Exhibit 4.1

 

Execution Version

 

AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

7.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

 

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of August 17, 2015

 

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

Trustee

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE		1
Section 1.01		Definitions	1
Section 1.02		Other Definitions	39
Section 1.03		Rules of Construction	40
ARTICLE 2	THE NOTES		41
Section 2.01		Form and Dating	41
Section 2.02		Execution and Authentication	41
Section 2.03		Registrar and Paying Agent	42
Section 2.04		Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust	42
Section 2.05		Holder Lists	43
Section 2.06		Transfer and Exchange	43
Section 2.07		Replacement Notes	56
Section 2.08		Outstanding Notes	56
Section 2.09		Treasury Notes	56
Section 2.10		Temporary Notes	57
Section 2.11		Cancellation	57
Section 2.12		Defaulted Interest	57
Section 2.13		CUSIP or ISIN Numbers	57
ARTICLE 3	REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT		58
Section 3.01		Notices to Trustee	58
Section 3.02		Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased	58
Section 3.03		Notice of Redemption	58
Section 3.04		Effect of Notice of Redemption	60
Section 3.05		Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price	60
Section 3.06		Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part	60
Section 3.07		Optional Redemption	61
Section 3.08		Mandatory Redemption	62
Section 3.09		Offer to Purchase	62
ARTICLE 4	COVENANTS		64
Section 4.01		Payment of Notes	64
Section 4.02		Maintenance of Office or Agency	64
Section 4.03		Reports	65
Section 4.04		Compliance Certificate	66
Section 4.05		Stay, Extension and Usury Laws	66
Section 4.06		Restricted Payments	67
Section 4.07		Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries	72
Section 4.08		Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock	74
Section 4.09		Asset Sales	78
Section 4.10		Transactions with Affiliates	81

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

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Section 4.11		Liens	83
Section 4.12		Corporate Existence	83
Section 4.13		Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control	84
Section 4.14		Additional Note Guarantees	84
Section 4.15		Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries	85
Section 4.16		Suspension of Covenants When Notes Rated Investment Grade	86
ARTICLE 5	SUCCESSORS		87
Section 5.01		Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets	87
Section 5.02		Successor Corporation Substituted	88
ARTICLE 6	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES		88
Section 6.01		Events of Default	88
Section 6.02		Acceleration	90
Section 6.03		Other Remedies	91
Section 6.04		Waiver of Past Defaults	91
Section 6.05		Control by Majority	92
Section 6.06		Limitation on Suits	92
Section 6.07		Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment	92
Section 6.08		Collection Suit by Trustee	92
Section 6.09		Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	92
Section 6.10		Priorities	93
Section 6.11		Undertaking for Costs	93
ARTICLE 7	TRUSTEE		94
Section 7.01		Duties of Trustee	94
Section 7.02		Rights of Trustee	95
Section 7.03		Individual Rights of Trustee	96
Section 7.04		Trustee’s Disclaimer	96
Section 7.05		Notice of Defaults	96
Section 7.06		Compensation and Indemnity	96
Section 7.07		Replacement of Trustee	97
Section 7.08		Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.	98
Section 7.09		Eligibility; Disqualification	98
ARTICLE 8	LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE		99
Section 8.01		Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	99
Section 8.02		Legal Defeasance and Discharge	99
Section 8.03		Covenant Defeasance	99
Section 8.04		Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance	100
Section 8.05		Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions	101
Section 8.06		Repayment to Company	102

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

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Section 8.07		Reinstatement	102
ARTICLE 9	AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER		103
Section 9.01		Without Consent of Holders of Notes	103
Section 9.02		With Consent of Holders of Notes	104
Section 9.03		Revocation and Effect of Consents	105
Section 9.04		Notation on or Exchange of Notes	105
Section 9.05		Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.	105
ARTICLE 10	NOTE GUARANTEES		106
Section 10.01		Guarantee	106
Section 10.02		Limitation on Guarantor Liability	107
Section 10.03		Issuance and Delivery of Note Guarantee	107
Section 10.04		Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms	108
Section 10.05		Releases	109
ARTICLE 11	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE		109
Section 11.01		Satisfaction and Discharge	109
Section 11.02		Application of Trust Money	110
ARTICLE 12	MISCELLANEOUS		111
Section 12.01		Notices	111
Section 12.02		Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes	112
Section 12.03		Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	112
Section 12.04		Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	112
Section 12.05		Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee	112
Section 12.06		Rules by Trustee and Agents	113
Section 12.07		No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders	113
Section 12.08		Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial	113
Section 12.09		No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	113
Section 12.10		Successors	114
Section 12.11		Severability	114
Section 12.12		Counterpart Originals	114
Section 12.13		Table of Contents, Headings, etc.	114
Section 12.14		U.S.A. Patriot Act	114
Section 12.15		Force Majeure	114

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A		FORM OF NOTE
Exhibit B		FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Exhibit C		FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Exhibit D		FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
Exhibit E		FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

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INDENTURE dated as of August 17, 2015 among AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation, the Guarantors from time to time party hereto and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

 

The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of the 7.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “ Notes ”):

 

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01          Definitions .

 

“ 144A Global Note ” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

“ Acquired Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (1) of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, (2) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case whether or not Incurred by such Person in connection with such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition or (3) of a Person at the time such Person merges or amalgamates with or into or consolidates or otherwise combines with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.  Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to have been Incurred, with respect to clause (1) of the preceding sentence, on the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and, with respect to clause (2) of the preceding sentence, on the date of consummation of such acquisition of assets and, with respect to clause (3) of the preceding sentence, on the date of the relevant merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other combination.

 

“ Acquisition ” means the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase 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 purposes of this definition, “ control, ” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.  For purposes of this definition, the terms “ controlling ” “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ” have correlative meanings.

 

“ Agent ” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.

 

“ Applicable Premium ” means, with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the greater of (as calculated by the Company):

 

(1)           1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or

 

 

(2)           the excess of: (a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price of the Note at September 1, 2018 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing below in Section 3.07) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note from such redemption date through September 1, 2018 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date (or in the case of a satisfaction and discharge, as of the date that redemption funds are deposited with the Trustee) plus 50 basis points; over (b) the principal amount of the Note.

 

“ Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that apply to such transfer or exchange.

 

“ Asset Sale ” means any Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, 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); or

 

(2)           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) and (2) above:

 

(a)           a Disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary (including any transfer to any Person that concurrently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) and Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 4.08;

 

(b)           for purposes of Section 4.09 only, a disposition that constitutes a Restricted Payment (or would constitute a Restricted Payment but for the exclusions from the definition thereof) that is not prohibited by Section 4.06 or that constitutes a Permitted Investment;

 

(c)           a Disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole in accordance with Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;

 

(d)           a Disposition of assets with a Fair Market Value of less than or equal to $10.0 million in any single transaction or series of related transactions;

 

(e)           (1) sales or dispositions of damaged, expired, short-dated, worn-out or obsolete equipment or assets in the ordinary course of business that, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, are no longer either used or useful in the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries and (2) sales of non-core assets, divisions or lines of business acquired in acquisitions permitted under this Indenture;

 

(f)            the license or sublicense of intellectual property or other general intangibles and licenses, leases or subleases of other property which do not materially interfere with the business

 

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of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, determined in good faith by the Company;

 

(g)           to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Permitted Business;

 

(h)           any issuance or sale of Capital Stock in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Person that does not constitute a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(i)            the creation, granting or perfection of Liens permitted by Section 4.11 or foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation or any similar action on assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(j)            the sale or discount of inventory, accounts receivable or notes receivable in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;

 

(k)           Dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings;

 

(l)            any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract rights or other litigation claims;

 

(m)          the settlement, termination or unwinding of any Hedging Obligations;

 

(n)           sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures made in the ordinary course of business or to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy /sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

 

(o)           the abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable good faith determination of the Company are not material to the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

(p)           the settlement or early termination of any Permitted Equity Derivative;

 

(q)           a Disposition of cash, Cash Equivalents or marketable securities;

 

(r)            a Disposition in connection with a co-development agreement;

 

(s)            the creation of a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien);

 

(t)            Dispositions of Capital Stock in any Subsidiary prior to the time such Subsidiary becomes a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, in each case pursuant to any stock appreciation rights, plans, equity incentive or achievement plans or any similar plans or the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Capital Stock of such

 

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Subsidiary, so long as such rights, plans, warrants, options or other securities were not entered into or issued in connection with or in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary;

 

(u)           any disposition of leasehold improvements or leased assets in connection with the termination of any operating lease;

 

(v)           any sale of Receivables in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; and

 

(w)          any sale and leaseback transaction provided that the Attributable Debt in respect of such transaction would be permitted to be incurred under Section 4.08 and Section 4.11 if such Attributable Debt were treated as secured Indebtedness.

 

“ Attributable Debt ” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, as of the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate per annum implicit in the lease involved in such sale and leaseback transaction, as determined in good faith by the Company) of the obligation of the lessee thereunder for rental payments (excluding, however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee, whether or not designated as rent or additional rent, on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges or any amounts required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of sales or similar contingent amounts) during the remaining term of such lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended); provided , however, that if such sale and leaseback transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation.” In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such rental payments shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rental payments shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated.

 

“ Bankruptcy Custodian ” means any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, examiner, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

“ Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors or similar foreign law.

 

“Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time.  The terms “Beneficially Owns,” “Beneficially Owned” and “Beneficial Ownership” have a corresponding meaning.

 

“ Board of Directors ” means:

 

(1)           with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;

 

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(2)           with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;

 

(3)           with respect to a limited liability company managed by the member or members, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof;

 

(4)           with respect to a limited liability company managed by a manager or managers, the manager or managers and any controlling committee of managers; and

 

(5)           with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

 

“ Business Day ” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

 

“ Capital Lease Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP; and, for the purposes of this Indenture, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“ Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person’s capital stock, other equity interests whether now outstanding or issued after the Issue Date, partnership interests (whether general or limited), limited liability company interests, any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, including any Preferred Stock.

 

“ Cash Equivalents ” means:

 

(1)           (a) United States dollars, Euro or any national currency of any member state of the European Union; (b) with respect to Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, the national currency of the jurisdiction in which such Person is organized or domiciled, and (c) any other foreign currency held by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(2)           direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America or a member state of the European Union (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America or such member state), in each case maturing within eighteen months from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(3)           investments in commercial paper maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the one of the two highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s;

 

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(4)           certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, demand deposits, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500.0 million in the case of U.S. banks and $250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;

 

(5)           fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for securities described in clauses (2) and (4) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (4) above;

 

(6)           marketable short-term money market and similar liquid funds having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency);

 

(7)           Investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds and similar liquid funds rated AA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency);

 

(8)           securities issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America or by any political subdivision (including any municipality) or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision or taxing authority (as the case may be) are rated at least “A” (or A-l, SP1 or other then equivalent grade) by S&P or at least “Al” (or “Prime-1” or MIG-1 or other then equivalent grade) by Moody’s as of the date of acquisition and, in each case, with a maturity of not more than two years from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(9)           any investment fund investing at least 90% of its assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (8) above; and

 

(10)         in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, other short-term investments that are analogous to the foregoing, are of comparable credit quality and are customarily used by companies in the jurisdiction of such Foreign Subsidiary for cash management purposes.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clause (1); provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (1) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

 

“ Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(1)           any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or group or its

 

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respective subsidiaries, and any person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) shall become the Beneficial Owner, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, of 50% or more of the voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company;

 

(2)           the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination transaction), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to a Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

(3)           the Company is liquidated or dissolved or adopts a plan of liquidation or dissolution other than in a transaction which complies with Section 5.01.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to constitute a Change of Control if (1) the Company becomes a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a holding company and (2)(A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (B) immediately following that transaction no Person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company.  For purposes of this definition, (1) no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of a transfer of assets among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (2) a Person shall not be deemed to have Beneficial Ownership of securities subject to a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement.

 

“ Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.

 

“ Code ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“ Commodity Price Protection Agreement ” means any forward contract, commodity swap, commodity option or other similar financial agreement or arrangement relating to, or the value of which is dependent upon, fluctuations in commodity prices.

 

“ Company ” means AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

“ Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period plus, without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:

 

(1)           expense and provision for taxes, paid or accrued,

 

(2)           Consolidated Interest Expense and charges and deferred financing fees, losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, net of gains on such hedging obligations, and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities,

 

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(3)           Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense,

 

(4)           (a) non-cash charges recorded in respect of purchase accounting and non-cash exchange, translation or performance losses relating to any foreign currency hedging transactions or currency fluctuations, and (b) non-cash expenses, charges or losses reducing Consolidated Net Income (and not otherwise excluded thereunder) during such period in connection with royalty payments or expected future royalty payments,

 

(5)           any other non-cash items except to the extent representing an accrual for future cash outlays, including pursuant to any management equity plan or stock plan or pursuant to SFAS 158 (codified under ASC 715),

 

(6)           Milestone Payments, Upfront Payments and Deferred Acquisition Consideration (other than ongoing royalty payments) paid or accrued during such period,

 

(7)           expenses with respect to casualty events,

 

(8)           the amount of pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies resulting from the Lumara Acquisition, the Acquisition, any other acquisition permitted under this Indenture or any cost savings initiative or other restructuring initiative and projected by the Company in good faith to be realized by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries within 18 months after the Issue Date or the date of such transaction or event, as the case may be; provided that, in each such case, such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and synergies shall be limited to those that are factually supportable in the good faith judgment of the Company and supported by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period as if such cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies were realized during the entirety of such period relating to such specified transaction, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions (“ Pro Forma Cost Savings ”),

 

(9)           expenses deducted in the determination of Consolidated Net Income during such period and covered by indemnification or purchase price adjustments in connection with any acquisition permitted under this Indenture or any joint venture not prohibited under this Indenture, in each case to the extent actually received in cash during such period or which Company, in good faith, reasonably believes will be received in cash within 365 days of the end of such period,

 

(10)         cash charges and legal expenses in connection with litigation relating to Products, in an aggregate amount for such Four Quarter Period (as defined below) not to exceed $5.0 million, and

 

(11)         all reserves taken during such period on account of contingent cash payments that may be required in future periods,

 

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minus, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (x) any unusual, infrequent or extraordinary income or gains, (y) any other non-cash income (except to the extent representing an accrual for future cash income) and (z) any cash payments made during such period in respect of items described in clause (4)(b) above subsequent to the applicable Four Quarter Period in which the relevant non-cash expenses or losses were incurred together with any cash payments made during such period in respect of ongoing royalty payments, all calculated for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP (to the extent applicable) on a consolidated basis; provided that, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, (A) currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness shall be excluded in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (including the net loss or gain resulting from swap agreements for currency exchange risk) and (B) any adjustments resulting from the application of SFAS 133 (codified under ASC 815) shall be excluded in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA.

