements or other contractual obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or contractual obligations as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, if applicable.
     1.3 Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, renewed, extended, refinanced or replaced, (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors or permitted assigns, (iii) any reference herein to any Loan Party shall be construed to include such Loan Party as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Loan Party in any Insolvency Proceeding, (iv) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (v) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement, (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights, and (vii) references to laws or statutes include all related rules, regulations, interpretations, amendments and successor provisions.
     SECTION 2. LIEN PRIORITIES .
     2.1 Subordination of Liens . (a) Any and all Liens in Common Collateral now existing or hereafter created or arising in favor of any Second Priority Secured Party securing the Second Priority Obligations, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, judgment rendered in any judicial proceeding, subrogation or otherwise, are expressly junior in priority, operation and effect to any and all Liens now existing or hereafter created or arising in favor of the First Priority Secured Parties securing the First Priority Obligations, notwithstanding (i) anything to the contrary contained in any agreement or filing to which any Second Priority Secured Party may now or hereafter be a party, and regardless of the time, order or method of grant, attachment, recording or perfection of any financing statements or other security interests, assignments, pledges, deeds, mortgages and other Liens, charges or

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encumbrances or any defect or deficiency or alleged defect or deficiency in any of the foregoing, (ii) any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable law or any First Priority Document or Second Priority Document or any other circumstance whatsoever and (iii) the fact that any such Liens in favor of any First Priority Secured Party securing any of the First Priority Obligations are (x) subordinated to any Lien securing any obligation of any Loan Party other than the Second Priority Obligations or (y) otherwise subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed.
     (b) No Second Priority Secured Party shall object to or contest, or support any other Person in contesting or objecting to, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Lien on the First Priority Collateral granted to any First Priority Creditor. Notwithstanding any failure by any First Priority Secured Party to perfect its Lien on the First Priority Collateral granted to such First Priority Secured Party or any avoidance, invalidation or subordination by any third party or court of competent jurisdiction of the Lien on the First Priority Collateral granted to the First Priority Secured Parties, the priority and rights as between the First Priority Secured Parties, on the one hand, and the Second Priority Secured Parties, on the other hand, with respect to the Common Collateral shall be as set forth herein.
     2.2 Nature of First Priority Obligations . The Second Priority Representative on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties acknowledges that a portion of the First Priority Obligations represents debt that is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, and that the terms of the First Priority Obligations may be modified, extended or amended from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the First Priority Obligations may be increased, replaced or refinanced, in each event, without notice to or consent by the Second Priority Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof. The lien priorities provided in Section 2.1 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any such amendment, modification, supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal, restatement or refinancing of the First Priority Obligations, or any portion thereof, or by any amendment, modification, supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal, restatement or refinancing of the Second Priority Obligations, or any portion thereof.
     2.3 Agreements Regarding Actions to Perfect Liens . (a) The Second Priority Representative on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties agrees that UCC-1 financing statements, patent, trademark or copyright filings or other filings or recordings filed or recorded by or on behalf of the Second Priority Representative shall be in form satisfactory to the First Priority Representative.
     (b) The Second Priority Representative agrees on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties that all Second Priority Security Documents entered into on or about the date hereof shall contain the following notation (or such other notation acceptable to the First Priority Representatives): “The lien and security interest created by this Agreement on the property described herein is junior and subordinate, in accordance with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of April 26, 2011, among Bank of America, N.A., as First Priority Representative, U.S. National Bank Association, as Second Priority Representative, Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. and the other Loan Parties referred to therein, as amended from time to time, to the lien and security interest on such property created by any similar instrument now or hereafter granted to Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent under the First Priority Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), and its successors and assigns, in such property.” The Second Priority Representative agrees on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties that all other Second Priority Security Documents shall bear an identical or, in the event

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that the Existing First Priority Agreement is no longer extant or BofA shall cease to be the First Priority Representative, a substantially similar notation.
     (c) The First Priority Representative hereby agrees that, to the extent that it holds, or a third party holds on its behalf, physical possession of or “control” (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) (or any similar concept under foreign law) over Common Collateral pursuant to the First Priority Security Documents, such possession or control is also for the benefit of the Second Priority Representative and the other Second Priority Secured Parties solely to the extent required to perfect their security interest in such Common Collateral (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the Uniform Commercial Code). Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed to impose any duty on the First Priority Representative (or any third party acting on its behalf) with respect to such Common Collateral or provide the Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Secured Party with any rights with respect to such Common Collateral beyond those specified in this Agreement and the Second Priority Security Documents; provided that subsequent to the occurrence of the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the First Priority Representative shall (i) deliver to the Second Priority Representative, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, the Common Collateral in its possession or control together with any necessary endorsements to the extent required by the Second Priority Documents or (ii) direct and deliver such Common Collateral as a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise directs; provided , further , that the provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties and shall not impose on the First Priority Secured Parties any obligations in respect of the disposition of any Common Collateral (or any proceeds thereof) that would conflict with prior perfected Liens or any claims thereon in favor of any other Person that is not a Secured Party.
     2.4 No New Liens . So long as the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has not occurred, the parties hereto agree that if any Second Priority Secured Party shall acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Second Priority Obligation which assets are required under the First Priority Documents to be pledged as First Priority Collateral and are not also subject to the First Priority Lien of the First Priority Representative under the First Priority Documents, then the Second Priority Representative, shall be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the First Priority Secured Parties and shall promptly notify the First Priority Representative of the existence of such Lien and, upon demand by the First Priority Representative, will without the need for any further consent of any other Second Priority Secured Party, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Second Priority Document, assign it to the First Priority Representative as security for the First Priority Obligations (in which case the Second Priority Representative may retain a junior lien on such assets subject to the terms hereof). To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the First Priority Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representative and the other Second Priority Secured Parties agree that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.4 shall be subject to Section 4.1.
     2.5 Further Assurances . Each of the First Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other First Priority Secured Parties, and the Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other Second Priority Secured Parties, and each Loan Party party hereto, for itself and on behalf of its subsidiaries, agrees that it will execute, or will cause to be executed, any and all further documents, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions, as may be required under any applicable law, or which the First Priority Representative or the Second Priority Representative may reasonably