 

“ Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense ” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including any amortization of deferred financing fees, accretion of royalty liabilities, amortization in relation to terminated Hedging Obligations and amortization of intangibles, including, but not limited to, goodwill, of such Person and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“ Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, with respect to any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(1)           the interest expense, whether or not paid in cash, of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation, interest expense under Capital Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt and net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations, but excluding any (i) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in mark-to-market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to SFAS No.  133 (codified under ASC 815), (ii) non-cash interest expense attributable to the amortization of gains or losses resulting from the termination of Hedging Obligations prior to or reasonably contemporaneously with the Issue Date, (iii) amortization of deferred financing fees, (iv) expensing of commitment, bridge or other financing fees, and (v) interest expense arising out of the amortization of debt discount under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20; less

 

(2)           interest income of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (including income pursuant to any Hedging Obligations).

 

“ Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the net income (or net loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for any period:

 

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(1)           the net income (or net loss) of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), provided that any such income so excluded may be included in such period or any later period to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions during the applicable period (or, in the case of a loss, only to the extent funded with cash from the specified Person or Restricted Subsidiary of the specified Person);

 

(2)           solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (iii)(A) of Section 4.06(a), the undistributed earnings of any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) of the Company to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions of that undistributed earnings by such Restricted Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any agreement, instrument, contract, charter, organizational or governing document (other than with respect to Indebtedness which has been irrevocably called for redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or in respect of which the required steps have been taken to have such Indebtedness defeased or discharged, or a deposit has been made for such purpose) or other undertaking applicable to such Person, to which such Person is a party or by which any of its property is bound or any law, treaty, rule, regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental authority, in each case, applicable or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments received from such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period to the extent not already included therein;

 

(3)           any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with the consummation of any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities, refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date, and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction;

 

(4)           any amortization of debt discount under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20;

 

(5)           any income (loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, together with any related provision for taxes on any such income;

 

(6)           non-cash amounts included in Consolidated Interest Expense;

 

(7)           non-cash compensation expense incurred with any issuance of Equity Interests to any director, employee or consultant of such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(8)           any gain or loss realized as a result of the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;

 

(9)           the effects of discontinued operations (including non-recurring income, gains or losses) and any non-cash gains or losses from Asset Sales;

 

(10)         any non-cash foreign translation gains and losses; and

 

(11)         any unusual, infrequent or extraordinary loss or charge and any restructuring charges or reserves, including write-downs and write-offs, any one-time costs incurred in connection with the Transactions, Permitted Investments, Dispositions and divestitures, costs related to the closure, consolidation and integration of facilities, information technology infrastructure and legal entities, and severance and retention bonuses, business optimization expenses, any charges to establish accruals and reserves or to make payments associated with the reassessment or realignment of the business and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the sale or closing of facilities, severance, stay bonuses and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, asset impairments or asset disposals (including leased facilities), charges for purchase and lease commitments, start-up costs for new facilities, reserves for excess, obsolete or unbalanced inventories, relocation costs which are not otherwise capitalized, and any related promotional costs of exiting products or product lines.

 

There shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income for any period (i) any gains or losses resulting from any reappraisal, revaluation or write-up or write-down of assets or liabilities (including any gains and losses attributable to movement in the mark-to-market valuation of (a) any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, (b) any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction and (c) Deferred Acquisition Consideration), (ii) any noncash charges recorded in respect of intangible assets, including goodwill and (iii) the effect of any purchase allocation accounting adjustments in respect of any acquisition consummated prior to the Issue Date, the Transactions and any acquisition or Investment permitted under this Indenture, and the amortization or write-off of any amounts in respect thereof.

 

“ Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on the Property of the Company or any Guarantor as of such date minus the aggregate amount (not to exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 2% of Total Assets) of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents, whether or not held in pledged accounts, of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Company for the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of determination for which internal financial statement are available ending, in each case with such pro forma adjustments as reasonably determined by the Company to be appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”

 

“ Consolidated Total Indebtedness ” means, as at any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (1) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed

 

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money, Indebtedness in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Indebtedness and Indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds and similar instruments (other than Indebtedness with respect to Treasury Management Arrangements and intercompany Indebtedness) and (2) the principal amount of any obligations of any Person (other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) of the type described in the foregoing clause (1) that are Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether or not reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company) For purposes hereof, the aggregate amount of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock were redeemed, repaid or repurchased on any date on which Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be required 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 or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, as reflected in the most recent financial statements of such Person.

 

“ continuing ” means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.

 

“ Convertible Notes ” means the Company’s 2.50% Convertible Senior Notes due February 15, 2019.

 

“ Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee ” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.01 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.

 

“ Credit Agreement ” means (i) the Credit Agreement, dated the Issue Date, by and among the Company, the other borrowers party thereto, the lenders named therein and from time to time party thereto, and, among others, Jefferies Finance LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, as such agreement, in whole or in part, in one or more instances, may be amended, renewed, extended, substituted, refinanced, restructured, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including, in each case, by means of one or more credit agreements, note purchase agreements or sales of debt securities to institutional investors whether with the original agents and lenders or otherwise and including, without limitation, any successive renewals, extensions, substitutions, refinancings, restructurings, replacements, supplementations or other modifications of the foregoing) and including, without limitation, to increase the amount of available borrowing thereunder or to add Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors or otherwise, and (ii) whether or not the credit agreement referred to in clause (i) remains outstanding, if designated by the Company to be included in the definition of “Credit Agreement , ” one or more (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables or inventory financing (including through the sale of receivables or inventory to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables or inventory, and including Qualified Securitization Transactions) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank

 

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guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers, guarantors or issuers or lenders or group of lenders, and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

 

“ Currency Agreement ” means one or more of the following agreements which shall be entered into by one or more financial institutions: foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements or other similar agreements or arrangements designed to protect against the fluctuations in currency values.

 

“ Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

 

“ Default ” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

 

“ Deferred Acquisition Consideration ” means any purchase price adjustments, royalty, earn-out, Milestone Payments, contingent or other deferred payment payments of a similar nature (including any non-compete payments and consulting payments) made in connection with any Permitted Investment or other acquisition (including the acquisition of any intellectual property or license in respect thereof).

 

“ Definitive Note ” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “ Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note ” attached thereto.

 

“ Depositary ” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

“ Designated Noncash Consideration ” means noncash consideration received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated by the Company as Designated Noncash Consideration, less the amount of cash or cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Noncash Consideration, which cash and cash equivalents shall be considered Net Proceeds received as of such date and shall be applied pursuant to Section 4.09.

 

“ Disposition ” means a sale, transfer, lease, disposition or Exclusive License, including any “ Disposition ” by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (but excluding licenses that are not Exclusive Licenses).

 

“ dispose ” and “ disposed ” as to any assets subject to a Disposition shall have a corollary meaning.

 

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“ Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder) 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 (in each case, other than redeemable or purchasable only for Capital Stock of such Person which is not itself Disqualified Stock) upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise, in whole or in part;

 

in each case on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided , however, that any Capital Stock 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, ” “ fundamental change ” or “ change of control ” occurring prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Notes shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the “ asset sale ,” “ fundamental change ” 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 Notes under Sections 4.09 and 4.13 or are subject to compliance by the relevant Person with Section 4.06; provided , further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of directors, managers, employees or consultants of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such directors, managers, employees or consultants, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

 

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.

 

“ Equity Interests ” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any Indebtedness that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock); provided that Permitted Convertible Call Transactions shall not constitute Equity Interests.

 

“ Equity Offering ” means a public or private sale either of (1) Equity Interests of the Company by the Company (other than Disqualified Stock and other than to a Subsidiary of the

 

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Company) or (2) of Equity Interests of a direct or indirect parent entity of the Company (other than to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) to the extent that the net proceeds therefrom are contributed to the common equity capital of the Company.

 

“ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulation promulgated thereunder.

 

“ Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.

 

“ Exchange Act “means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“ Exclusive License ” means with respect to any drug or pharmaceutical product, any license to develop, commercialize, sell, market and promote such drug or pharmaceutical product with a term greater than five (5) years and which provides for exclusive rights to develop, commercialize, sell, market and promote such drug or product within the United States; provided that an “ Exclusive License ” shall not include (a) any license to distribute any such drug or product on an exclusive basis within any particular geographic region or territory, (b) any licenses, which may be exclusive, to manufacture any such drug or product, (c) any license to manufacture, use, offer for sale or sell any authorized generic version of such drug or product and (d) any license that is terminable at or prior to the five year anniversary of the effective date of such license without material penalty or premium by the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary.

 

“ Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the sale value that would be obtained in an arm’s-length free market transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy.  Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Company.

 

“ Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, on any determination date (subject to the second succeeding paragraph below, the “ Transaction Date ”), the ratio of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Company for the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such determination date for which internal financial statements are available (the “Four Quarter Period”) to the Fixed Charges of the Company for the Four Quarter Period.  For purposes of this definition, “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” and “Fixed Charges” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to:

 

(1)           the Incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness and the issuance, maturity, redemption, conversion, exchange or repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period; and

 

(2)           any Investments, acquisitions outside of the ordinary course of business (including the Acquisition), Dispositions outside of the ordinary course of business (including Asset Sales), mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and disposed operations

 

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(as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during the Four Quarter Period or subsequent to such Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions,

 

Dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and disposed operations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period.  If since the beginning of such Four Quarter 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 Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, Disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Four Quarter Period.

 

Furthermore, in calculating Fixed Charges for purposes of determining the denominator of this “ Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio: ”

 

(1)           interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and that will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date;

 

(2)           notwithstanding clause (1) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by Interest Rate Agreements, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements; and

 

(3)           the amount of Fixed Charges attributable to any Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Company that is mandatorily convertible or redeemable solely into common equity of the Company within 365 days of the Transaction Date will be recalculated by multiplying (x) the actual amount of Fixed Charges attributable thereto for the Four Quarter Period by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from (and including) the Transaction Date to (but excluding) the applicable conversion or redemption date and the denominator of which is 365.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this definition or anything else to the contrary, when calculating the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Ratio or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as applicable, in each case in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition (and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith), the Transaction Date of such ratio and of any default or event of default blocker shall, at the option of the Company be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into and such ratios shall be calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness

 

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and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period, and, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) if any such ratios are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in such ratio (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Company or the target company) at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition, such ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Acquisition (and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith) is permitted hereunder and (y) such ratios shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition or related transactions; provided further, that if the Company elects to have such determinations occur at the time of entry into such definitive agreement, any such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred on the date the definitive agreements are entered and outstanding thereafter for purposes of subsequently calculating any ratios under this Indenture after the date of such agreement and before the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition and to the extent baskets were utilized in satisfying any covenants, such baskets shall be deemed utilized, but any calculation of Total Assets or Consolidated Net Income for purposes of other incurrences of Indebtedness or Liens or making of Restricted Payments (not related to such Limited Condition Acquisition) shall not reflect such Limited Condition Acquisition until it is closed.

 

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company, giving effect to (a) Pro Forma Cost Savings and (b) any cost savings that could then be reflected in pro forma financial statements in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act or any other regulation or policy of the SEC related thereto.

 

“ Fixed Charges ” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(1)           Consolidated Interest Expense for such period; plus

 

(2)           the amount of all dividend payments on any series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any series of Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (other than dividends paid or accrued in Qualifying Equity Interests or dividends paid or accrued to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period (without duplication).

 

“ Foreign Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and is a ‘‘controlled foreign corporation’’ for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of such Person if substantially all of its assets consist of Equity Interests of one or more direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiaries described in clause (i) of this definition or (iii) any Restricted Subsidiary of a Restricted Subsidiary described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this definition.

 

“ Four Quarter Period ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”

 

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“ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect on the Issue Date, including, without limitation, those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.

 

“ Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

“ Global Notes ” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “ Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note ” attached thereto.

 

“ Government Securities ” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for 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.

 

“ Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

 

“ Guarantee ” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other 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 other 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 against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);

 

provided , however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include:

 

(A)          endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business; or

 

(B)          a contractual commitment by one Person to invest in another Person for so long as such Investment is reasonably expected to constitute a

 

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Permitted Investment under clause (3) of the definition of “Permitted Investment.”

 

The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

 

“ Guarantor ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that Guarantees the obligations of the Company under the Notes, until such Note Guarantee is released in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

“ Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement, Commodity Price Protection Agreement or any other similar agreement or arrangement.  For the avoidance of doubt, any Permitted Equity Derivatives will not constitute a Hedging Obligation.

 

“ Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.

 

“ IAI Global Note ” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold to Institutional Accredited Investors.

 

“ Immaterial Subsidiary ” means, at any date of determination, each Restricted Subsidiary that (i) has not Guaranteed any other Indebtedness of the Company and (ii) has Total Assets together with all other Immaterial Subsidiaries (as determined in accordance with GAAP) and Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of less than 5.0% of the Company’s Total Assets and Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (measured, in the case of Total Assets, at the end of the most recent fiscal period for which internal financial statements are available and, in the case of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters ended for which internal consolidated financial statements are available, in each case measured on a pro forma basis giving effect to any acquisitions or dispositions of companies, division or lines of business since such balance sheet date or the start of such Four Quarter Period, as applicable, and on or prior to the date of acquisition of such Subsidiary).

 

“ 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 4.08, the following shall not be deemed to be the Incurrence of Indebtedness:

 

(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 regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Indebtedness of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on

 

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Capital Stock in the form of additional Capital Stock of the same class and with the same terms;

 

(3)           changes in the fair value of Indebtedness (including the valuation of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness attributable to movement in the mark-to-market valuation thereof);

 

(4)           the accrual and capitalization of interest, the reclassification of preferred stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles and unrealized losses or charges in respect of Hedging Obligations; and

 

(5)           the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Indebtedness arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of redemption, making of a mandatory offer to purchase such Indebtedness or any other prepayment thereof.

 

In addition, the Company may, at its option, elect to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness (including with respect to any revolving loan commitment) as being Incurred at the time of such commitment, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.

 

“ Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication):

 

(1)           the principal (or, with respect to such Indebtedness issued with original issue discount, the accreted value) 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;

 

(3)           the principal component of all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of Property due more than one year after such Property is acquired, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention agreement to the extent of the value of such property (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 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 30th day following payment on the letter of credit);

 

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(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 Restricted 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)           to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, Hedging Obligations of such Person;

 

(7)           all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) 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; and

 

(8)           all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (7) 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;

 

with respect to clauses (1), (2), (3) and (6) if and to the extent any of the preceding items would appear as a liability upon the balance sheet of the specified Person in accordance with GAAP; provided that (i) Indebtedness shall not include (A) deferred compensation and severance, pension, health and welfare retirement and equivalent benefits or any deferred obligations incurred under ERISA, (B) Deferred Acquisition Consideration, (C) non-compete or consulting obligations incurred in connection with Investments not prohibited by this Indenture, (D) obligations under Currency Agreement or Commodity Price Protection Agreement or any other similar agreement or arrangement, (E) deemed Indebtedness pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification 825 or 480 (formerly SFAS Nos. 133 or 150, respectively), (F) installment payments or the deferred purchase price of property or services to the extent payable at the option of such Person in Qualifying Equity Interests of the Company, or (G) any obligations to pay any additional purchase price in the form of a working capital adjustment or similar adjustment under the Stock Purchase Agreement or in respect of any Investment not prohibited by this Indenture, and (ii) the amount of any Limited Recourse Indebtedness of any Person shall be equal to the lesser of the balance thereof and the Fair Market Value of any assets of such Person securing such Indebtedness or to which such Indebtedness is otherwise recourse.

 

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 issued with original issue discount, the amount of such Indebtedness at any time will be the accreted value thereof at such time.

 

“ Indenture ” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

“ Indirect Participant ” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

 

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“ Initial Notes” means the first $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.

 

“ Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an institution that is an “ accredited investor ” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.

 

“ Interest Rate Agreement ” means one or more of the following agreements which shall be entered into by one or more financial institutions: interest rate protection agreements (including, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements) and/or other types of interest rate hedging agreements from time to time.

 

“ Investments ” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.  If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.06(c). 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 in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.06(c). Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.  Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value but giving effect (without duplication) to all subsequent reductions in the amount of such Investment as a result of (x) any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other payment or disposition thereof (valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such sale) or (y) any cancellation of any Investment in the form of a guarantee without payment therefor by such guarantor, in each case, not to exceed the original amount, or Fair Market Value, of such Investment.  For the avoidance of doubt, Permitted Equity Derivatives and acquisitions of or licenses for intellectual property or tangible assets used or useful in a Permitted Business do not constitute Investments.

 

“ Issue Date ” means the date on which the Notes are initially issued.

 

“ Legal Holiday ” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a Place of Payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.  If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a Place of Payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.

 

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“ Lien ” means, with respect to any asset (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on such asset, (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 and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities; provided that in no event will an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

 

“ Limited Condition Acquisition ” means any acquisition, including by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation, by the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the consummation of which is not conditioned upon the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.

 

“ Limited Recourse Indebtedness ” means with respect to any Person, Indebtedness to the extent:  (i) such Person (A) provides no credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (B) is not directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise or (C) does not constitute the lender; and (ii) no default with respect thereto would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness of such Person to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity.

 

“ Lumara Acquisition ” means the transactions contemplated by the Lumara Acquisition Agreement.

 

“ Lumara Acquisition Agreement ” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 28, 2014, by and among the Company, Snowbird, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Stockholders’ Representative named therein and Lumara Health Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

“ Milestone Payments ” means payments made in connection with any Permitted Investment or other acquisition (including any license or the acquisition of any license) of any rights in respect of any drug or other pharmaceutical product (and any related property or assets) to sellers (or licensors) of the assets or Equity Interests acquired (or licensed) therein based on the achievement of specified revenue, profit or other performance targets (financial or otherwise).

 

“ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

“ Net Cash Proceeds ” means with respect to a transaction, the proceeds of such transaction in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of, or stock or other assets when disposed of for, cash or Cash Equivalents (except to the extent that such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), net of attorney’s fees, accountant’s fees and brokerage, consultation, underwriting and other fees and expenses actually incurred or reserved in good faith for post-closing adjustments in connection with such transaction and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof.

 

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“ Net Proceeds ” from an Asset Sale means cash payments 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 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, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes paid, or reasonably estimated to be payable, as a consequence of such Asset Sale (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any income, withholding and other taxes payable as a result of the distribution, contribution or other transfer of such proceeds to the Company and after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing agreements);

 

(2)           all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Sale, 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 Sale, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Sale;

 

(3)           all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Sale;

 

(4)           the amount of any reserves established to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated by the Company to be payable in respect of such Asset Sale; and

 

(5)           any portion of the purchase price from an Asset Sale placed in escrow, whether as a reserve for adjustment of the purchase price, for satisfaction of indemnities in respect of such Asset Sale or otherwise in connection with that Asset Sale; provided , however, that upon the termination of that escrow, Net Proceeds will be increased by any portion of funds in the escrow that are released to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (subject to any reserves established in respect thereof).

 

“ Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

 

“ Note Guarantee ” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes.

 

“ Notes ” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.  The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.

 

“ Obligations ” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

 

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“ Offer to Purchase ” means a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer.

 

“ Offering Memorandum ” means the final offering memorandum dated August 12, 2015, relating to the sale of the Notes.

 

“ Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any assistant Controller, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.

 

“ Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed by an Officer of the Company and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“ Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion meeting the requirements of this Indenture from legal counsel which is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and delivered to the Trustee.  The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company.

 

“ Participant ” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

 

“ Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction ” means (a) any call option or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the common stock of the Company purchased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with an Incurrence of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, and (b) any call option or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) replacing or refinancing the foregoing; provided , that (x) the sum of (i) the purchase price for any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction occurring after the Issue Date, plus (ii) the purchase price for any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction it is refinancing or replacing, if any, minus (iii) the cash proceeds received upon the termination or the retirement of the Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction it is replacing or refinancing, if any, less (y) the sum of (i) the cash proceeds from the sale of the related Permitted Warrant Transaction plus (ii) the cash proceeds from the sale of any Permitted Warrant Transaction refinancing or replacing such related Permitted Warrant Transaction, if any, minus (iii) the amount paid upon termination or retirement of such related Permitted Warrant Transaction, if any, does not exceed the Net Cash Proceeds from the Incurrence of the related Permitted Convertible Indebtedness.

 

“ Permitted Business ” means the business and any services, activities or businesses incidental, or reasonably related or complementary or similar to, any line of business engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries or the Target and its Subsidiaries in each case as of the Issue Date or any business activity that is a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.

 

“ Permitted Convertible Indebtedness ” means (a) Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (which may be Guaranteed by the Guarantors) permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.08 that is (1) convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock) and/or (2) sold as units with call options, warrants, rights or obligations to purchase (or

 

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substantially equivalent derivative transactions) that are exercisable for Capital Stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock) and (b) the Convertible Notes.

 

“ Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transaction ” means any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and any Permitted Warrant Transaction.

 

“ Permitted Equity Derivatives ” means (a) any forward purchase, accelerated share purchase or other equity derivative transactions relating to the Equity Securities of the Company entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any Restricted Payment made in connection with such transaction is permitted pursuant to Section 4.06 and (b) any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness Call Transactions.

 

“ Permitted Investments ” means:

 

(1)           any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(2)           any Investment in Cash Equivalents;

 

(3)           any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person if, as a result of such Investment: (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or (b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person that was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation, transfer, conveyance or liquidation; provided that if such Investment was acquired in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or transfer, conveyance or liquidation, such Investment will be a Permitted Investment only if it would have been permitted to be made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on the date of such transaction referred to in clauses (a) or (b) above;

 

(4)           any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from (a) an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.09 or (b) a Disposition or other transfer of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

 

(5)           any Investments to the extent made in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies;

 

(6)           (a) any Investments received in settlement, satisfaction, compromise or resolution of (i) obligations owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (ii) judgments, litigation, arbitration or other disputes, and (b) Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Securitization Special Purpose Entity or any Investment by a Securitization Special Purpose Entity in any other Person, in each case, in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction and in an amount not to exceed $50.0 million;

 

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(7)           Investments represented by Hedging Obligations and Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions;

 

(8)           loans or advances, and guarantees of such loans and advances, to officers, directors consultants, employees, customers and suppliers of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies in the ordinary course of business in the aggregate amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $5.0 million;

 

(9)           any guarantee of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Section 4.08 and guarantees of operating leases or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(10)         any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date and any Investment consisting of an extension, modification, replacement or renewal of any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (a) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

 

(11)         Investments in the ordinary course of business in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and worker’s compensation, performance and other similar deposits provided to third parties;

 

(12)         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;

 

(13)         advances, loans or extensions of trade or other credit (including to officers, directors, consultants and employees of the Company, its Subsidiaries or its direct and indirect parent companies) in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(14)         lease, utility and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business and other deposits constituting Permitted Liens;

 

(15)         Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit;

 

(16)         Investments in a Permitted Business in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (16) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $40.0 million and 2.0% 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);

 

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(17)         Investments in (a) any joint ventures in an amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed the greater of $40.0 million and 2.0% of Total Assets (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment (other than any Investment consisting of a guarantee) being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) and (b) any Permitted Joint Venture; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (17) 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 (17) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(18)         Investments among the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for purposes of funding the working capital and maintenance capital expenditure requirements and research and development activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

 

(19)         Investments consisting of co-development agreements or consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property, new drug applications or similar assets pursuant to development, marketing or manufacturing agreements, alliances or arrangements or similar agreements or arrangements with other Persons;

 

(20)         Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(21)         any customary up front, milestone, marketing or other funding payment in the ordinary course of business to another Person in connection with obtaining a right to receive royalty or other payments in the future;

 

(22)         Investments consisting of earnest money deposits required in connection with a purchase agreement or other acquisition;

 

(23)         so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, other Investments to permit reorganization transactions for tax efficiency or operational improvements; and

 

(24)         other Investments in any Person having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (24) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 4.0% of Total Assets.

 

“ Permitted Joint Venture ” means any joint venture (which may be in the form of a limited liability company, partnership, corporation or other entity) in which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a joint venturer; provided, however, that, immediately after giving effect to any Investment in such Permitted Joint Venture pursuant to clause (17)(b) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”: (a) the joint venture is engaged solely in a Permitted Business, (b) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary is required by the governing documents of

 

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the joint venture or an agreement with the other parties to the joint venture to participate in the management of such joint venture as a member of such joint venture’s Board of Directors or otherwise, (c) the Company and any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company hold or own, collectively, not more than 66 2/3 percent of the outstanding Capital Stock of such Permitted Joint Venture, and (d) at the time of the initial Investment and at the time of each subsequent Investment in such Permitted Joint Venture, the Company would be able to Incur additional Indebtedness pursuant to the proviso in Section 4.08(a).