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request, to effectuate the terms of this Agreement, including the relative Lien priorities provided for herein.
     SECTION 3 . ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS .
     3.1 Exclusive Enforcement . Until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred, whether or not an Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Loan Party, the First Priority Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to take and continue any Enforcement Action and make determinations regarding the release, dispositions or restrictions with respect to the Common Collateral, without any consultation with or consent of any Second Priority Secured Party, but subject to the proviso set forth in Section 5.1. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default under (and defined in) the First Priority Documents, the First Priority Representative and the other First Priority Secured Parties may take and continue any Enforcement Action with respect to the First Priority Obligations and the Common Collateral in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Documents in such order and manner as they may determine in their sole discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by any of them to sell or otherwise dispose of the Common Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all rights and remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code and of a secured creditor under the Bankruptcy Law of any applicable jurisdiction.
     3.2 Standstill and Waivers . The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that, until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred, subject to the proviso set forth in Section 5.1:
     (a) they will not take or cause to be taken any Enforcement Action;
     (b) they will not take or cause to be taken any action for the purpose or effect of which is to make any Lien in respect of any Second Priority Obligation pari passu with or senior to, or to give any Second Priority Secured Party any preference or priority relative to, the Liens with respect to the First Priority Obligations or the First Priority Secured Parties with respect to any of the Common Collateral;
     (c) they will not contest, oppose, object to, interfere with, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings (including the filing of an Insolvency Proceeding) or otherwise, any foreclosure, sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Common Collateral or any other First Priority Collateral by any First Priority Secured Party or any other Enforcement Action taken (or any forbearance from taking any Enforcement Action) by or on behalf of any First Priority Secured Party;
     (d) they have no right to (i) direct either the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to the Common Collateral or pursuant to the First Priority Security Documents or (ii) consent or object to the exercise by the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to the Common Collateral or pursuant to the First Priority Security Documents or to the timing or manner in which any such right is exercised or not exercised (or, to the extent they may have any such right described in this clause (c), whether as a junior lien creditor or otherwise, they hereby irrevocably waive such right);

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     (e) they will not institute any suit or other proceeding or assert in any suit, Insolvency Proceeding or other proceeding any claim against any First Priority Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise, with respect to, and no First Priority Secured Party shall be liable for, any action taken or omitted to be taken by any First Priority Secured Party with respect to the Common Collateral or pursuant to the First Priority Documents;
     (f) they will not make any judicial or nonjudicial claim or demand or commence any judicial or non-judicial proceedings against any Loan Party or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates under or with respect to any Second Priority Security Document seeking payment or damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise under or with respect to any Second Priority Security Document or exercise any right, remedy or power under or with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce, any Second Priority Security Document;
     (g) they will not commence judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, or attempt any action to take possession of any Common Collateral, or exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce their interest in or realize upon, the Common Collateral or pursuant to the Second Priority Security Documents;
     (h) they will not seek, and hereby waive any right, to have the Common Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of the Common Collateral and hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to the Common Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law; and
     (i) they will not object to the forbearance by the First Priority Secured Parties from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Common Collateral or any other First Priority Collateral.
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Second Lien Secured Party may exercise its rights and remedies in respect of the Common Collateral under and to the extent provided for in the Second Lien Security Documents or applicable law (and any recovery therefrom shall be for the benefit of the First Priority Secured Parties) after the passage of a period of 180 days (the " Standstill Period ”) from the date of delivery of a notice in writing to the First Priority Representative of its intention to exercise such rights and remedies, which notice may only be delivered following the occurrence of and during the continuation of an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Second Lien Agreements; provided , further , however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Second Lien Secured Party exercise or continue to exercise any such rights or remedies if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Standstill Period, (i) any First Priority Secured Party shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing the exercise of any of its rights and remedies with respect to any of the Common Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Second Lien Representative) or (ii) an Insolvency Proceeding in respect of any Loan Party shall have been commenced; and provided , further , that in any Insolvency Proceeding commenced by or against any Loan Party, the Second Lien Representative and the Second Lien Secured Parties may take only such actions as are expressly permitted by Section 5. After the expiration of the Standstill Period, so long as the First Priority Representative or any First Priority Secured Party has not commenced any Enforcement Actions with respect to any portion of the Common