 

“ Permitted Liens ” means:

 

(1)           Liens to secure (a) Indebtedness (and other related Obligations) that was incurred pursuant to Section 4.08(b)(1) or Section 4.08(b)(14) and Hedging Obligations related thereto, (b) Obligations with regard to Treasury Management Arrangements, or (c) Liens existing under or by reason of Indebtedness or other contractual requirements of a Securitization Special Purpose Entity or any Standard Securitization Undertaking;

 

(2)           (a) Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries or non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness (and other related Obligations) of such Foreign Subsidiary or non-Guarantor Subsidiary, (b) Liens securing Indebtedness (and other related Obligations) that was Incurred pursuant to Section 4.08(b)(21) and (c) Liens to secure Indebtedness (and other related Obligations) that was Incurred pursuant to Section 4.08; provided that, in the case of this clause (c), at the time of its Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 3.5 to 1.0;

 

(3)           (a) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors; (b) Liens on the property of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor in favor of any other Restricted Subsidiary and (c) Liens on the property of any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(4)           Liens on property or Equity Interests of another Person existing at the time such other Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens do not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto);

 

(5)           Liens on property (including Equity Interests) existing at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to such acquisition and not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition;

 

(6)           Liens on Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

 

(7)           Liens to secure the performance of, or arising in connection with, public or statutory obligations (including worker’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation), insurance, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature, good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases, deposits as security for

 

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contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business (including Liens to secure letters of credit or similar instruments issued to assure payment or performance of such obligations);

 

(8)           Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements permitted hereunder;

 

(9)           Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (11) of the definition of “Permitted Debt” covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness; provided that individual financings provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings provided by such lender or its affiliates;

 

(10)         Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens referred to in the foregoing clause (1)(a));

 

(11)         Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims that are (a) not yet delinquent, or (b) being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with, and to the extent required by, applicable accounting standards;

 

(12)         Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case, either (a) incurred in the ordinary course of business or (b) for sums not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(13)         survey exceptions, 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 their properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and that 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;

 

(14)         Liens created for the benefit of or to secure the Notes or the Note Guarantees;

 

(15)         Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture or to secure any Refinancing (or successive Refinancings), as a whole or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in clauses (2)(c), (4), (5), (9), (10), (26) and (36) hereof; provided, however, that:

 

(a)                                  the new Lien is limited to property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Liens arose, could secure the Refinanced Indebtedness (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and

 

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(b)                                  such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof;

 

(16)         Liens on insurance policies, premiums and proceeds thereof, or other deposits, to secure insurance premium financings and other liabilities to insurance carriers;

 

(17)         Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) financing statement filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and other precautionary UCC financing statements or similar filings;

 

(18)         (a) Liens securing or arising out of judgments, decrees, orders, awards or notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review, or in respect of which the period within which such appeal or proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired, and Liens on litigation proceeds securing obligations to pay expenses incurred in connection with such litigation and (b) Liens arising from judgments, decrees, attachments or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (5) of Section 6.01;

 

(19)         Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depositary or financial institution or as to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers in the ordinary course of business;

 

(20)         Liens on cash, Cash Equivalents or other property arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or redemption of Indebtedness;

 

(21)         Liens on cash, Cash Equivalents or other property securing Indebtedness permitted by clause (16) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”;

 

(22)         Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods (and the proceeds thereof) 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;

 

(23)         Liens in respect of the licensing of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, other indications of origin, domain names and other forms of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business;

 

(24)         Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(25)         Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid 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;

 

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(26)                           Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as such Hedging Obligations are permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture;

 

(27)                           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 in the ordinary course of business;

 

(28)                           Liens on equipment or inventory of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s supplier at which such equipment or inventory is located;

 

(29)                           any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture, minority investment or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture, shareholder, investor rights or similar agreement;

 

(30)                           Liens (a) solely on any deposits made by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted under this Indenture or (b) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property permitted to be sold pursuant to Section 4.09;

 

(31)                           leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to third parties entered into in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries and which do not secure any Indebtedness;

 

(32)                           Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection and (b) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, including Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits;

 

(33)                           ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are located and other Liens affecting the interest of any landlord (and any underlying landlord) of any real property leased by the Company or any Subsidiary;

 

(34)                           Liens to secure contractual payments (contingent or otherwise) payable by the Company or its Subsidiaries to a seller after the consummation of an acquisition of a product, business, license or other assets;

 

(35)                           Liens on any assets held by a trustee (i) under any indenture or other debt instrument where the proceeds of the securities issued thereunder are held in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof, and (ii) under any indenture pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions; and

 

(36)                           other Liens securing Indebtedness to the extent such Indebtedness, when taken together with all other Indebtedness secured by Liens Incurred pursuant to this

 

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clause (36) and outstanding on the date such other Lien is Incurred, does not exceed the greater of $10.0 million and 1.0% of Total Assets.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the inclusion of any specific Lien in the definition of “Permitted Liens” shall not give rise to any implication that the obligations secured by such Lien constitute Indebtedness.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, (A) Permitted Liens need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens described above but are permitted to be incurred in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that a Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Permitted Liens described above, the Company may, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such item of Permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition and the Company may divide and classify a Lien in more than one of the types of Permitted Liens in one of the above clauses.

 

“ Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness that Refinances any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness), including Indebtedness that Refinances Refinanced Indebtedness; provided that:

 

(1)                                  the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness being Refinanced (plus accrued interest and premium (including tender premium) thereon, any committed or undrawn amounts associated with, original issue discount on, and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses incurred in connection with, such Refinancing);

 

(2)                                  such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date no earlier than the earlier of (i) the final maturity date of the Notes or (ii) the final maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced;

 

(3)                                  if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced; and

 

(4)                                  no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have direct obligors or contingent obligors that were not the direct obligors or contingent obligors (or that would not have been required to become direct obligors or contingent obligors) in respect of the Indebtedness being Refinanced.

 

“ Permitted Warrant Transaction ” means any call options, warrants or rights to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transactions) on common stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies purchased or sold by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies substantially concurrently with a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.

 

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“ Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

 

“ Place of Payment ” when used with respect to the Notes, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes are payable as contemplated by Section 4.02 hereof.

 

“ Private Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1) hereof.

 

“ Preferred Stock ”  as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means Capital Stock of any class of 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.

 

“ Product ” means any product developed, acquired, produced, marketed or promoted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the conduct of a Permitted Business.

 

“ Property ” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Stock.

 

“ Purchase Money Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness Incurred to finance the acquisition, development, construction or lease by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Property, including additions and improvements thereto; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is Incurred within 270 days after the completion of the acquisition, development, construction or lease of such Property by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary.

 

“ QIB ” means a “ qualified institutional buyer ” as defined in Rule 144A.

 

“ Qualifying Equity Interests ” means Equity Interests of the Company other than (1) Disqualified Stock and (2) Equity Interests sold in an Equity Offering, the net proceeds of which were used to finance an optional redemption of Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 prior to the third anniversary of the Issue Date.

 

“ Qualified Securitization Transaction ” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer to a Securitization Special Purpose Entity, and such Securitization Special Purpose Entity may sell, convey, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer to any other Person, any Securitization Program Assets (whether now existing or arising in the future).

 

“ Receivables ” means any accounts, payment intangibles and other financial assets (including without limitation, any financing contracts and royalty receivables).

 

“ 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.

 

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“ Refinanced ” and “ Refinancing ” shall have correlative meanings.

 

“ Regulation S ” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“ Regulation S Global Note ” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903.

 

“ Responsible Officer ” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and, in each case, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

“ Restricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

“ Restricted Global Note ” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

“ Restricted Investment ” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

“ Restricted Note ” means a Note required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

“ Restricted Period ” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

 

“ Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company (as defined at such time) that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

“ Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“ Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“ Rule 903 ” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“ Rule 904 ” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“ Secured Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

 

“ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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“ Securitization Program Assets ” means (i) all Receivables transferred in connection with asset securitization transactions by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to documents relating to any Qualified Securitization Transaction, (ii) all rights arising under the documentation governing or related to receivables (including rights in respect of Liens securing such receivables and other credit support in respect of such receivables), any proceeds of such receivables and any lockboxes or accounts in which such proceeds are deposited, spread accounts and other similar accounts (and any amounts on deposit therein) established in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction, any warranty, indemnity, dilution and other intercompany claim arising out of the documents relating to such Qualified Securitization Transaction and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitizations involving accounts receivable and (iii) all collections (including recoveries) and other proceeds of the assets described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).

 

“ Securitization Special Purpose Entity ” means a Person (including, without limitation, a Restricted Subsidiary) created in connection with the transactions contemplated by a Qualified Securitization Transaction, which Person engages in no activities and holds no assets other than those incidental to such Qualified Securitization Transaction.

 

“ 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 subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantee 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 subordinated 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.

 

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“ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

“ Significant Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “ significant subsidiary ” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date; provided, however, that, in the case of a subsidiary that meets the criteria of clause (3) of the definition thereof but not clause (1) or (2) thereof, such subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Significant Subsidiary unless the subsidiary’s income (or loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests for the last completed fiscal year prior to the date of such determination exceeds the greater of $15.0 million and 1% of Total Assets.

 

“ Standard Securitization Undertaking ” means all representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities, performance guarantees and servicing obligations entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Special Purpose Entity) which are customary in connection with any Qualified Securitization Transaction.

 

“ Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of its date of issue, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

 

“ Stock Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Stock Purchase Agreement, among the Company, the Target and CBR Holdco, LLC, dated June 29, 2015, together with all exhibits, annexes, schedules and other disclosure letters thereto and after giving effect to any alteration, amendment, modification, supplement or waiver thereto.

 

“ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

(1)                                  any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); or

 

(2)                                  any partnership or limited liability company of which (a) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity or economic interests, as applicable, are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (b) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

 

“ Target ” means CBR Acquisition Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 

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“ tax ” or “ taxes ” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, and any and all liabilities (including any interest, fines, additions to tax or penalties) applicable thereto.

 

“ Total Assets ” means the total assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Company for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which any calculation of Total Assets is being made, with such pro forma adjustments for transactions consummated on or prior to or simultaneously with the date of the calculation as are consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”  For the avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness or Lien incurred, Investment or Restricted Payment made, or Designated Noncash Consideration received, in each case that was permitted under this Indenture at the time of such incurrence, making or receipt, shall continue to be permitted under this Indenture, regardless of any subsequent decrease in Total Assets.

 

“ Transactions ” means the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement, the issuance of the Notes, borrowings under the Credit Agreement and other related transactions described in the Offering Memorandum.

 

“ Treasury Management Arrangement ” means any agreement or other arrangement governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overdraft, credit or debit card, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting, trade finance services and other cash management services.

 

“ Treasury Rate ” means, as of any redemption date, as determined by the Company, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.  15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to September 1, 2018; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to September 1, 2018 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

 

“ Triggering Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary that is (i) the Credit Agreement, (ii) the Convertible Notes or (iii) any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is represented by bonds, debentures, notes or other securities and that is guaranteed by any Guarantor, in each case, that has an outstanding principal amount or committed amount of at least $50.0 million.

 

“ Trustee ” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

 

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“ Unrestricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

“ Unrestricted Global Note ” means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

“ Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means (1) any Subsidiary that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with Section 4.15 and (2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

“ Upfront Payments ” means any up front or similar payments made in connection with any drug or pharmaceutical product research and development or collaboration arrangements or the closing of any Permitted Investment or other acquisition (including any license or the acquisition of any license) of any rights in respect of any drug or other pharmaceutical product (and any related property or assets).

 

“ U.S. Person ” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“ Voting Stock ” of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

 

“ Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

 

(1)                                  the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

 

(2)                                  the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

 

“ Wholly Owned ” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of any specified Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares to be held by third parties to meet the applicable legal requirements) will at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Section 1.02                              Other Definitions .

 

Term		Defined in Section
“ Additional Notes”		2.02
“ Affiliate Transaction”		4.10
“ Asset Sale Offer ”		4.09
“ Authentication Order ”		2.02
“ Change of Control Offer ”		4.13

 

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“ Change of Control Payment ”		4.13
“ Covenant Defeasance”		8.03
“ Covenant Suspension Event ”		4.16
“ Designation”		4.15
“ DTC ”		2.03
“ Event of Default ”		6.01
“ Excess Proceeds”		4.09
“ Initial Lien ”		4.11
“ Investment Grade Status ”		4.16
“ Legal Defeasance”		8.02
“ Offer Period ”		3.09
“ Paying Agent ”		2.03
“ Permitted Debt ”		4.08
“ Purchase Date ”		3.09
“ Registrar ”		2.03
“ Restricted Payments ”		4.06
“ Reversion Date ”		4.16
“ Revocation ”		4.15
“ Successor Guarantor”		10.04
“ Suspended Covenants ”		4.16
“ Suspension Period ”		4.16

 

Section 1.03                              Rules of Construction .

 

Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)                                  a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(b)                                  an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

(c)                                   “or” is not exclusive;

 

(d)                                  words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

 

(e)                                   “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

 

(f)                                    provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

 

(g)                                   references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.

 

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ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01                              Form and Dating .

 

(a)                                  General .  The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof will be in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000.  In addition, the Company may issue, from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, Additional Notes.  The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage.  Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication.  The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000.

 

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.  However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

(b)                                  Global Notes .  Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (with the Global Note Legend thereon and hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “ Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note ” attached thereto).  Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions.  Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

 

(c)                                   Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable .  The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

Section 2.02                              Execution and Authentication .

 

At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.

 

A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.  The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer of the Company (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 for original issue on the Issue Date.  The Trustee shall authenticate additional Notes (“ Additional Notes ”) thereafter in unlimited aggregate principal amount for original issue upon receipt of an Authentication Order.  The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by

 

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the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.

 

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes.  An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so.  Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.  An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

 

Section 2.03                              Registrar and Paying Agent .

 

The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent”) and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company, if any, in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served.  The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.  The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents.  The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.  The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.  The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture.  If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.  The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

 

The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar, Paying Agent and Agent for service of notices and demands in connection with the Notes and this Indenture, and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.  The Trustee shall not accept service of process for the Company.

 

Section 2.04                              Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .