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Collateral, any Second Lien Secured Party may commence an Enforcement Action with respect to all or a material portion of the Common Collateral and pursue the exercise of its rights, provided that all of the other provisions of this Agreement are complied with.
     3.3 Judgment Creditors . In the event that any Second Priority Secured Party becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of any Common Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor, such judgment lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the First Priority Liens and the First Priority Obligations) to the same extent as all other Liens securing the Second Priority Obligations are subject to the terms of this Agreement.
     3.4 Cooperation . The Second Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that each of them shall take such actions as the First Priority Representative shall request in connection with the exercise by the First Priority Secured Parties of their rights set forth herein.
     3.5 No Additional Rights For the Loan Parties Hereunder . Except as provided in Section 3.6, if any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party shall enforce its rights or remedies in violation of the terms of this Agreement, no Loan Party shall be entitled to use such violation as a defense to any action by any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party, or to assert such violation as a counterclaim or basis for set off or recoupment against any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party.
     3.6 Actions Upon Breach . (a) If any Second Priority Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, commences or participates in any action or proceeding against any Loan Party or the Common Collateral, such Loan Party, with the prior written consent of the First Priority Representative, may interpose as a defense or dilatory plea the making of this Agreement, and any First Priority Secured Party may intervene and interpose such defense or plea in its or their name or in the name of such Loan Party.
     (b) Should any Second Priority Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take, attempt to take or threaten in writing to take any action with respect to the Common Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement), or take any other action in violation of this Agreement, or fail to take any action required by this Agreement, this Agreement shall create an irrebuttable presumption and admission by such Second Priority Secured Party that any First Priority Secured Party (in its own name or in the name of the relevant Loan Party) or the relevant Loan Party may obtain relief against such Second Priority Secured Party by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief, it being understood and agreed by the Second Priority Representative on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party that (i) the First Priority Secured Parties’ damages from such actions of any Second Priority Secured Party may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable and the harm to the First Priority Secured Parties may not be adequately compensated in damages and (ii) each Second Priority Secured Party waives any defense that the Loan Parties and/or the First Priority Secured Parties cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages.
     3.7 Agreement to be Bound . (a) The Second Priority Representative and, by virtue of accepting the Notes or any other document evidencing the Second Priority Obligations, the Second Priority Secured Parties, acknowledge and agree that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in the Second Priority Security Documents or any other Second Priority Documents shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the First Priority Representative or the First Priority Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the First Priority Loan Documents.

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          (b) By accepting any Note or any other document evidencing the Second Priority Obligations, each Second Priority Secured Parties has agreed to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. In addition, the limitations and restrictions upon the Second Priority Representative and its waivers of rights and remedies in this Agreement shall apply to limit, restrict and waive the rights and remedies of all other Second Priority Secured Parties to the extent that any independent rights or remedies for the Second Priority Secured Parties exist under or by virtue of the Second Priority Documents, the Second Priority Documents, or the Liens on the Common Collateral granted thereby or applicable law.
     SECTION 4 . APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS OF COMMON COLLATERAL; DISPOSITIONS AND RELEASES OF COMMON COLLATERAL; INSPECTION AND INSURANCE .
     4.1 Application of Proceeds; Turnover Provisions . All proceeds of Common Collateral (including any interest earned thereon) resulting from the sale, collection or other disposition of Common Collateral resulting from any Enforcement Action or that occurs after and during the continuation of any Event of Default (as defined in the First Priority Documents), whether or not pursuant to an Insolvency Proceeding, or during the pendency of any Insolvency Proceeding shall be distributed as follows: first to the First Priority Representative for application to the First Priority Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Documents, until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred and thereafter , to the Second Priority Representative for application in accordance with the terms of the Second Priority Documents. Until the occurrence of the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, any Common Collateral, including any such Common Collateral constituting proceeds, that may be received by any Second Priority Secured Party in violation of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust and promptly paid over to the First Priority Representative, for the benefit of the First Priority Secured Parties, in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, and each Second Priority Secured Party hereby authorizes the First Priority Representative to make any such endorsements as agent for the Second Priority Representative (which authorization, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable).
     4.2 Releases of Second Priority Lien . (a) Upon (i) any release, sale or other disposition of Common Collateral permitted pursuant to the terms of the First Priority Documents that results in the release of the First Priority Lien on any Common Collateral (including any sale or other disposition pursuant to any Enforcement Action) or (ii) any other release of Common Collateral from the Lien under the First Priority Security Documents that is permitted pursuant to the terms of the First Priority Documents (in each case other than any release of Common Collateral from the Lien under the First Priority Security Documents made following or in connection with the indefeasible payment in cash in full (or cash collateralization or defeasance in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Documents or receipt of other consideration acceptable to the First Priority Secured Parties) of the First Priority Obligations, the terminations of all commitments to extend credit under the First Priority Documents (including any obligations replacing, renewing or refinancing any previously existing First Priority Obligations) and any outstanding letters of credit or similar instruments issued under the First Priority Documents (other than such as have been cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Security Documents)), the Second Priority Lien on such Common Collateral (excluding any portion of the proceeds of such Common Collateral remaining after the First Priority Obligations Payment Date occurs) shall be automatically and unconditionally released, as and when, but only to the extent such First Priority Liens on such Common Collateral are released, with no further consent or action of any Person.
     (b) The Second Priority Representative shall promptly execute and deliver such release documents and instruments and shall take such further actions as the First Priority Representative (or, with the consent of the First Priority Representative, the Company) shall request to evidence any release

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of the Second Priority Lien described in paragraph (a). The Second Priority Representative hereby appoints the First Priority Representative and any officer or duly authorized person of the First Priority Representative, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power of attorney in the place and stead of the Second Priority Representative and in the name of the Second Priority Representative or in the First Priority Representative’s own name, from time to time, in the First Priority Representative’s sole discretion, for the purposes of carrying out the terms of this Section 4.2, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 4.2, including any financing statements, endorsements, assignments, releases or other documents or instruments of transfer (which appointment, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable).
     4.3 Inspection Rights and Insurance . (a) Any First Priority Secured Party and its representatives and invitees may at any time inspect, repossess, remove and otherwise deal with the Common Collateral in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Documents, and the First Priority Representative may advertise and conduct public auctions or private sales of the Common Collateral, in each case without notice to, the involvement of or interference by any Second Priority Secured Party or liability to any Second Priority Secured Party.
     (b) Until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred, the First Priority Representative will have the sole and exclusive right (i) to be named as additional insured and loss payee under any insurance policies maintained from time to time by any Loan Party (except that the Second Priority Representative shall have the right to be named as additional insured and loss payee so long as its second lien status is identified in a manner satisfactory to the First Priority Representative), (ii) to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering the Common Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Documents and (iii) to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Common Collateral in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Documents.
     4.4 Rights as Unsecured Creditors . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Second Priority Representative and the other Second Priority Secured Parties may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against the Company or any other Loan Party that has guaranteed the Second Priority Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Second Priority Documents, including the acceleration of any Indebtedness or other obligations owing under the Second Priority Documents or the demand for payment under the guarantee in respect thereof, in each case in accordance with the terms of the applicable Second Priority Documents and applicable law and not otherwise inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Secured Party of the required payments of interest and principal so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of (a) the exercise by any Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Secured Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of Common Collateral or other collateral or (b) the enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien in respect of Second Priority Liens held by any of them. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties may have with respect to the First Priority Collateral.
     SECTION 5 . INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS .
     5.1 Filing of Motions . Until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred, the Second Priority Representative agrees on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties

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that no Second Priority Secured Party shall, in or in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding involving any Loan Party, file any pleading or motion, take any position at any hearing or proceeding of any nature, or otherwise take any action whatsoever, in each case in respect of any of the Common Collateral, including with respect to the determination of any Liens or claims (including the validity, priority and enforceability thereof) held by the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party or the value of any claims of such parties under Section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; provided that (a) in any Insolvency Proceeding involving any Loan Party, the Second Priority Representative may file a proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to the applicable Second Priority Liens and (b) the Second Priority Representative may take any such action (not adverse to the First Priority Liens on the Common Collateral securing the First Priority Obligations, or the rights of either the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties to exercise remedies in respect thereof) to the extent required to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Liens on, the Common Collateral, in each case of (a) and (b) above, to the extent such action is not inconsistent with, and could not result in a resolution inconsistent with, the terms of this Agreement.
     5.2 Financing Matters . If any Loan Party becomes subject to any Insolvency Proceeding, and if the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Parties desire to consent (or not object) to the use of cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law or to provide financing to any Loan Party under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law or to consent (or not object) to the provision of such financing (including financing that primes or takes priority over existing Liens) to any Loan Party by any third party (any such financing, “ DIP Financing ”), then the Second Priority Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, that each Second Priority Secured Party (a) will be deemed to have consented to, will raise no objection to, and will not support any other Person objecting to, the use of such cash collateral or to such DIP Financing, (b) will not request or accept adequate protection or any other relief in connection with the use of such cash collateral or such DIP Financing except as set forth in Section 5.4, (c) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) the Second Priority Liens (i) to any replacement Liens provided as adequate protection to the First Priority Secured Parties on the same terms as the Second Priority Liens are subordinated to the First Priority Liens under this Agreement and (ii)(x) to the Liens securing such DIP Financing, (y) to any “carve-out” agreed to by the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties and (z) in the case of any Insolvency Proceeding outside the United States, to any administrative or other charges granted in such Insolvency Proceeding that are similar in nature to a “carve-out” and agreed to by the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties, in the case of each of clauses (ii) (x), (y) and (z), with such subordination to be on the same terms as the First Priority Liens are subordinated thereto (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement), (d) will be deemed to have consented to, and will raise no objection to, and will not support any other Person objecting to (i) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injuction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of the First Priority Obligations made by the First Priority Representative or any First Priority Secured Party, (ii) any lawful exercise by the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party of the right to credit bid any First Priority Obligations at any sale in foreclosure of First Priority Collateral or (iii) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party relating to the lawful enforcement of any First Priority Lien.
     5.3 Relief From the Automatic Stay . The Second Priority Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, that none of them will seek relief from the automatic stay or from any other stay in any Insolvency Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each

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case in respect of any Common Collateral, without the prior written consent of the First Priority Representative and the Required Lenders under (and as defined in) the First Priority Agreement.
     5.4 Adequate Protection . (a) The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that none of them shall object to, contest, or support any other Person objecting to or contesting (i) any request by the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties for adequate protection or any adequate protection provided to the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties or (ii) any objection by the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Parties to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on a claim of a lack of adequate protection or (iii) the payment of interest, fees, expenses, costs, charges or other amounts to the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise.
     (b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section and in Section 5.2(b) (but subject to all other provisions of this Agreement, including Sections 5.2(a) and 5.3), in any Insolvency Proceeding, (i) if the First Priority Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection that includes additional collateral (with replacement Liens on such additional collateral) and superpriority claims in connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, then in connection with any such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral the Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and any of the other Second Priority Secured Parties, may seek or accept adequate protection consisting solely of (x) a replacement Lien on the same additional collateral, subordinated to the Liens securing (1) such DIP Financing on the same terms as the First Priority Liens are subordinated thereto (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement), and (2) the First Priority Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Obligations are so subordinated to the First Priority Obligations under this Agreement and (y) superpriority claims junior in all respects to the superpriority claims granted to the First Priority Secured Parties, provided, however, that each Second Priority Representative shall have irrevocably agreed, pursuant to Section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, on behalf of itself and each other Second Priority Secured Party, in any stipulation or order granting such adequate protection, that such junior superpriority claims may be paid under any plan of reorganization in any combination of cash, debt, equity or other property having a value on the effective date of such plan equal to the allowed amount of such claims and (ii) in the event the Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, seeks or accepts adequate protection in accordance with clause (i) above in the form of additional collateral, then the Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself or any of the other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that the First Priority Representative shall also be granted a senior Lien on such additional collateral as security for the First Priority Obligations and any such DIP Financing and that any Lien on such additional collateral securing the Second Priority Obligations shall be subordinated to (A) the Liens on such collateral securing the First Priority Obligations and any other Liens granted to the First Priority Secured Parties as adequate protection on the same terms that the Liens securing the Second Priority Obligations are subordinated to such First Priority Obligations under this Agreement and (B) (x) the Liens on such collateral securing such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto), (y) any “carve-out” agreed to by the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties and (z) in the case of any Insolvency Proceeding outside the United States, any administrative or other charges granted in any Insolvency Proceeding that are similar in nature to a “carve-out” and agreed to by the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties, in the case of each of clauses (B) (x), (y) and (z), with such subordination to be on the same terms as the Liens securing the First Priority Obligations are subordinated thereto (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement). The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.4, and except for adequate