 

The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, the Notes, and will notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such payment.  While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.  The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.  Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) will have no further liability for the money.  If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent.  Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

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Section 2.05                              Holder Lists .

 

The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders.  If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes.

 

Section 2.06                              Transfer and Exchange .

 

(a)                                  Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes .  A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.  All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:

 

(1)                                  the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;

 

(2)                                  the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes; or

 

(3)                                  there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes and the Trustee has received a written request from the Depositary.

 

Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee in writing.  Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof.  Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note.  A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.

 

(b)                                  Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests In the Global Notes .  The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures.  Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act.  Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

 

(1)                                  Transfer of Beneficial Interests In the Same Global Note .  Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in

 

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accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend applicable to such Restricted Global Note.  Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note.  No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).

 

(2)                                  All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes .  In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:

 

(A)                                both:

 

(i)                                      a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

 

(ii)                                   written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or

 

(B)                                both:

 

(i)                                      a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

 

(ii)                                   instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above except in compliance with Section 2.06(a) above.

 

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof.

 

(3)                                  Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note .  A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:

 

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(A)                                if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(B)                                if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and

 

(C)                                if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable; provided that in each case, if the requested transfer involves a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, such transfer may be effected only upon (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act.

 

(4)                                  Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note .  A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)                                if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

 

(B)                                if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (4), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (4) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate

 

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one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (4) above. The Company shall make unrestricted CUSIP eligible at DTC.

 

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

 

(c)                                   Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes .

 

(1)                                  Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes .  If, in accordance with Section 2.06(a), any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A)                                if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2) (a) thereof;

 

(B)                                if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C)                                if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(D)                                if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

 

(E)                                 if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;

 

(F)                                  if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

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(G)                                if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.  Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.  The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.  Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

 

(2)                                  Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes .  Subject to Section 2.06(a), a holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)                                if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1) (b) thereof; or

 

(B)                                if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Registrar or the Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(3)                                  Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes .  Subject to Section 2.06(a), if any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section

 

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2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.  Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.  The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.  Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(d)                                  Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests .

 

(1)                                  Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes.  If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A)                                if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

 

(B)                                if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C)                                if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(D)                                if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3) (a) thereof;

 

(E)                                 if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;

 

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(F)                                  if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

(G)                                if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.

 

(2)                                  Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes .  A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)                                if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

 

(B)                                if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Registrar or the Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

 

(3)                                  Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes .  A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time.  Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

 

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If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(B) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

 

(e)                                   Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes .  Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes.  Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing.  In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).

 

(1)                                  Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes .  Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)                                if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(B)                                if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and

 

(C)                                if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

 

(2)                                  Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes .  Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)                                if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1 )(d) thereof; or

 

(B)                                if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an

 

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Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Registrar or the Company so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(3)                                  Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes .  A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.  Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

 

(f)                                    Legends .  The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

 

(1)                                  Private Placement Legend.

 

(A)                                Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) or (C) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION.  NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.  THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: ONE YEAR] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS] AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A

 

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PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER’’ AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM.  [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]”

 

(B)                                Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2) or (e)(3) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(C)                                The Company may cause the removal of the Private Placement Legend from a Global Note at any time on or after the 366th day after the date hereof through the mandatory exchange procedures of the Depositary by delivery to the Depositary an instruction letter for the Depositary’s mandatory exchange process (and/or otherwise complying with any Applicable Procedures).  Until such time as the Company provides such instruction letter to the Depositary notifying and confirming to the Depositary that the Restricted Period for the Notes represented by such Global Note has elapsed and instructing the Depositary to exchange all “restricted securities” represented by a restricted CUSIP for “unrestricted securities” represented by an unrestricted CUSIP (and/or otherwise complies with the Applicable Procedures) and the Depositary moves the Notes represented by such Global Note from a restricted CUSIP number to an unrestricted CUSIP number in accordance with its Applicable Procedures, the restricted CUSIP will be the CUSIP number for such Notes.  At such time as the Company provides such instruction letter to the Depositary (and/or otherwise complies with the Applicable Procedures) and the Depositary has moved all of such Notes represented by a restricted CUSIP number to an unrestricted CUSIP number, the Private Placement Legend will be deemed removed from such Global Note and an unrestricted CUSIP number for such Notes will be deemed to be the CUSIP number for such Notes.  Thereafter such Global Notes shall be deemed an Unrestricted Global Note.

 

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(2)                                  Global Note Legend .  Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(A) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.  UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), 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 MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO.  OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY, THE HOLDER THEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (1) SUCH HOLDER IS NOT PURCHASING OR HOLDING THIS SECURITY WITH THE ASSETS OF (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, (B) A “PLAN” THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), (C) AN ENTITY DEEMED UNDER ERISA TO

 

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HOLD “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY, OR (D) A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, CHURCH PLAN OR NON-U.S. PLAN SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS UNDER ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), OR (2) THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICABLE SIMILAR LAWS.”

 

(g)                                   Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes .  At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof.  At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

(h)                                  General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges .

 

(1)                                  To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s request.

 

(2)                                  No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.09, 4.13 and 9.05 hereof).

 

(3)                                  The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

 

(4)                                  All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of

 

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the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(5)                                  Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:

 

(A)                                to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of delivering any notice of redemption under Section 3.03 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of such delivery;

 

(B)                                to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or

 

(C)                                to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.

 

(6)                                  Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(7)                                  The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

 

(8)                                  All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

 

The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among any participants of the Depositary or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Notes) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.  None of the Trustee, any Paying Agent, Transfer Agent or Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of any Depositary with respect to such global Note, for the records of any Depositary, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such global Note, for any transactions between such depositary and any participant in such Depositary or between or among any such Depositary, any such participant and/or any holder or owner of a beneficial interest in such global Note or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such global Note.

 

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Section 2.07                              Replacement Notes .

 

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met.  Upon written request for replacement of a Note by a Holder, the Trustee and the Company shall receive an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced.  The Company may charge the Holder for its expenses in replacing a Note, with any expense of the Trustee to be reimbursed in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

Section 2.08                              Outstanding Notes .

 

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those paid under this Indenture, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding.  Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof.

 

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.

 

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

 

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.

 

Section 2.09                              Treasury Notes .

 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in conclusively relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned will be so disregarded.

 

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Section 2.10                              Temporary Notes .

 

Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate temporary Notes.  Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.  Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

 

Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Section 2.11                              Cancellation .

 

The Company at any time may deliver the Notes to the Trustee for cancellation.  The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment.  The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of such canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) and in accordance with the Trustee’s customary procedures.  Upon written request and at the expense of the Company, certification of the cancellation of such Notes will be delivered to the Company.  The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.12                              Defaulted Interest .

 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.  The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment.  The Company will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided , that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest.  At least 10 days before the special record date, the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered to Holders and Trustee a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

 

Section 2.13                              CUSIP or ISIN Numbers

 

The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided , that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.  The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers.

 

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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

 

Section 3.01                              Notices to Trustee .

 

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, no later than the delivery of notice to Holders thereof, the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur and the redemption price (identifying the Notes by CUSIP or ISIN, as applicable).  At the Company’s written request delivered at least 5 Business Days prior to the applicable date of notice (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee shall deliver any notice pursuant to Section 3.07 as prepared by the Company, to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense.  Notice given to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.01 may, at the Company’s discretion, state that any such redemption may be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent.

 

Section 3.02                              Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased .

 

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption or purchase in compliance with the requirements of the principal securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed, as certified to the Trustee by the Company, and in compliance with the requirements of DTC, or if the Notes are not so listed or such exchange prescribes no method of selection and the Notes are not held through DTC or DTC prescribes no method of selection, on a pro rata basis or by lot, subject to adjustments so that no Note in an unauthorized denomination remains outstanding after such redemption.

 

Upon selection, the Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased.  Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in minimum denominations of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed or purchased.  Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.  No Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part.

 

Section 3.03                              Notice of Redemption .

 

Notices of redemption will be mailed by first class mail (or delivered electronically to DTC in the case of Global Notes) at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed (or delivered electronically as the case may be) more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 11 hereof.  Notice of any redemption of the Notes may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including completion of a proposed or pending corporate transaction.  If

 

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such redemption or purchase is so subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions have been satisfied, or such redemption or purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions have not been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date as so delayed.  In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.

 

If the optional redemption date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, the accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date, will be paid to the Person in whose name the Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders whose Notes are subject to redemption.  Notes called for redemption shall become due on the date fixed for redemption.  Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption.

 

The notice will identify the Notes (by CUSIP or ISIN, if applicable) to be redeemed and will state:

 

(a)                                  the redemption date;

 

(b)                                  the redemption price;

 

(c)                                   if any Definitive Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note will state the portion of the principal amount of that Note that is to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Definitive Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Definitive Note will be issued in the name of the Holder of Notes upon cancellation of the original Definitive Note;

 

(d)                                  that, on and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption;

 

(e)                                   the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(f)                                    that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(g)                                   that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

(h)                                  if such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more conditions precedent, the nature of such conditions precedent;

 

(i)                                      the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

 

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(j)                                     that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

 

At the Company’s written request in the form of an Officer’s Certificate delivered at least 5 Business Days prior to the applicable date of notice (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee will give the notice of redemption pursuant to Section 3.07 in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company has prepared such notice, setting forth the information as provided in the preceding paragraph.

 

Section 3.04                              Effect of Notice of Redemption .

 

Once notice of redemption is delivered in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price, subject to the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in such notice of redemption.

 

Section 3.05                              Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price .

 

If the Company elects to redeem Notes in accordance with Section 3.07 hereof, one Business Day prior to the anticipated redemption or purchase date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date.  Upon payment of any amount in connection with redemption, the Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

 

If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.  If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date.  If any Note called for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.

 

Section 3.06                              Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part .

 

Upon surrender of a certificated Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new certificated Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the certificated Note surrendered.  If any Global Note is redeemed in part only, the balance will be adjusted in accordance with the applicable procedures.

 

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Section 3.07                              Optional Redemption .

 

(a)                                  At any time prior to September 1, 2018, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under this Indenture at a redemption price equal to 107.875% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Notes have not been redeemed or repurchased prior to such date), with the Net Cash Proceeds of an Equity Offering; provided that:

 

(1)                                  at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture (excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and

 

(2)                                  the redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

 

(b)                                  At any time prior to September 1, 2018, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a portion of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Notes have not been redeemed or repurchased prior to such date).

 

(c)                                   Except pursuant to this Section 3.07 of this Indenture, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to September 1, 2018.

 

(d)                                  On or after September 1, 2018, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a portion of the Notes at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, on the Notes redeemed, to, but not including, the applicable date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Notes have not been redeemed or repurchased prior to such date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on September 1 of the years indicated below:

 

Year		Percentage
2018		105.906	%
2019		103.938	%
2020		101.969	%
2021 and thereafter		100.000	%

 

(e)                                   Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.

 

(f)                                    Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

 

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Section 3.08                              Mandatory Redemption .

 

The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

Section 3.09                              Offer to Purchase .

 

In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.09 or 4.13 hereof, the Company is required to commence an Offer to Purchase, it will follow the procedures specified below.

 

Upon the commencement of an Offer to Purchase, the Company will send a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders describing the transaction or transactions that give rise to such Offer to Purchase and offering to repurchase Notes on the date specified in the notice (the “ Purchase Date ”), which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent.  The Offer to Purchase will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “ Offer Period’ ).  The purchase price for the Offer to Purchase shall be as set forth in Sections 4.09 or 4.13, as applicable, provided that if the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date.

 

The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.  The notice, which will govern the terms of the Offer to Purchase, will state:

 

(a)                                  that the Offer to Purchase is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.09 or 4.13, as applicable, hereof and the length of time the Offer to Purchase will remain open;

 

(b)                                  the amount of Excess Proceeds (in the case of an Asset Sale Offer), the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

 

(c)                                   that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrete or accrue interest;

 

(d)                                  that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase will cease to accrete or accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

 

(e)                                   that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Offer to Purchase may elect to have Notes purchased in minimum denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

 

(f)                                    that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to any Offer to Purchase will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

 

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(g)                                   that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

 

(h)                                  in the case of an Asset Sale Offer, that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of the Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee, after consultation with the Company, will select the Notes, and the Company will select other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, will be purchased); and

 

(i)                                      that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).

 

On the applicable Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

 

(1)                                  accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Offer to Purchase (which may be limited to the pro-rated amount of Excess Proceeds in the case of an Asset Sale Offer as set forth in Section 4.09);

 

(2)                                  deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the purchase price in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

 

(3)                                  deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company pursuant to this Section 3.09.

 

The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee will authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered, if any.  Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof.  The Company will publicly announce the results of the Offer to Purchase as soon as practicable on or after the Purchase Date.

 

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-l under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase.  To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture governing such Offer to Purchase, the Company will comply with the applicable

 

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securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under such provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.

 

The provisions under this Indenture relative to the Company’s obligation to make any Offer to Purchase may be waived or modified with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes.

 

ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01                              Payment of Notes .

 

The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes.  Principal, premium, if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m.  (New York City Time) on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due.

 

The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace period), at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

Section 4.02                              Maintenance of Office or Agency .

 

The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for Notes an office or agency where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served.  The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.  If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. The Trustee shall not accept service of process for the Company.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Notes for such purposes.  The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.

 

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Section 4.03                              Reports .

 

(a)                                  Whether or not required by the SEC’s rules and regulations, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and Holders, within 15 days of the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 or any successor rule under the Exchange Act), all quarterly, annual and current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q, 10-K and 8-K (or any successor form) if the Company were required to file such reports (excluding any such information, documents or reports, or portions thereof, subject to confidential treatment).  All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. In addition, the Company will post the reports on its website within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports.

 

If the Company is no longer 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 paragraph of this Section 4.03 with the SEC within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a filing.  The Company will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings.

 

If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraphs will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the notes 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 and the Guarantors agree that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, if at any time they are not required to file with the SEC the reports required by the preceding paragraphs, they will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

The Company may satisfy its obligations in this Section 4.03 by furnishing annual, quarterly and current reports prepared by a parent entity, so long as (i) to the extent there are, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, material differences between the information relating to that parent entity, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the other hand, such differences and financial discrepancies are reasonably detailed in such report or (ii) the Company causes such parent entity to become a Guarantor in accordance with this Indenture (and in such instance any reference to Guarantor shall be deemed to include such entity).  The Company is not required to provide the Holders or the Trustee with any such information, documents or reports that are filed with the SEC and the Trustee has no responsibility whatsoever to determine if such reports and information have been filed with the SEC.

 

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required hereunder, the Company will be deemed to have cured such Default for purposes of Section 6.01(3) hereof upon the provision of all such information, documents and reports required hereunder prior to the expiration of 60 days after written notice to the Company of such failure from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the principal amount of the Notes.

 

(c)                                   For so long as any Restricted Notes are outstanding the Company agrees that, in order to render such Restricted Notes eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, it will make available, upon request, to any Holder of Restricted Notes or prospective purchasers of Restricted Notes the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4), unless the Company furnishes such information to the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(d)                                  Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive or actual 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 conclusively on Officer’s Certificates).  The Trustee is under no duty to examine such reports, information or documents to ensure compliance with the provision of this Indenture or to ascertain the correctness or otherwise of the information or the statements contained therein.

 

Section 4.04                              Compliance Certificate .

 

(a)                                  The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015), an Officer’s Certificate, indicating whether the signer thereof knows of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during the previous fiscal year and specifying all such Defaults or Events of Default, the nature and the status thereof and the actions which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

(b)                                  The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, a written notice of such Default or Event of Default, its status and the action which the Company is taking or proposing to take with respect thereof; provided that the Company shall not be required to deliver such notice if such Default or Event of Default has been cured.

 

Section 4.05                              Stay, Extension and Usury Laws .

 

The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

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Section 4.06                              Restricted Payments .

 

(a)                                  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

(1)                                  declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, other than any such merger or consolidation constituting a Permitted Investment) or to the direct or indirect Holders of the Company’s or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, dividends or distributions payable to other Holders of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary of the Company on no more than a pro rata basis and payments on account of the transfer or issuance of Equity Interests to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that such payments constitute Permitted Investments);

 

(2)                                  purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value, directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company), any Equity Interests of the Company;

 

(3)                                  make any principal payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries), except a payment of principal at, or within 365 days of, the Stated Maturity thereof; or

 

(4)                                  make any Restricted Investment

 

(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “ Restricted Payments ”), unless:

 

(i)             at the time of such Restricted Payment no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

 

(ii)            immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, on a pro forma basis as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.08(a); and

 

(iii)           such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries since the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.06(b)(1), but excluding all

 

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other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.06(b)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(A)                                50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the Issue Date to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus

 

(B)                                100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company since the Issue Date as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Qualifying Equity Interests of the Company or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualifying Equity Interests of the Company (other than Qualifying Equity Interests and convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or debt securities sold to a Subsidiary of the Company); plus

 

(C)                                100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the Fair Market Value of property (other than cash) and marketable securities received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date by means of (i) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances which constitute Restricted Investments of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) the sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (iii) payments of interests, distributions or dividends received in respect of Restricted Investments and (iv) a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than in each case to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment), in each case to the extent that such amounts were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period; plus

 

(D)                                to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the Issue Date is made in an entity that subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is merged or consolidated into or all or substantially all of its assets are transferred to, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), the initial amount of such Restricted Investment (or, if less, the amount of cash received upon repayment or sale); plus

 

(E)                                 to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary designated as such after the Issue Date is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged or consolidated into the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries, or all or substantially all of the assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary are transferred to the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, after the Issue Date, the Fair Market Value of the Company’s

 

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Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation, merger, consolidation or transfer of assets.

 

(b)                                  Section 4.06(a) will not prohibit:

 

(1)                                  the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend, distribution or redemption payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

(2)                                  the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of or with the Net Cash Proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital to the Company; provided that the amount of any such Net Cash Proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will not be considered to be Net Cash Proceeds of Qualifying Equity Interests for purposes of Section 4.06(a)(iii)(B) and will not be considered to be Net Cash Proceeds from an Equity Offering for purposes of Section 3.07;

 

(3)                                  the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee with the Net Cash Proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

 

(4)                                  the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies held by any current or former officer, director, manager, employee or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders’ agreement or other similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $15.0 million in any calendar year (with any unused amount in any calendar year being carried forward and available in the next two succeeding years); provided, further, that such amount in any twelve-month period may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

(a)                                  the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Equity Interests of the Company and, to the extent contributed to the Company as common equity capital, the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Equity Interests of any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to any current or former officer, director, manager, employee or consultant of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies that occurs after the Issue Date to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of Qualifying Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the making of Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.06(a)(iii) or Section 4.06(b)(2) or to an optional redemption of Notes pursuant to Section 3.07; plus

 

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(b)                                  the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date;

 

and

 

in addition, cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary from any current or former officer, director, manager, employee or consultant (or any permitted transferees thereof) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Company or the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies from such Persons will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.06 or any other provisions of this Indenture;

 

(5)                                  the repurchase of Equity Interests of the Company or the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies (a) deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options, warrants or convertible securities to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options, warrants or convertible securities, (b) upon the exercise of stock options, warrants or convertible securities in an equal or lesser amount to the amount exercised in order to reduce the dilutive effects of such exercise, and (c) deemed to occur upon the withholding of a portion of Equity Interests granted or awarded to any current or former officer, director, manager, employee or consultant to pay for taxes payable by such Person in connection with such grant or award (or the vesting thereof) (or a Restricted Payment to any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies in an amount sufficient to enable any such parent company to repurchase any such Equity Interests);

 

(6)                                  (a) the declaration and payment of dividends to Holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be issued under Section 4.08, so long as such dividends are included in the definition of “Fixed Charges”; provided that with respect to Preferred Stock that is not also Disqualified Stock of the Company, the issuance of such Preferred Stock would have been permitted under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.08(a) if such preferred stock were Disqualified Stock at the time of issuance and (b) mandatory redemptions of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as a Restricted Payment or as consideration for a Permitted Investment; provided that the amount of such redemptions are no greater than the amount that constituted such Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment;

 

(7)                                  payments to Holders of Equity Interests (or to the Holders of Indebtedness that is convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests upon such conversion or exchange) in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares (or a Restricted Payment to the Company’s direct or indirect parent company in an amount sufficient to enable any such parent company to make any such payments);

 

(8)                                  payments of intercompany subordinated Indebtedness, the Incurrence of which was permitted under Section 4.08(b);

 

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(9)                                  the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee pursuant to provisions similar to Sections 4.09 and 4.13; provided that, prior to consummating, or concurrently with, any such repurchase, the Company has made any Offer to Purchase required by this Indenture and has repurchased all Notes validly tendered for payment in connection with such offers;

 

(10)                           the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of Equity Interests of, or Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Investments in Capital Stock of or Indebtedness in Permitted Joint Ventures pursuant to clause (17)(b) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”);

 

(11)                           the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other retirement for value of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, including any payments required in connection with a conversion of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness;

 

(12)                           payments made in connection with (including, without limitation, purchases of) any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction;

 

(13)                           payments made (a) to exercise or settle any Permitted Warrant Transaction (i) by delivery of common stock of the Company or any of its direct or indirect parent companies, (ii) by set-off against the related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or (iii) with cash payments as determined under the terms of the documentation governing such transaction as it existed on the Issue Date, or (b) to terminate any Permitted Warrant Transaction;

 

(14)                           any Restricted Payment made in connection with the Transactions and any costs and expenses (including all legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses) related thereto;

 

(15)                           payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law in connection with any merger or consolidation with, or other acquisition of, another Person;

 

(16)                           the purchase by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any remaining outstanding Equity Interests of any Subsidiary acquired in connection with a Permitted Investment structured as a tender offer pursuant to which not less than a majority of such Subsidiary’s Equity Interests has been acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(17)                           the settlement or termination of any Permitted Equity Derivatives; provided that the entry into such Permitted Equity Derivative was permitted under this Section 4.06;

 

(18)                           to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the payment of contingent liabilities in respect of any adjustment of purchase price, earn-outs, deferred compensation and similar obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

 

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(19)                           so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $60.0 million since the Issue Date.

 

(c)                                   The amount of all Restricted Payments (or transfer or issuance that would constitute Restricted Payments but for the exclusions from the definition thereof) and Permitted Investments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the transfer or issuance of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment (or transfer or issuance that would constitute a Restricted Payment but for the exclusions from the definition thereof) or Permitted Investment, less, in the case of an Investment, any amount paid, repaid, returned, distributed or otherwise received in cash in respect of such Investment.

 

(d)                                  If the Company makes a Restricted Payment which, at the time of the making of such Restricted Payment, in the good faith determination of the Company, would be permitted under the requirements of this Indenture, such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have been made in compliance with this Indenture notwithstanding any subsequent adjustment made in good faith to the Company’s financial statements affecting Consolidated Net Income.

 

(e)                                   For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4.06 shall not restrict the making of any “AHYDO catchup payment” with respect to, and required by the terms of, any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture.

 

Section 4.07                              Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries .

 

(a)                                  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, to create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

(1)                                  pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or pay any indebtedness owed to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(2)                                  make loans or advances to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; or

 

(3)                                  sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(b)                                  The restrictions in Section 4.07(a) will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

(1)                                  agreements in effect at or entered into on the Issue Date;

 

(2)                                  this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Credit Agreement;

 

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(3)                                  agreements governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 4.08, provided that, except with respect to the Credit Agreement, in the judgment of the Company, any such encumbrance or restriction will not materially impair the Company’s ability to make payments under the Notes when due (as determined in good faith by senior management or the Board of Directors of the Company);

 

(4)                                  applicable law, rule, regulation, order, approval, license, permit or similar restriction;

 

(5)                                  any agreement or instrument governing Indebtedness, the assets or the Equity Interests of a Person acquired or designated as a Restricted Subsidiary by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition or designation (except to the extent such agreement or instrument was entered into, or such Indebtedness was incurred, in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition or designation), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of, or Equity Interests of, any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of, or Equity Interests of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired; provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be Incurred;

 

(6)                                  customary non-assignment provisions in contracts, licenses and other commercial or trade agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(7)                                  Capital Lease Obligations, any agreement governing Purchase Money Indebtedness, 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 Capital Lease Obligations, Purchase Money Indebtedness, security agreements or mortgages;

 

(8)                                  any agreement in connection with the sale or disposition of Equity Interests or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that imposes such encumbrance or restriction pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

 

(9)                                  Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole (as reasonably determined by the Company), than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

(10)                           Liens permitted to be incurred under Section 4.11;

 

(11)                           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 a Restricted Investment), which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements;

 

(12)                           prohibitions, restrictions or conditions on cash or other deposits or net worth under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(13)                           customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, including with respect to intellectual property, and other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(14)                           customary non-assignment provisions in leases or licenses governing leasehold or license interests to the extent such provisions restrict the transfer of the lease or license or the property leased or licensed thereunder;

 

(15)                           contractual requirements of a Securitization Special Purpose Entity in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; provided that such restrictions apply only to such Securitization Special Purpose Entity; and

 

(16)                           any amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing of an agreement or arrangement referred to in clauses (1) through (15) above of this Section 4.07(b); provided, however, that such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing is not materially more restrictive, as reasonably determined by the Company, with respect to such encumbrances and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

 

Section 4.08                              Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock .

 

(a)                                  The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness, and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Company will be entitled to Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue Disqualified Stock and any Restricted Subsidiary will be entitled to Incur Indebtedness or issue Preferred Stock if, on the date of such Incurrence or issuance and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be at least 2.0 to 1.0.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding Section 4.08(a), the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will be entitled to Incur any or all of the following Indebtedness (collectively, “ Permitted Debt ”):

 

(1)                                  Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that, immediately after giving effect to any such Incurrence, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (1) and then outstanding does not exceed $600.0 million; provided, that the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries can Incur additional Indebtedness under this clause (1) if, after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 3.5 to 1.0; provided that for purposes of determining the amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred under this clause (1), all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (1) shall be treated as Secured Indebtedness;

 

(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 that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the

 

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Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and (b) 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 that was not permitted by this clause (2).