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protection in the form of access to information to the extent such access is also made available to the First Priority Representative on behalf of itself and the other First Priority Secured Parties, none of them shall seek or accept adequate protection without the prior written consent of the First Priority Representative.
     (c) Neither the Second Priority Representative nor any other Second Priority Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency Proceeding of First Priority Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses. Regardless of whether any such claim for post-petition interest, fees or expenses is allowed or allowable, and without limiting the generality of the other provisions of this Agreement, this Agreement expressly is intended to include and does include the “rule of explicitness” in that this Agreement expressly entitles the First Priority Secured Parties, and is intended to provide the First Priority Secured Parties with the right, to receive payment of all post-petition interest, fees or expenses through distributions made pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement even though such interest, fees and expenses are not allowed or allowable against the bankruptcy estate of the Company or any other Loan Party under Section 502(b)(2) or Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable law.
     5.5 Avoidance Issues . If any First Priority Secured Party is required in any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise to disgorge, turn over or otherwise pay to the bankruptcy trustee or the estate of any Loan Party, because such amount was avoided or ordered to be paid or disgorged for any reason, including without limitation because it was found to be a fraudulent or preferential transfer, any amount (a “ Recovery ”), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of set-off or otherwise, then the First Priority Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and deemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, if it shall otherwise have occurred, shall be deemed not to have occurred. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto. The Second Priority Secured Parties agree that none of them shall be entitled to benefit from any avoidance action affecting or otherwise relating to any distribution or allocation made in accordance with this Agreement, whether by preference or otherwise, it being understood and agreed that the benefit of such avoidance action otherwise allocable to them shall instead be allocated and turned over for application in accordance with the priorities set forth in this Agreement.
     5.6 Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency Proceeding . Neither the Second Priority Representative nor any other Second Priority Secured Party shall, in an Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, oppose any sale or other disposition of any assets of any Loan Party that is supported by the First Priority Secured Parties, and the Second Priority Representative and each other Second Priority Secured Party will be deemed to have consented under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (and otherwise) to any such sale or other disposition of assets supported by the First Priority Secured Parties and to have released their Liens on such assets; provided , to the extent such sale is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the First Priority Obligations and the Second Priority Obligations will attach to the proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as the Liens released on the assets sold.
     5.7 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification . Each Second Priority Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the First Priority Security Documents and the Second Priority Security Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens and (b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Common Collateral, the Second Priority Obligations are fundamentally different from the First Priority Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency Proceeding. To further

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effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the First Priority Secured Parties and Second Priority Secured Parties in respect of the Common Collateral constitute only one class of secured claims (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then the Second Priority Secured Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Loan Parties in respect of the Common Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Common Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second Priority Secured Parties), the First Priority Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of Post-Petition Interest before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the Second Priority Secured Parties, with the Second Priority Secured Parties hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the First Priority Secured Parties amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Second Priority Secured Parties), and that, until turned over to the First Priority Secured Parties, such amounts will be held in trust for the First Priority Secured Parties.
     5.8 No Waivers of Rights of First Priority Secured Parties . Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party from objecting in any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by any Second Priority Secured Party not expressly permitted hereunder, including the seeking by any Second Priority Secured Party of adequate protection (except as provided in Section 5.4) or the asserting by any Second Priority Secured Party of any of its rights and remedies under the Second Priority Documents or otherwise.
     5.9 Plans of Reorganization . No Second Priority Secured Party shall support or vote in favor of any plan of reorganization (and each shall be deemed to have voted to reject any plan of reorganization) unless such plan (a) pays off, in cash in full, all First Priority Obligations or (b) is accepted by the class of holders of First Priority Obligations voting thereon.
     5.10 Effectiveness in Insolvency Proceedings . This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding. All references to any of the Company or any Loan Party herein shall apply to any trustee for such Person and such Person as debtor in possession. The relative rights as to the Common Collateral and other collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the filing thereof on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any such Person.
     5.11 Reorganization Securities . If, in any Insolvency Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor (“ Reorganization Securities ”) are distributed, pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, on account of the Second Priority Obligations, then the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations. In no event shall the Second Priority Creditors be required to turn over to the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party any Reorganization Securities to the extent the same are subject to this Section 5.11.
     5.12 Post-Petition Claims . None of the Second Priority Representative, the Trustee or any Second Priority Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency Proceeding of

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First Priority Obligations consisting of Post-Petition Interest or indemnities to the extent of the value of the Liens in favor of the First Priority Representative and the other First Priority Secured Parties, without regard to the existence of the Liens of the Second Priority Representative on behalf of the Second Priority Secured Parties on the Common Collateral.
     5.13 Waivers . Until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Secured Party, agrees that (a) it will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code senior to or on a parity with the Liens securing the First Priority Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Common Collateral or other collateral and (b) waives any claim it may now or hereafter have arising out of the election by any First Priority Creditor of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.
     SECTION 6. SECOND PRIORITY DOCUMENTS AND FIRST PRIORITY DOCUMENTS .
     (a) Each Loan Party and the Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not at any time execute or deliver any amendment or other modification to any of the Second Priority Documents inconsistent with or in violation of this Agreement.
     (b) Each Loan Party and the First Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the other First Priority Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not at any time execute or deliver any amendment or other modification to any of the First Priority Documents inconsistent with or in violation of this Agreement.
     (c) In the event the First Priority Representative enters into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the First Priority Security Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any First Priority Security Document or changing in any manner the rights of any parties thereunder, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of the Comparable Second Priority Security Document without the consent of or action by any Second Priority Secured Party (with all such amendments, waivers and modifications subject to the terms hereof); provided that (other than with respect to amendments, modifications or waivers that secure additional extensions of credit and add additional secured creditors and do not violate the express provisions of the Second Priority Agreements), (i) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall have the effect of releasing assets subject to the Lien of any Second Priority Security Document, except to the extent that a release of such Lien is permitted by Section 4.2 or change the type of assets that constitute Collateral under any Second Priority Security Documents, (ii) any such amendment, waiver or consent that materially and adversely affects the rights of the Second Priority Secured Parties or affects the First Priority Secured Parties in a different manner shall not apply to the Second Priority Security Documents without the consent of the Second Priority Representative and (iii) notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall be given to the Second Priority Representative no later than 5 days after its effectiveness; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the effectiveness and validity thereof.
     SECTION 7. RELIANCE; WAIVERS; ETC.
     7.1 Reliance . The First Priority Documents are deemed to have been executed and delivered, and all extensions of credit thereunder are deemed to have been made or incurred, in reliance upon this Agreement. The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of it itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, expressly waives all notice of the acceptance of and reliance on this Agreement by the First Priority Secured Parties. The Second Priority Documents are deemed to have been executed and

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delivered and all issuances of debt and other extensions of credit thereunder are deemed to have been made or incurred, in reliance upon this Agreement. The First Priority Representative expressly waives, on behalf of itself and all the other First Priority Secured Parties, all notices of the acceptance of and reliance by the Second Priority Representative and the other Second Priority Secured Parties.
     7.2 No Warranties or Liability . The Second Priority Representative and the First Priority Representative acknowledge and agree that neither has made any representation or warranty with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any other First Priority Document or any Second Priority Document. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Second Priority Representative and the First Priority Representative will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective extensions of credit to any Loan Party in accordance with law and their usual practices, modified from time to time as they deem appropriate.
     7.3 No Waivers . No right or benefit of any party hereunder shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of such party or any other party hereto or by any noncompliance by any Loan Party with the terms and conditions of any of the First Priority Documents or the Second Priority Documents.
     SECTION 8. OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL .
     8.1 First Priority Obligations Unconditional . All rights and interests of the First Priority Secured Parties hereunder, and all agreements and obligations of the Second Priority Secured Parties (and, to the extent applicable, the Loan Parties) hereunder, shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
     (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any First Priority Document or any First Priority Liens;
     (b) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any portion of the First Priority Obligations, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of any First Priority Document;
     (c) prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, any exchange, release, voiding, avoidance or non-perfection of any security interest in any Common Collateral or any other collateral, or any release, amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of all or any portion of the First Priority Obligations or any guarantee or guaranty thereof; or
     (d) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of the First Priority Obligations, or of any Second Priority Secured Party, or any Loan Party, to the extent applicable, in respect of this Agreement.
     8.2 Second Priority Obligations Unconditional . All rights and interests of the Second Priority Secured Parties hereunder, and all agreements and obligations of the First Priority Secured Parties (and, to the extent applicable, the Loan Parties) hereunder, shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

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     (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Second Priority Document or any Secured Priority Liens;
     (b) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any portion of the Second Priority Obligations, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of any Second Priority Document;
     (c) any exchange, release, voiding, avoidance or non-perfection of any security interest in any Common Collateral or any other collateral, or any release, amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of all or any portion of the Second Priority Obligations or any guarantee or guaranty thereof; or
     (d) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of the Second Priority Obligations, or of any First Priority Secured Party, or any Loan Party, to the extent applicable, in respect of this Agreement.
     SECTION 9 . MISCELLANEOUS .
     9.1 Conflicts . In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any First Priority Document or any Second Priority Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.
     9.2 Continuing Nature of Provisions . This Agreement shall continue to be effective, and shall not be revocable by any party hereto, until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date shall have occurred, subject to Section 5.5. This is a continuing agreement and the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the other parties hereto, to extend credit and other financial accommodations, lend monies and provide indebtedness to, or for the benefit of, any Company or any other Loan Party on the faith hereof.
     9.3 Amendments; Waivers . (a) No amendment or modification of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the First Priority Representative and the Second Priority Representative, and, in the case of amendments or modifications of Sections 3.5, 3.6, 9.5 or 9.6 that directly affect the rights or obligations of any Loan Party, such Loan Party.
     (b) It is understood that the First Priority Representative and the Second Priority Representative, without the consent of any other First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party, may in their discretion determine that a supplemental agreement (which may take the form of an amendment and restatement of this Agreement) is necessary or appropriate to facilitate having additional indebtedness or other obligations (“ Additional Debt ”) of any of the Loan Parties become First Priority Obligations or Second Priority Obligations, as the case may be, under this Agreement, which supplemental agreement shall specify whether such Additional Debt constitutes First Priority Obligations or Second Priority Obligations; provided that such Additional Debt is permitted to be incurred by the First Priority Agreement and Second Priority Agreement then extant, and is permitted by said Agreements to be subject to the provisions of this Agreement as First Priority Obligations or Second Priority Obligations, as applicable.