 

(3)                                  the Notes (including any Note Guarantees but excluding any Additional Notes);

 

(4)                                  Indebtedness that is outstanding on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clause (1), (2) or (3) of this Section 4.08(b)) after giving effect to the Transactions;

 

(5)                                  Acquired Indebtedness and Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in connection with or in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the acquisition by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of assets used or useful in a Permitted Business (including a Product or license to a Product) (whether through the direct purchase of assets or the purchase of Capital Stock of, or merger or consolidation with, any Person owning such assets); provided, however, that on the date of such acquisition and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, either (a) the Company would be entitled to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.08(a) or (b) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would not be less than such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition;

 

(6)                                  Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.08(a) or Sections 4.08(b)(3), (4), (5) or this clause (6);

 

(7)                                  Hedging Obligations directly related to Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to this Indenture or entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

 

(8)                                  obligations in respect of worker’s compensation and self-insurance and performance, indemnity, bid, stay, customs, appeal, replevin and surety bonds, performance and completion guarantees and other similar bonds or guarantees, in each case provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

 

(9)                                  Indebtedness arising from (a) 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 or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business; provided, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within ten Business Days of notification to the Company of its incurrence; (b) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice from customers for goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; (c) taxes, assessments or governmental charges to the extent such taxes are being contested in good faith and (d) Treasury Management Arrangements;

 

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(10)                           Indebtedness consisting of any Guarantee by (a) the Company or a Guarantor of Indebtedness or other Obligations of the Company or any of the Guarantors, (b) a Foreign Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other Obligations of another Foreign Subsidiary or a non-Guarantor Subsidiary or (c) a non-Guarantor Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other Obligations of another non-Guarantor Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary, in each case so long as the Incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness or other obligations by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture; provided, that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes, then the Guarantee must be subordinated or pari passu , as applicable, to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;

 

(11)                           Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Indebtedness, and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in an aggregate amount on the date of Incurrence that, when taken together with the amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (11), does not exceed the greater of $15.0 million or 1.0% of Total Assets;

 

(12)                           Indebtedness of non-Guarantor Subsidiaries and Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount on the date of Incurrence that, when taken together with the amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (12), does not exceed the greater of $15.0 million and 1.0% of Total Assets;

 

(13)                           Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (a) the financing of insurance premiums with the providers of such insurance or their affiliates, (b) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or (c) deferred compensation or equity-based compensation to current or former officers, directors, consultants, advisors or employees thereof, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(14)                           Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement in an amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

 

(15)                           Indebtedness consisting of guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations of joint ventures permitted under clause (17)(a) of the definition of “Permitted Investments;”

 

(16)                           Indebtedness Incurred in connection with judgments, decrees, attachments or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 6.01(5);

 

(17)                           Indebtedness in the form of (a) guarantees of loans and advances to officers, directors, consultants and employees, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5.0 million at any one time outstanding, and (b) reimbursements owed to officers, directors, consultants and employees of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies;

 

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(18)                           Indebtedness consisting of obligations to make payments to current or former officers, directors and employees of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses with respect to the cancellation, purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies to the extent permitted under Section 4.06(b)(4);

 

(19)                           Indebtedness consisting of obligations under any Permitted Equity Derivatives;

 

(20)                           Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, earnout, holdback, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or Equity Interests of a Subsidiary; and

 

(21)                           Indebtedness of the Company or of any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount on the date of Incurrence that, when taken together with all other Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (21), does not exceed the greater of $60.0 million and 2.5% of Total Assets.

 

(c)                                   For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.08:

 

(1)                                  all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date will be treated as Incurred under clause (1) of the immediately preceding paragraph;

 

(2)                                  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 4.08, the Company, in its sole discretion, will classify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) at the time of Incurrence and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in Section 4.08(a) or one of the clauses of Section 4.08(b) ( provided, that any Indebtedness originally classified as Incurred pursuant to any of clauses (2) through (21) of Section 4.08(b) may later be reclassified as having been Incurred pursuant to Section 4.08(a) or any other of clauses (2) through (21) of Section 4.08(b) to the extent that such reclassified Indebtedness could be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.08(a) or one of clauses (2) through (21) of Section 4.08(b), as the case may be, if it were Incurred at the time of such reclassification); and

 

(3)                                  the Company will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in this Section 4.08.

 

(d)                                  For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar- equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt (and any subsequent fluctuations in the currency exchange rates shall not affect the incurred or outstanding amount thereof);

 

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provided, that if such Indebtedness is incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such Refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such Refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being Refinanced (plus accrued interest and premium (including tender premium) thereon, any committed or undrawn amounts associated with, original issue discount on, and underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses incurred in connection with, such Refinancing).

 

(e)                                   The amount of any Indebtedness incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being Refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such Refinancing.

 

(f)                                    The Company will not, and will not permit any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly incur any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the applicable Note Guarantee to the extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be; provided , that (i) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured and (ii) Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior in right of payment to other Indebtedness merely because such Indebtedness has a junior priority with respect to any collateral.

 

Section 4.09                              Asset Sales .

 

(a)                                  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

 

(1)                                  the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (measured as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such Asset Sale) of the assets or shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and

 

(2)                                  at least 75% of the consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents.  For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash consideration:

 

(A)                                any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Company) of the Company or any Restricted

 

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Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the notes or any Note Guarantee) (i) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and for which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, has been released or indemnified against further liability or (ii) in respect of which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary following such Asset Sale has any obligation;

 

(B)                                any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary within 365 days of such Asset Sale into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion;

 

(C)                                any Designated Noncash Consideration having an aggregate Fair Market Value that, when taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration previously received and then outstanding, does not exceed at the time of the receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) the greater of $50.0 million and 2.0% of Total Assets; and

 

(D)                                any Investment, stock, asset, property or capital expenditure of the kind referred to in Section 4.09(b)(3).

 

(b)                                  Within one year from the later of the date of an Asset Sale or the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net Proceeds at their option:

 

(1)                                  to prepay, repay, redeem or purchase (a) Indebtedness and other Obligations that are secured by a Lien or (b) Indebtedness and other Obligations of a non-Guarantor Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), and, in each case, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto (unless such Indebtedness would be permitted to be incurred at such time pursuant to Section 4.08);

 

(2)                                  to prepay, repay, redeem or purchase Senior Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor; provided , that the Company shall (y) apply not less than a pro rata portion of such Net Proceeds to redeem or repurchase the Notes (i) as described in Section 3.07 or (ii) through open market purchases at a purchase price of not less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon, or (z) make an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below) to all holders to purchase their Notes at a purchase price of not less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued but unpaid interest thereon (in each case other than Indebtedness or other Obligations owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company);

 

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(3)                                  to make an Investment in any one or more businesses ( provided that, if such Investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person as a result of which such Person becomes a Subsidiary, such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary), to acquire assets or property (including the acquisition or license of intellectual property) or to make capital expenditures, in each case (a) used or useful in a Permitted Business or (b) that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale; or

 

(4)                                  any combination of the foregoing clauses (1) through (3) of Section 4.09(b);

 

provided that entering into and not abandoning or rejecting a binding commitment to make an Investment, acquire assets or property or make capital expenditures to satisfy Section 4.09(b)(3) above shall be treated as a permitted application of Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment; provided that (x) such Investment, acquisition or capital expenditure is consummated within 545 days after the later of the receipt of such Net Proceeds or the date of such Asset Sale and (y) if such Investment, acquisition or capital expenditure is not consummated within the period set forth in subclause (x), or otherwise applied as set forth in Section 4.09(b) (1) or (2), the Net Proceeds not so applied will be deemed to constitute Excess Proceeds (as defined below) under Section 4.09(d).

 

(c)                                   Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

 

(d)                                  Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in Section 4.09(b) will constitute “ Excess Proceeds .” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds the greater of $50.0 million and 2.0% of Total Assets, within 30 days thereof, the Company will make an offer (an “ Asset Sale Offer ”) to all Holders of Notes and all Holders of other Senior Indebtedness containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase, prepay or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets ( provided that the portion of such Asset Sale Offer made to the Holders of the Notes is not less than a pro rata portion of the Notes taken together with such other Senior Indebtedness) to purchase, prepay or redeem the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other Senior Indebtedness (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith) that may be purchased, prepaid or redeemed out of the Excess Proceeds.  The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount (or accreted value, if less, or such lesser amount as may be provided by the terms of such other Senior Indebtedness), plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase, prepayment or redemption (subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Notes have not been redeemed or repurchased prior to such date), and will be payable in cash.  If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture.  If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other Senior Indebtedness tendered in (or required to be prepaid or redeemed in connection with) such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee will select the Notes and the Company shall

 

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select such other Senior Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis, based on the amounts tendered or required to be prepaid or redeemed (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, will be purchased).  Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.

 

Section 4.10                              Transactions with Affiliates .

 

(a)                                  The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, or advance with or guarantee for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each, an “ Affiliate Transaction ”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $5.0 million, unless:

 

(1)                                  the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and

 

(2)                                  the Company delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $30.0 million, a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company and complies with Section 4.10(a)(1).

 

(b)                                  The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to Section 4.10(a):

 

(1)                                  any employment or consulting agreement, incentive agreement, employee benefit plan, severance agreement, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and payments pursuant thereto;

 

(2)                                  transactions between or among the Company and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries, including any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;

 

(3)                                  transactions with any Person that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;

 

(4)                                  payment of reasonable fees or other reasonable compensation to, provision of customary benefits or indemnification agreements to, and the reimbursements of expenses (pursuant to indemnity arrangements or otherwise) of, officers, directors,

 

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employees or consultants of the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies;

 

(5)                                  any capital contributions in, or issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of, the Company;

 

(6)                                  Restricted Payments (or transfers or issuances that would constitute Restricted Payments but for the exclusions from the definition thereof) that do not violate Section 4.06 hereof and Permitted Investments;

 

(7)                                  loans or advances to employees of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies in the ordinary course of business of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

 

(8)                                  any agreement as in effect on the Issue Date and described in the Offering Memorandum or any renewals or extensions of any such agreement (so long as such renewals or extensions, taken as a whole, are not more disadvantageous to the Holders, in any material respect to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or the senior management thereof in good faith) and the transactions evidenced thereby or pursuant thereto;

 

(9)                                  transactions in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing stating that such transaction are fair from a financial point of view to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or meets the requirements of Section 4.10(a)(1);

 

(10)                           transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, 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 which are fair to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors of the Company or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or the senior management thereof in good faith);

 

(11)                           transactions in the ordinary course with (a) Unrestricted Subsidiaries or (b) joint ventures in which the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company holds or acquires an ownership interest (whether by way of Equity Interests or otherwise) so long as the terms of any such transactions are no less favorable to the Company or any Subsidiary participating in such joint ventures than they are to other joint venture partners;

 

(12)                           mergers, consolidations or sales, assignment, transfers, conveyances, leases or other dispositions of all or substantially all assets permitted by Section 5.01;

 

(13)                           contracts or arrangements between the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and any of its Affiliates regarding coordination and/or joint defense of any litigation or

 

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any other action, suit, proceeding, claim or dispute before any courts, arbitrators or governmental authority;

 

(14)                           payments to Affiliates in respect of the Notes or any other Indebtedness or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on the same basis as concurrent payments made or offered to be made in respect thereof to non-Affiliates;

 

(15)                           the provision of services to directors or officers of the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies of the nature provided by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to customers in the ordinary course of business;

 

(16)                           transactions undertaken in good faith for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies;

 

(17)                           transactions undertaken in good faith (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or the senior management thereof) for the sole purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Company and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture;

 

(18)                           customary payments by the Company and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures), which payments are approved by the majority of the members of the board of directors or a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in good faith; and

 

(19)                           the granting of registration and other customary rights in connection with the issuance of Equity Interests or other securities by the Company.

 

Section 4.11                              Liens .

 

The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, Incur or permit to exist any Lien (the “ Initial Lien ”) of any nature whatsoever on any of its properties or assets (including Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary), whether owned at the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, securing any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Liens, without effectively providing that the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the obligations so secured for so long as such obligations are so secured.

 

Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to the preceding sentence shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien.

 

Section 4.12                              Corporate Existence .

 

Subject to Articles 5 and 10 (as applicable), each of the Company and the Guarantors will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its

 

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corporate or other existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to preserve any such right if the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, shall in good faith determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or the Guarantors, taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.13                              Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control .

 

(a)                                  If a Change of Control occurs, within 30 days following such Change of Control, the Company will make an Offer to Purchase all of the Notes (a “ Change of Control Offer ”) on the terms set forth in this Indenture and in compliance with Section 3.09.  In the Change of Control Offer, the Company will offer to repurchase all of the Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes repurchased to, but not including, the date of purchase (subject to the rights of holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date if the Notes have not been redeemed or repurchased prior to such date) (the “ Change of Control Payment ”).

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.13, the Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 3.07 under this Indenture, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, or conditioned upon the consummation of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time the Change of Control Offer is made.

 

Section 4.14                              Additional Note Guarantees .

 

If any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Guarantor (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary or the Company) becomes a guarantor or obligor in respect of any Triggering Indebtedness, within 60 days of such event the Company will, subject to applicable law, cause such Restricted Subsidiary to enter into a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall agree to Guarantee the Company’s Obligations under the Notes, fully and unconditionally and on a senior basis.  The Company also may, at any time, cause a Subsidiary to become a Guarantor by executing and delivering a supplemental indenture providing for the Guarantee of payment of the Notes by such Subsidiary on the basis provided in this Indenture.  Any such supplemental indenture may be in the form of such supplemental indenture attached as Exhibit E hereto or such other form as agreed between the Company, the applicable Guarantor and the Trustee.

 

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Subsidiary to cease to be a Guarantor, subject to the requirement described in the first paragraph above that such Subsidiary shall be required to become a Guarantor if it ceases to be an Immaterial Subsidiary (except that if such Subsidiary has been properly designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary it shall not be so required to become a Guarantor or execute a supplemental indenture); provided, further, that such Immaterial Subsidiary shall not be permitted to Guarantee the Credit Agreement or other Triggering Indebtedness of any Guarantor or the Company, unless it again becomes a Guarantor.