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     (c) In addition, at the request of the Company, the First Priority Representative and the Second Priority Representative agree to enter into any amendment to this Agreement or any new intercreditor agreement in order to (1) facilitate Additional Debt becoming First Priority Obligations or Second Priority Obligations to the extent such Obligations are permitted by the First Priority Agreement and the Second Priority Agreement, with the Lien priority contemplated by such amendment, (2) document the relationship among Second Priority Creditors pursuant to different Second Priority Agreements, including, to the extent permitted under each extant First Priority Agreement and Second Priority Agreement, the treatment of the Liens securing Second Priority Obligations under any Additional Second Priority Agreement as equal and ratable with the Liens securing the Second Priority Obligations under the Existing Second Priority Agreement or any other Additional Second Priority Agreement and (3) document the relationship between the First Priority Creditors and the Second Priority Creditors in case any then existing First Priority Agreement or Second Priority Agreement is refinanced or replaced or the First Priority Representative or the Second Priority Representative is replaced; provided , that, in any case, the terms of such amendment or new agreement will contain terms substantially the same as the terms contained in this Agreement.
     9.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and the other Loan Parties . Each of the Second Priority Representative and the First Priority Representative hereby assume responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Company and each of the other Loan Parties and all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the First Priority Obligations or the Second Priority Obligations. The Second Priority Representative and the First Priority Representative hereby agree that no party shall have any duty to advise any other party of information known to it regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event the Second Priority Representative or the First Priority Representative, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any information to any other party to this Agreement, it shall be under no obligation (a) to provide any such information to such other party or any other party on any subsequent occasion, (b) to undertake any investigation or (c) to disclose any other information.
     9.5 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York, except as otherwise required by mandatory provisions of law and except to the extent that remedies provided by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York are governed by the laws of such jurisdiction.
     9.6 Submission to Jurisdiction . (a) Each First Priority Secured Party, each Second Priority Secured Party and each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment pursuant to any such action or proceeding, and each such party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each such party agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
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(i) any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section and (ii) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding.
     (c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.7. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
     9.7 Notices . Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, or sent by overnight express courier service or United States mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or five days after deposit in the United States mail (certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the address of (a) each of the Company, the First Priority Representative, the Trustee and the Second Priority Representative (until notice of a change thereof is delivered as provided in this Section) shall be as set forth in the First Priority Agreement or the Second Priority Agreement, as applicable, and (b) any other party shall be in care of the Company as so set forth in clause (a), or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties.
     9.8 Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and each of the First Priority Secured Parties and Second Priority Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and nothing herein is intended, or shall be construed, to give any other Person any right, remedy or claim under, to or in respect of this Agreement or any Common Collateral.
     9.9 Headings . Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
     9.10 Severability . Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
     9.11 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by each party hereto.
     9.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

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     9.13 Additional Loan Parties . The Company shall cause each Person that becomes a Loan Party after the date hereof (other than any such Loan Party that does not grant any Liens to secure any of the Second Priority Obligations, until such time as such Loan Party does grant any such Liens) to become a party to this Agreement by executing and delivering a supplement to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the First Priority Representative and the Second Priority Representative.
     9.14 Representatives . (a) For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that BofA is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as administrative and collateral agent under the Existing First Priority Agreement and the provisions of Article XII of the Existing First Priority Agreement applicable to BofA as administrative and collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to BofA as First Priority Representative hereunder.
     (b) In connection with its execution of this Agreement and its actions hereunder, each of the First Priority Representative and the Second Priority Representative shall be entitled to all rights, privileges, benefits, protections, immunities and indemnities provided to it as administrative agent and collateral agent under the First Priority Documents and as Trustee under the Second Priority Documents, respectively.
     9.15 Subrogation . The Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other Second Priority Secured Parties, hereby waives any rights of subrogation it or they may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred; provided , however , that, as between the Company and the other Loan Parties, on the one hand, and the Second Priority Secured Parties, on the other hand, any such payment that is paid over to the First Priority Representative pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed not to reduce any of the Second Priority Obligations unless and until (and then only to the extent that) the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred and the First Priority Representative delivers any such payment to the Second Priority Representative.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
         
  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as First Priority
Representative for and on behalf of the First Priority
Secured Parties

  by   /s/ Philip Nomura  
    Name:   Philip Nomura  
    Title:   Vice President  
     

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  U.S. NATIONAL BANK ASSOCIATION, as Second
Priority Representative for and on behalf of the Second
Priority Secured Parties

  by   /s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink  
    Name:   Donald T. Hurrelbrink  
    Title:   Vice President  
     

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  COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Chad M. Utrup  
    Name:   Chad M. Utrup  
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   
 
  NATIONAL SEATING COMPANY
CVG CS LLC
MONONA CORPORATION
MONONA WIRE CORPORATION
MONONA (MEXICO) HOLDINGS LLC
TRIM SYSTEMS, INC.
TRIM SYSTEMS OPERATING CORP.
CABARRUS PLASTICS, INC.
CVG OREGON, LLC
CVS HOLDINGS, INC.
SPRAGUE DEVICES, INC.
MAYFLOWER VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC
CVG MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
CVG EUROPEAN HOLDINGS, LLC
CVG LOGISTICS, LLC
CVG ALABAMA LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Chad M. Utrup  
    Name:   Chad M. Utrup  
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   
 