 

Section 4.15                              Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries .

 

The Company may designate after the Issue Date any Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under this Indenture (a “ Designation ”) only if:

 

(a)                                  no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to such Designation;

 

(b)                                  the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of Designation own any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or own or hold any Lien on any Property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary so designated;

 

(c)                                   the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of Designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender or other Holder of such Indebtedness has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; and

 

(d)                                  either (x) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less or (y) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then the Company could make a Restricted Payment at the time of such Designation in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary under Section 4.06 and such amount is thereafter treated as an “Investment” for purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted Payments thereunder.

 

The Company may revoke any Designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (a “ Revocation ”) only if:

 

(e)                                   (a) immediately after giving effect to such Revocation (i) the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.08(a) or (ii) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would not be less than immediately prior to such Revocation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such Revocation or (b) the outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such Revocation could be incurred pursuant to one or more clauses of the definition of “Permitted Debt”;

 

(f)                                    immediately after giving effect to such Revocation, all Liens of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding immediately following such Revocation would, if Incurred at such time, have been permitted to be Incurred for all purposes of this Indenture; and

 

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(g)                                   immediately after giving effect to such Revocation, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to such Revocation.

 

Each Designation and Revocation must be evidenced by promptly delivering to the Trustee a board resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such Designation or Revocation, as the case may be, and an Officer’s Certificate certifying compliance with the preceding provisions.  A Revocation will be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Section 4.16                              Suspension of Covenants When Notes Rated Investment Grade

 

(a)                                  If on any date following the Issue Date, the Notes are rated Baa3 or better by Moody’s and BBB- or better by S&P (“ Investment Grade Status ”) (or, if either such entity ceases to rate such Notes for reasons outside of the control of the Company, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency) (a “ Covenant Suspension Event ”) then, beginning on that day and continuing until the Reversion Date (as defined below), the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to Sections 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.14 and 4.15 and clause (a)(4) of Section 5.01 of this Indenture (collectively, the “ Suspended Covenants ”).

 

(b)                                  Upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.  If any time the Notes cease to have such Investment Grade Status, then the Suspended Covenants will thereafter be reinstated as if such covenants had never been suspended (the “ Reversion Date ”) and be applicable pursuant to the terms of this Indenture (including in connection with performing any calculation or assessment to determine compliance with the terms of this Indenture), unless and until the Notes subsequently attain Investment Grade Status (in which event the Suspended Covenants shall no longer be in effect for such time that the Notes maintain an Investment Grade Status); provided , however, that no Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind shall be deemed to exist under this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees with respect to the Suspended Covenants based on any actions taken or events occurring during the Suspension Period (as defined below), or any actions taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligation arising prior to the Reversion Date, regardless of whether such actions or events would have been permitted if the applicable Suspended Covenants remained in effect during such period.  The period of time between the date of a Covenant Suspension Event and the next and the Reversion Date is referred to as a “ Suspension Period .”  The Company shall promptly provide the Trustee and Holders written notice of any Suspension Period or Reversion Date.

 

(c)                                   On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness Incurred during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been Incurred pursuant to Section 4.08(a) or (b) (to the extent such Indebtedness would be permitted to be Incurred thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to the Indebtedness Incurred prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date).  To the extent such Indebtedness would not be so permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.08(a) and/or (b), such Indebtedness will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under clause (4) of Section

 

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4.08(b).  Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.06 will be made as though Section 4.06 had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the Suspension Period; provided that, no Subsidiaries may be designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period, unless such designation would have complied with Section 4.06 as if such covenant would have been in effect during such period.  Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.06(a); provided , however, that the amount available to be made as a Restricted Payment thereunder shall not be reduced to below zero solely as a result of such Restricted Payments and the items specified in Section 4.06(a)(iii)(A)-(E) that occur during the Suspension Period will increase the amount available to be made as a Restricted Payment under Section 4.06(a)(iii).  All Investments, Liens and agreements that would otherwise violate the provisions of Section 4.07 and transactions that would otherwise violate the provisions of Section 4.10 made, incurred or assumed during the Suspension Period prior to such Reversion Date will be deemed to have been made, incurred or assumed and outstanding on the Issue Date.

 

(d)                                  The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the ratings of the Notes, shall not be deemed to have any knowledge of the ratings of the Notes and shall have no duty to notify Holders if the Notes achieve Investment Grade Status or of the occurrence of a Reversion Date.

 

ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.01                              Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets .

 

(a)                                  The Company will not: (1) consolidate with or merge or amalgamate with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person), or (2) directly or indirectly, sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:

 

(1)                                  either:

 

(a)                                        the Company is the surviving Person; or

 

(b)                                        the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;

 

(2)                                  the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture;

 

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(4)                                  the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four- quarter period, (a) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.08(a); or (ii) have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio not less than the actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for such four-quarter period; and

 

(5)                                  to the extent the Company is not the surviving Person, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.

 

(b)                                  This Section 5.01 will not apply to any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries.  Sections 5.01(a)(3) and (4) will not apply to any merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the Company (1) with or into one of the Restricted Subsidiaries for any purpose or (2) with or into an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction.

 

The Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made will 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 Company, except in the case of a lease, shall be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.

 

Section 5.02                              Successor Corporation Substituted .

 

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture and the Company, except in the case of a lease, shall be released from the obligation to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, the Notes.

 

ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01                              Events of Default .

 

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(1)                                  default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes;

 

(2)                                  default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;

 

(3)                                  failure by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with any of the other agreements in this Indenture (other than a failure that is the subject of clause (1) or (2)) for 60 days after receipt by the Company of written notice of such failure from the Trustee (or receipt by the Company and the Trustee of written notice of such failure from the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class);

 

(4)                                  one or more defaults shall have occurred under any of the agreements, indentures or instruments under which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary has outstanding Indebtedness in an amount in excess of $50.0 million, individually or in the aggregate, and either (a) such default results from the failure to pay such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and such default has not been cured or the Indebtedness repaid in full within 60 days of the default or (b) such default or defaults have resulted in the acceleration of the maturity of such Indebtedness and such acceleration has not been rescinded or such Indebtedness repaid in full within 60 days of the acceleration;

 

(5)                                  one or more final and non-appealable judgments or orders that exceed $50.0 million in the aggregate (net of amounts covered by insurance or bonded) for the payment of money have been entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and such judgment or judgments are not satisfied, stayed, annulled or rescinded for 60 days;

 

(6)                                  any Note Guarantee by the Company or a Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason cease to be, or shall for any reason be held in any judicial proceeding not to be, or asserted in writing not to be, in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent contemplated by this Indenture and any such Note Guarantee, and any such default continues for 10 days;

 

(7)                                  the Company or any Significant Subsidiary:

 

(A)                                commences a voluntary insolvency proceeding,

 

(B)                                consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary insolvency proceeding,

 

(C)                                consents to the appointment of a Bankruptcy Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or

 

(D)                                makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

 

provided , however, that the liquidation of any Restricted Subsidiary into another Restricted Subsidiary, other than as part of a credit reorganization, shall not constitute an Event of Default under this Section 6.01(7); and

 

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(8)                                  a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(A)                                is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary insolvency proceeding;

 

(B)                                appoints a Bankruptcy Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or

 

(C)                                orders the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary;

 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 consecutive days.

 

Section 6.02                              Acceleration .

 

If there is a continuing Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(7) and 6.01(8) hereof with respect to the Company) with respect to the Notes, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes may declare the principal amount of all of the Notes to be due and payable immediately.  However, at any time after the Trustee or the Holders, as the case may be, declare an acceleration with respect to the Notes, but before the applicable person has obtained a judgment or decree based on such acceleration, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may, under certain conditions, cancel such acceleration if the Company has cured all Events of Default (other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal) with respect to the Notes or all such Events of Default have been waived as provided in this Indenture.  If an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(7) and 6.01(8) hereof with respect to the Company occurs, all outstanding Notes shall become due and payable without any further action or notice.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with the reporting obligations as set forth under Section 4.03 will, for the first 270 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the Notes (1) at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding for each day during the first 180 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default during which such Event of Default is continuing and (2) at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding from the 181st day until the 270th day following the occurrence of such Event of Default during which such Event of Default is continuing.  If the Company so elects, such additional interest will be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the Notes.  On the 271st day after the occurrence of the Event of Default (if the Event of Default relating to the reporting obligations is not cured or waived prior to such 271st day), the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided above.  The provisions of this Indenture described in this paragraph will not affect the rights of Holders of Notes in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default.  In the event the Company does not elect to pay the additional interest following an Event of Default in accordance with this paragraph and the immediately following paragraph (or the Company elects to make such payment but does not pay

 

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the additional interest when due), the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided above.  In no event shall additional interest payable pursuant to the foregoing election accrue at a rate per year in excess of 0.50% per annum, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to requirements to pay such additional interest pursuant to this paragraph.

 

In order to elect to pay the additional interest in the immediately preceding paragraph as the sole remedy during the first 270 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with the obligations as set forth under Section 4.03, the Company must notify all Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing of such election prior to the beginning of such 270-day period.  Upon the Company’s failure to timely give such notice, the Notes will be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in the first paragraph of this Section 6.02.  Any Default for the failure to comply with the time periods prescribed under Section 4.03 or otherwise to deliver any notice or certificate pursuant to any other provision of this Indenture, shall be deemed to be cured upon the delivery of any such report required by such covenant or such notice or certificate, as applicable, even though such delivery is not within the prescribed period specified in this Indenture.

 

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, premium on, if any, or interest on, the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.  A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default.  All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

Subject to the duties of the Trustee to act with the required standard of care, if there is a continuing Event of Default, the Trustee need not exercise any of its rights or powers under this Indenture at the written request or direction of any of the Holders of Notes, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee.  Subject to such provisions for security or indemnification of the Trustee and certain other conditions, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power the Trustee holds with respect to the Notes.

 

Section 6.04                              Waiver of Past Defaults

 

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, the Notes; provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration.  Upon any such waiver, such Default shall

 

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cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.05                              Control by Majority .

 

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee.  However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

Section 6.06                              Limitation on Suits .

 

No Holder of any Note will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees or for any remedy unless:

 

(a)                                  the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding for 60 days after the Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes;

 

(b)                                  the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have made a written request to the Trustee, and offered indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee, to institute such proceeding as Trustee; and

 

(c)                                   the Trustee has not received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes a direction inconsistent with such request.

 

Section 6.07                              Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment .

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Holder of any Note will have an absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of, and any premium on, if any, or interest on such Note, on or after the date or dates they are to be paid as expressed in such Note and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment.

 

Section 6.08                              Collection Suit by Trustee .

 

If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium or interest specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) for the whole amount of unpaid principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid.

 

Section 6.09                              Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .

 

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the compensation (as agreed in writing by the Company and the Trustee), expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes

 

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allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the compensation (as agreed in writing by the Company and the Trustee), expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under this Indenture.  To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under this Indenture out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.  Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 6.10                              Priorities .

 

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

 

First : to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under this Indenture, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred (including attorney’s fees and expenses), and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

Second : to Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and

 

Third : to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.

 

Section 6.11                              Undertaking for Costs .

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.  This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by

 

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the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

 

ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01                              Duties of Trustee .

 

(a)                                  If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers expressly vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

(b)                                  Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(1)                                  the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(2)                                  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 will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

 

(c)                                   The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(1)                                  this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

 

(2)                                  the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith, by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(3)                                  the Trustee will 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 under this Indenture.

 

(d)                                  Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.

 

(e)                                   No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability.  The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

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(f)                                    The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.  Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

Section 7.02                              Rights of Trustee .

 

(a)                                  The Trustee may conclusively rely upon 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 Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both.  The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.  The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(c)                                   The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

 

(d)                                  The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

(e)                                   Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

 

(f)                                    The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders of Notes unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against any losses, liabilities or expenses.

 

(g)                                   In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive 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.

 

(h)                                  The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

 

(i)                                      The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

 

(k)                                  The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

 

(l)                                      The permissive right of the Trustee to take the actions permitted by this Indenture shall not be construed as an obligation or duty to do so.

 

Section 7.03                              Individual Rights of Trustee .

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.  If the Trustee becomes a creditor of the Company or any Guarantor, this Indenture limits the right of the Trustee to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise.  The Trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days.  Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties.  The Trustee is also subject to Section 7.09 hereof.

 

Section 7.04                              Trustee’s Disclaimer .

 

The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, acting in such capacity, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.05                              Notice of Defaults .

 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee will deliver to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs.  Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest, on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.

 

Section 7.06                              Compensation and Indemnity .

 

(a)                                  The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation, as agreed in writing between the Company and the Trustee, for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder.  The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.  The Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services.  Such expenses will include the compensation, as agreed in writing

 

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by the Company and the Trustee, and reasonable disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

(b)                                  The Company and the Guarantors will indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses, fees, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses (including attorney’s fees and expenses) of enforcing this Indenture against the Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.06) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith.  The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity.  Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder.  The Company or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense.  The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.  Neither the Company nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(c)                                   The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.06 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

(d)                                  To secure the Company’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, particular Notes.  Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

(e)                                   When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(8) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

(f)                                    The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for any action or inaction on the part of any Paying Agent, Registrar, authenticating agent, Custodian (aside from the Trustee acting in such capacities and subject to the terms hereof).

 

Section 7.07                              Replacement of Trustee .

 

(a)                                  A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.07.

 

(b)                                  The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company.  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing.  The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

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