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Exhibit 99.1
(CVG LOGO)
CONTACT:       John Hyre, Investor Relations
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.
(614) 289-5157
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE GROUP ANNOUNCES
CLOSING OF FINANCING TRANSACTIONS
AND
EARLY SETTLEMENT OF CONCURRENT TENDER OFFERS
AND CONSENT SOLICITATIONS
NEW ALBANY, OHIO, April 26, 2011 — Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVGI) (the “Company”) announced today that it has closed its previously announced offering of $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”) through a private offering that was exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company also announced today that it has entered into an amended and restated revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) with Bank of America, N.A., as agent and lender. The amended and restated terms and conditions provide for (i) an increase in the facility size to $40.0 million from $37.5 million, (ii) an extension of the maturity date to April 26, 2014 from January 7, 2012 and (iii) a decrease in fees and interest rates. Up to an aggregate of $10.0 million is available for the issuance of letters of credit, which reduces availability under the Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility also contains modifications to certain financial and other covenants and offers the Company greater financial flexibility. The Company intends to use the Revolving Credit Facility for ongoing operating and working capital requirements.
The Company used the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes (i) to repay all outstanding indebtedness under its existing second lien term loan, (ii) to fund the repurchase of approximately $94.9 million of the Company’s 8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “2005 Notes”) and approximately $48.0 million of the Company’s 11%/13% Third Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2013 (the “2009 Notes” and, together with the 2005 Notes, the “Existing Notes”) on the early settlement date of the previously announced concurrent tender offers and consent solicitations for the Existing Notes as described below; and (iii) to pay related fees and expenses.
The Notes and the related guarantees were offered only to “qualified institutional buyers” in reliance on the exemption from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to persons outside of the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes and the related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from the Securities Act and applicable state securities or blue sky laws and foreign securities laws.

 


 

The Company also announced today the early settlement of its previously announced tenders offers and consent solicitations with respect to any and all of its Existing Notes. The tender offers and consent solicitations were subject to certain conditions, including, among others, the receipt of the requisite consents to each supplemental indenture and the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from an issuance of new senior secured notes and the concurrent amendment and restatement of the Company’s existing revolving credit facility. As of April 26, 2011, these conditions were satisfied, and the Company accepted for purchase the approximately $94.9 million (or approximately 97.1%) of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of 2005 Notes and the approximately $48.0 million (or approximately 100.0%) of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of 2009 Notes, in each case that had been validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 21, 2011 (the “Consent Date”).
The amendments to the indentures governing the Existing Notes contained in the supplemental indentures, dated as of April 21, 2011, became operative upon the Company’s acceptance of the Existing Notes. Upon acceptance by the Company, all holders who validly tendered (and did not validly withdraw) their Existing Notes on or prior to the Consent Date received (i) with respect to 2005 Notes, $1,020 per $1,000 principal amount of 2005 Notes (which included $990 as the tender offer consideration and $30 as a consent payment) and (ii) with respect to 2009 Notes, $1,110 per $1,000 principal amount of 2009 Notes (which included $1,080 as the tender offer consideration and $30 as a consent payment). In addition, all such holders received accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, April 26, 2011.
The tender offers are scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on May 5, 2011, unless extended or earlier terminated by the Company (the “Expiration Date”). Holders of any remaining Existing Notes who validly tender (and do not validly withdraw) their Existing Notes after the Consent Date, but on or prior to the Expiration Date, will receive (i) with respect to 2005 Notes, $990 per $1,000 principal amount of 2005 Notes and (ii) with respect to 2009 Notes, $1,080 per $1,000 principal amount of 2009 Notes, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the date of payment, payable promptly after the Expiration Date. The Company currently expects this payment date will be on or about May 6, 2011. Holders of Existing Notes who tender after the Consent Date will not be entitled to receive a consent payment. Existing Notes tendered after the Consent Date, but on or prior to the Expiration Date, may not be withdrawn, except in limited circumstances where withdrawal rights are required by law.
Any Existing Notes not tendered and purchased pursuant to the tender offers will remain outstanding, and the holders thereof will be bound by the amendments contained in the applicable supplemental indenture even though they have not consented to such amendments. The Company intends to redeem any Existing Notes that remain outstanding after the consummation of the tender offers in accordance with the terms of the applicable indenture.
None of the Company’s board of directors, the dealer manager and solicitation agent or any other person makes any recommendation as to whether holders of Existing Notes should tender their Existing Notes, and no one has been authorized to make such a recommendation.
This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell or a solicitation of consents with respect to any securities. The complete terms and conditions of the tender offers and consent solicitations are set forth in an Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated April 8, 2011 and the related Consent and Letter of Transmittal (the “Offer Documents”) that were sent to holders of the Existing Notes. In any jurisdiction where the laws require the tender offers to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the tender offers will be deemed made on behalf of the Company by Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, or one or more registered brokers or dealers under the laws of such jurisdiction.

 


 

The Company has engaged Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC to act as dealer manager and solicitation agent and D.F. King & Co., Inc. to act as the depositary and information agent for the tender offers and consent solicitations. Questions regarding the tender offers or consent solicitations may be directed to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at (800) 820-1653 (toll-free) or (212) 538-2147 (collect). Requests for the Offer Documents may be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at (212) 269-5550 (for bankers and brokers) or (888) 628-9011 (for all others).
About Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. is a leading supplier of fully integrated system solutions for the global commercial vehicle market, including the heavy-duty truck market, the construction and agriculture markets and the specialty and military transportation markets. The Company’s products include static and suspension seat systems, electrical wire harness assemblies, controls and switches, structures and components, interior trim systems (including instrument panels, door panels, headliners, cabinetry and floor systems), mirrors and wiper systems specifically designed for applications in commercial vehicles. The Company, headquartered in New Albany, Ohio, has operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Information about the Company and its products is available on the internet at www.cvgrp.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release include statements related to the completion of the tender offers. There can be no assurance that the tender offers will ultimately be consummated as described or at all. Important assumptions and other important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected. Please refer to the Company’s annual, quarterly and current reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a further discussion of the factors and risks associated with the business. Except to the extent required by applicable federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time.
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